PINs Quarterly Meeting Dec. 2, 2015 - Presentation

1. PINs Quarterly Meeting #3
December 2, 2015
ACCES Employment, 489 College St., Unit 100

2. Agenda
Time Agenda Item
6:00 – 6:20 Welcome
6:20 – 6:30 Introduction to Network Mapping
Penny Scott, Health Nexus
6:30 – 7:45 Network Map Analysis
• Stories Behind the Maps
• Network Membership
• Next Steps
7:45 – 8:00 Conclusions

3. Purpose of the Meeting
To decode the network maps and explore how PINs
associations and partners can further leverage the
PINs community so more immigrants can connect
with meaningful employment

4. Who’s in the room?
PIN Associations
• Association of Professionals in
Thorncliffe - APT
• Career Networking Club
• Communication, Advertising and
Marketing Professionals – CAMP
Networking
• Canadian Hispanic Bar Association
• Council of Filipino Canadian
Professional Organizations -
CFCPO
• Council for Access to the
Profession of Engineering – CAPE
• International Doctors Network
• International Medical Graduates
Waste Prevention Network
• Indo Canadian Community of
Professionals
• Latin American MBA Alumni
Network - LAMBA
• Leadership in Project Management
Network - LPMN
• Manyatta Community Network
• M-Bridge
• New Canadians Media
Professionals - NCMP
• PINs@YorkU
• UnstoppableMe.ca

5. Who’s in the room?
PIN Partners
• Scotiabank
• ACCES Employment
• Modis Canada
• North York Community House
(NYCH)
• Active Career Advancement Project
(S.U.C.C.E.S.S.)
• Thorncliffe Neighborhood Office
• Seneca College
• Volunteer Toronto
• WES
PIN Observers
• Health Nexus
• MCIIT

6. New Members of the PINs Community
PINs Associations:
- Iranian Canadian Congress
PINs Partners:
- Modis Canada
- North York Community House (NYCH)
- Resume Target

7. Follow us on Twitter!
@TRIEC
#TRIECPINs

8. Venue Host
Irene Sihvonen
Senior Director, Services and Organization Development

9. Welcome to ACCES Employment
PINs Quarterly Meeting
December 2, 2015

10. About ACCES Employment
ACCES provides employment services and programs to
job seekers and employers across the Greater Toronto
Area at five locations. We specialize in helping new
Canadians to find jobs in their field of work.

11. Our Work in One Year
Through Employment
Ontario, ACCES is able to
offer job seekers resources
and information, job search
workshops, employment
counselling as well as job
placement support.
These services provide the
foundation for our work
with job seekers looking for
opportunities in their field.
Here are the overall results
for our five Greater Toronto
Area locations.

12. Programs and Services

13. Sector-Specific Bridging Programs
Assists new Canadians with successfully obtaining professional
employment within their field of expertise.
Provides orientation to the sector, job search support, improved
understanding of Canadian workplace culture and expectations.
Current bridging programs:
– Engineering Connections
– Financial Services Connections™
– Human Resources Connections
– Information Technology Connections
– Leadership Connections
– Sales and Marketing Connections
– Supply Chain Connections

14. Our Results
“I was doing things the way it’s done back in my country until
ACCES helped me to understand the Canadian job market and
how to successfully find the right job.”
- Azfar Zaheer, Senior Credit Analyst at Duca Financial Services Credit
Union (Financial Services Connections Graduate)

15. Language Services
Programs and services that help newcomer job seekers to improve
English language communication skills and learn more about Canadian
workplace culture
• Language for Workplace Connections
• Talk English Café
• Enhanced Language Training for Engineers
• Workplace Communication Skills development in each Bridging
component
• Fee-for service training (Workplace Communication Advantage)
“ACCES will give you everything you need to get started with
your job search – it’s not the same as back home!”
- Nobel Phipps, IT Professional at Deloitte (former ACCES Employment
Client)

16. Entrepreneurship Connections
One-year program including four weeks of full-time
business training:
• Business plan coaching
• Business support including alumni events
• Referrals to community resources and business
information
• Learn about the legal aspects of starting your
business in Canada
• Receive techniques to present your business to
different target groups
• Learn about financing options
• Hear about government resources for small
business
• Work with established entrepreneurs as mentors

17. Speed Mentoring
• Speed Mentoring® is an opportunity for newcomers to meet
face-to-face with industry professionals
• Mentees meet several mentors one-on-one in 10 minute
intervals
• Over 100 companies in the GTA have volunteered their time
through Speed Mentoring events
“The professional knowledge and connections I made
through ACCES are invaluable assets for my future
growth and success.”
- Judy H. Chang, Entrepreneur (Entrepreneurship Connections Graduate)

