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FIND A MENTOR

Mentoring or coaching programs help you meet people in your profession and learn more about Ontario’s workplaces. Finding a mentor is an excellent way to gain valuable knowledge and advice on pursuing a career in your field. This section contains links to mentoring or coaching programs.

Toronto

The Mentoring Partnership is a group of agencies in and around Toronto who offer job specific mentoring to skilled immigrants.

Career Bridge offers paid internships for internationally qualified immigrants.

Mentoring for Employment assists internationally trained professionals in their search for suitable employment.

Professional Forester Mentoring Programs are offered to internationally trained people who are seeking employment in forestry. 

Hamilton

The Newcomer Mentoring Program provides internationally educated/trained professionals and tradespeople with links to individuals who already are established within a given field or industry in the Hamilton area.

London

The Mentorship for Newcomer Success program connects internationally trained individuals with local mentors to gain a better understanding of the local job market in their field or occupation; establish valuable networking contacts; and learn more about sector-specific language and professional practice in Canada.

Niagara Region

Canadian Access for International Professions and Skilled Trades (CAIPS) offers a Mentorship Program as part of their service to newcomers in Niagara Region. CAIPS matches newcomer participants with a Canadian professional working in their trade or profession.