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DiversityToronto Project Launched

January 26, 2009 – 7:56 pm | 2,113 views

Maytree and the Toronto City Summit Alliance today announced the first wave of over 100 partners that have committed their support to «DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project». Partners include private, non-profit and public organizations that are …

Olga Scherbina is appointed as a Board Member to the Vancouver Multicultural Society

January 8, 2009 – 8:01 pm | 2,619 views

Olga Shcherbyna was invited to join the Vancouver Multicultural Society. VMS is an umbrella organization representing ethnocultural communities in the Vancouver Lower Mainland, Vancouver Multicultural Society is the oldest multicultural society in BC. VMS coordinates public-education and advocacy projects that …

New Immigration Rules in Canada

November 28, 2008 – 8:02 pm | 2,086 views

Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, today announced that «…Canadian planned numbers for immigration in 2009 will stay on par with the last year. The numbers reflect a continued commitment to an immigration program that balances Canada’s economic, humanitarian and …

Developing Diverse Workforce – Help Us Develop a More Ethnically Diverse Workforce

October 29, 2008 – 10:29 am | 1,995 views

Research work, undertaken by BC HRMA during last year, has identified the challenges faced by employers in recruiting and retaining an ethnically diverse workforce. To support employers to engage with this vibrant and skilled group …

Metro Vancouver Leaders Summit on Immigrant Employment to be held October 22 at Wosk Centre

October 8, 2008 – 8:45 pm | 2,308 views

ALLIES has awarded the Vancouver Foundation a Start-up Phase One grant. Vancouver is Canada’s immigrant gateway of the west. Its foreign-born population has more than doubled since 1981 and today nearly 40% of the city’s residents are born outside of Canada.
The Metro …