About Us

TRIEC stands for Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.

Founded by Maytree and the Toronto City Summit Alliance, TRIEC is taking action on a key issue facing the Greater Toronto Region – the underutilization of skilled immigrants’ education, talent and experience.

TRIEC is uniquely positioned to confront the issue in a different way – a collaborative way. TRIEC believes that by bringing together all the parties affected by this issue – employers, regulatory bodies, educators, labour, community groups, government and immigrants – together we can develop local, practical solutions that are in everybody’s best interest. Solutions that everyone will believe in, solutions that everyone can take part in, and solutions that will work.

Since 2003, TRIEC has taken a variety of leading-edge approaches to this goal in areas such as policy development, program development, capacity building, public education, and research. We connect companies to programs that can help them hire better; we educate the public through media and events; we work with immigrant serving organizations to help expand their capacity to service newcomers; and, we bring together partners in new and unique ways.

TRIEC's primary mission is to create and champion solutions to better integrate skilled immigrants in the Greater Toronto Region labour market. To achieve this mission, the council focuses on three objectives:

1. To convene and collaborate with partners, creating opportunities for skilled immigrants to connect to the local labour market.
2. To work with key stakeholders, particularly employers, building their awareness and capacity to better integrate skilled immigrants into the workforce.
3. To work with all levels of government, enhancing coordination and effecting more responsive policy and programs for skilled immigrant employment.

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