Director, Hire Immigrants Ottawa

Plenary Panelist

Henry is the Director of Hire Immigrants Ottawa (HIO), an initiative that brings together employers, immigrant agencies and stakeholders to develop solutions to systemic barriers around the integration of skilled immigrants into the Ottawa labour force. Henry has several years of international development experience, managing education, healthcare and institutional development projects in a number of African countries including Ghana and Tanzania. Prior to joining HIO, he was the Acting Executive Director of the Canada-Africa Community Health Alliance – an Ottawa based NGO that support isolated community healthcare institutions in Africa. Henry holds a Master of Arts Degree in International Development Studies form the University of Guelph.