3rd annual Immigrant Success Awards recognize excellence in recruitment, retention and promotion
Two organizations and three individuals are being honoured for demonstrating leadership in brining skilled immigrants into the Toronto region labour market.
The third annual Immigrant Success (IS) Awards, presented by the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC), recognize innovative employers and outstanding individuals in the field of recruiting, retaining and promoting skilled immigrants.
"In today's challenging economic times, companies are more than ever looking for the best and brightest employees — wherever they are from. Since the Toronto region is rich with talent from all over the world, we have a tremendous opportunity to leverage this diversity to our competitive advantage," said Elizabeth McIsaac, executive director of TRIEC.
"This year's IS Award winners clearly understand the benefits of bringing diverse talent into their workplaces, and why this is so important for the continued economic prosperity of our city region. They are the success stories of today and the trailblazers of tomorrow."
And the winners are…
RBC Best Immigrant Employer Awards: Nytric and CH2M HILL Canada
Toronto Star Immigrant Champion Award: Patricia O'Connor, co-ordinator of field programming for the internationally educated social work professionals (IESW) program at Ryerson University's G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education
Canadian HR Reporter Individual Achievement Award: Jane Lewis, country human resources manager at Procter & Gamble
CBC Toronto Business Leadership Award: Fiona Macfarlane, Americas chief operating officer of the tax group at Ernst & Young
The winners will be honoured at a gala event sponsored by RBC on Jan. 19. Check out the Feb. 9 issue of Canadian HR Reporter for in-depth coverage of the awards.
