Last Thursday, October 31st, members of the Edmonton business community had the opportunity to listen to Venture publisher and president, Ruth Kelly speak about the business advantages for diversifying their employee workforces here in Alberta.
34 internationally trained professionals (ITP) Engineers and 12 mentors representing many of our employer champions from Edmonton attended our Speed Networking event.
A fun idea related to new networking models came to us through a proposal developed by the FC Edmonton Soccer Club. The Club offered to host a pre-game Speed Career Networking event with a soccer game to be enjoyed immediately afterwards.
Since 2004, the RISE Awards have been given out to recognize the outstanding achievements and contributions of immigrants in our city and as well as to those who support them along the way.