This document summarizes an agenda for the PINs Annual Networking Event, which brings together Professional Immigrant Networks (PINs) to collaborate on supporting immigrants. The event includes welcome remarks, stories of past collaborations, and facilitated networking sessions. Attendees will discuss attributes of successful partnerships, ideas for future collaborations, and how to apply the networking to further support immigrants through their employment goals. The overarching goal is for PINs networks to partner in new ways to have a greater impact through outreach, employment connections, addressing challenges, leader development, and advocacy.

1. PINs Annual Networking Event:
Collaborating for Greater
Impact
www.NetworksForImmigrants.ca

2. Spread the word. Tweet about the PINs Network.
Tweet with #TRIECPINs and follow @TRIEC
Visit the PINs website.
www.NetworksForImmigrants.ca

3. Agenda
• Welcome from TRIEC: Margaret Eaton
• Welcome from Scotiabank: Puneet Mann
• PINs highlights and collaboration stories:
– Racquel Sevilla, TRIEC
– Gerard Keledjian, New Canadian Media Professionals,
– Aviva Stiavnicky, Modis Canada
– Dr. Nicodeme Mugisho, IMGWPN
– Sophia Lowe, Office of the Fairness Commissioner
• Facilitated networking: Robin Cory, Colbeck Strategic Advisors
• Open networking

4. Margaret Eaton
Executive Director, TRIEC

5. PINs evaluation survey
89% respondents said that they had absolutely benefitted from
collaborating through the PINs network.
95% believed that their participation in PINs had helped them
better support their members in achieving their
employment goals.

6. Thank you to our sponsor and funder.

7. Puneet Mann
Director, Branch Customer Experience &
Multicultural Banking, Scotiabank

8. Collaborating for Greater Impact

10. Network Mapping

11. Together we have been able to:
1. Increase outreach efforts and raise
awareness of PINs associations to
immigrants
2. Help PINs members connect to
meaningful employment
3. Respond to persistent challenges faced
by immigrants and emerging
opportunities and trends
4. Support PINs leaders in becoming even
better at what they do
5. Strengthen the voice of immigrants

12. 1. Increase outreach efforts and raise
awareness of PINs associations to immigrants
Tripled the number of
immigrants connecting
with PINs associations
through our website
NetworksForImmigrants.ca

13. Gerard Keledjian,
New Canadian Media Professionals
Joint outreach and awareness-building activities

16. What’s next?
Role for leaders and
partners:
- connect us to
opportunities to
promote PINs
- share your stories
through videos or
stories
- help spread the word

17. 2. Help PINs members connect to meaningful
employment

18. Aviva Stiavnicky, Modis Canada
Networking and recruiting event for immigrant job seekers

19. What’s next?
Role for leaders and partners:
- keep sharing info about employment programs, events and
opportunities through PINs
- encourage PINs members to participate in events and programs to
help them advance in their careers

20. 3. Respond to persistent challenges faced by
immigrants and emerging opportunities/trends
• Building on existing models, we were able to develop a
practical tailored solution, that’s ready for replication in other
communities

21. Dr. Nicodeme Mugisho, International Medical
Graduates Waste Prevention Network
Drs2Drs support of employment in alternative careers

22. 3. Respond to persistent challenges faced by
immigrants and emerging opportunities/trends
• Respond to emerging
trends and provide
some coordination to
pilot initiatives
supporting immigrant
economic inclusion

23. Placeholder: Entrepreneurship Video from
Gerard

24. What’s next?
Role for leaders and
partners: keep us abreast on
trends that impact
immigrant employment and
opportunities for us to work
together

25. 4. Support PINs leaders in becoming even
better at what they do
• PINs leaders were able to get a variety of learning options from a
range of experts on relevant topics. And by partnering and
coordinating, we weren’t duplicating efforts.

26. What’s next?
Role for leaders: take
advantage of the leadership
development opportunities
provided by TRIEC and
partners – for you and your
future leaders

27. 5. Strengthen the voice of immigrants
• Through over 20 speaking opportunities for PINs leaders, they are
increasingly recognized as key stakeholders in immigrant
employment.

28. Sophia Lowe, Office of the Fairness
Commissioner
Consultations with PINs leaders

29. What’s next?
Role for partners: connect us to opportunities for PINs leaders
to participate in consultations or be spokespersons

30. By partnering, we
can do more,
better

31. Agenda
5 – 5:30 Registration and Networking
5:30 – 5:40 Welcome Remarks
 Margaret Eaton, Executive Director, TRIEC
 Puneet Mann, Director, Scotiabank
5:40 – 6:15 PINs Network: Stories of Collaboration
 Racquel Sevilla, Director, Immigrant Employment Initiatives, TRIEC
 PINs Leaders and Partners
6:15 – 7:45 Facilitated Networking
 Robin Cory, Colbeck Strategic Advisors
7:45 – 8 Open Networking

32. Strategic Networking
Round 1: Icebreaker “Give and Take”
What is one thing you need and one thing you have to
offer to another person in the PINs network?
Chat to 5 people in 15 minutes

33. Strategic Networking
Round 2: Group discussions: Attributes of
collaborations
• Discuss examples of successful collaborations and what
made them work.
• Discuss examples of unsuccessful collaborations. What
would you have done differently?
20 minutes for discussion
(followed by debrief)

34. Strategic Networking
Round 3: Group discussions: Collaboration
ideas
Share your collaboration ideas and opportunities
with others in the room.
20 minutes for discussion
(followed by debrief)

35. So what?
Turn to the person next to you and
discuss:
How will you put tonight’s learning
into action?

36. Agenda
5 – 5:30 Registration and Networking
5:30 – 5:40 Welcome Remarks
 Margaret Eaton, Executive Director, TRIEC
 Puneet Mann, Director, Scotiabank
5:40 – 6:15 PINs Network: Stories of Collaboration
 Racquel Sevilla, Director, Immigrant Employment Initiatives, TRIEC
 PINs Leaders and Partners
6:15 – 7:45 Facilitated Networking
 Robin Cory, Colbeck Strategic Advisors
7:45 – 8 Open Networking

37. Spread the word. Tweet about the PINs Network.
Tweet with #TRIECPINs and follow @TRIEC
Visit the PINs website.
www.NetworksForImmigrants.ca