18. PINs: Looking for Meeting Space?
Toronto
489 College St., Unit 100
416.921.1800
Scarborough
2100 Ellesmere Rd., Unit 200
416.431.5326
North York
1500 Don Mills Rd., Unit 102
416.443.9008
Mississauga
151 City Centre Dr., Unit 600
905.361.2522
Brampton
8 Queen St. East
915.454.2316
www.accesemployment.ca

19. Our Funders and Sponsors
Entrepreneurship Connections: Financial Services Connections:
IT Connections: Talk English Café:Speed Mentoring:

20. .
Goal:
To work collaboratively with professional immigrant associations
to increase their capacity to connect their skilled immigrant
members to employment.
Objectives:
• Raise awareness of the associations to skilled immigrants
and to employers
• Foster collaboration between the associations and key
partners – employers, professional associations, service
providers, government, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Develop leaders of professional immigrant associations by
providing learning opportunities and refer them as experts on
immigrant employment at consultations and in the media.

21. PINs Network Mapping Goals
• Visualize existing ties and connections amongst
key stakeholders
• Identify new opportunities for relationship
development
• Design strategies to create new connections,
partnerships and collaborations amongst
stakeholders

22. Things to keep in mind tonight
• This is our network
• Consider how your organization can benefit from
the PINs community
• We want to hear from you

23. Thank you to our Working Group!
• Eduardo Harari, LPMN
• Gerard Keledjian, New Canadian Media
Professionals
• Rene Berrospi, PINs@YorkU
• Catherine McNeely, Thorncliffe Neighbourhood
Office
• Stephen Chase, WES
• Valérie Sniadoch, RDEE Ontario
• Penny Scott, Health Nexus
• Robyn Kalda, Health Nexus

24. Network Mapping
Penny Scott
Diversification and Business Development Coordinator,
Health Nexus

25. 5. Connectors
4. One-way trail
6. Isolate
Making the abstract visible
2. Clusters
1. Node
3. Link

26. Newideascome
fromtheperiphery Periphery
Core

27. Overview of survey results
Methods/Approach
– Electronic survey
Demographics
• Number of respondents: 55
– Added organizations: approx. 50
• Level of involvement
– Very involved 69%
– Somewhat involved25%
– Only occasionally involved 6%

28. All Links

29. All links – PINs partners & associations only
(with TRIEC)

30. All links – PINs partners & associations only
(without TRIEC)

31. Map Analysis: Stories Behind the Maps
• Where do we see partnerships? What do
know about them?
• What “own professional community” and
“own ethnic community” mean?

32. Stories of Collaboration - LNBB
• Latin Networking Beyond Boundaries
o Partnership between 5 PINs associations and 3 ERGs

33. Stories of Collaboration - OFC
• Office of the Fairness Commissioner
o Consultations with PINs on the access to regulated
professions

34. Stories of Collaboration – Group Mentoring
• Group Mentoring Program
o JVS Toronto developed and piloted a group mentoring
program for PINs associations

35. Map Analysis: Stories Behind the Maps
• Where do we see partnerships? What do
know about them?
• What “own professional community” and
“own ethnic community” mean?

36. Instructions for Group Discussions
1. Who is missing and should not be? Why?
2. What should the priorities be in creating
new connections, partnerships and
collaborations in the PINs community in the
next 3 years?
Groups A1 and A2: Raising Awareness
Groups B1 and B2: Fostering Collaboration
Groups C1 and C2: Developing Leaders

37. Map Analysis: PINs Community Membership
• Who is missing and should not be? Why?

38. Map Analysis: What’s Next for PINs?
• What should the priorities be in creating
new connections, partnerships and
collaborations in the PINs community in the
next 3 years?

39. Map Analysis: Report Back
1. Who is missing and should not be? Why?
2. What should the priorities be in creating
new connections, partnerships and
collaborations in the PINs community in the
next 3 years?
Groups A1 and A2: Raising Awareness
Groups B1 and B2: Fostering Collaboration
Groups C1 and C2: Developing Leaders

40. Next Steps
• PINs Network Mapping Report
• PINs Operations Plan for next year
• TRIEC’s Strategic Planning (next year) for
the next 3 years

41. Next PINs Events
• Leaders Roundtable
o Saturday, February 20, 2016
• Networking event:
o March 2016 – date TBA

42. Thank You!
www.networksforimmigrants.ca
Twitter: @TRIEC, #TRIECPINs
LinkedIn: PINs Insider Community