Our Mission & Vision

Vision

Immigrants are welcomed and participate in the economy at the level of their full potential.

Mission

The Edmonton Regional Employment Council's mission is dedicated to “ensure immigrants become more fully integrated into the Edmonton regional labour market by focusing on knowledge transfer, information coordination and dissemination, and capacity building to employers, service providers and underutilized skilled immigrants”.

Goals

Goal 1: Implement and achieve scale for the Career Mentorship and Networking programs and assist more internationally trained professionals find suitable employment.

Goals 2: Develop tools and capacities to support employers to significantly increase the level of immigrant inclusion amongst employees and organizations in the Edmonton region.

Goal 2a: Pursue other funding options for employer engagement and learning, including governments and foundations.

Goal 3: Identify and plan for the increased role of our groups of partners and champions to achieve our intended impact and mission

Guiding Principles

Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council (ERIEC) is committed to and operates by the following guiding principles:

• Building upon existing initiatives in the Edmonton region without duplicating programs and services.
• Promoting equity and diversity in all forms (e.g. gender, ethno-racial, age).
• Ensuring broad stakeholder participation and collaboration.
• Aligning with the regional, provincial and national realities.
• Designing and evaluating effective programs.
• Acting with integrity, accountability and transparency.