Program Manager, Employer Initiatives, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)

Kevin oversees TRIEC’s employer initiatives including the How-To HR Workshops and the hireimmigrants.ca Roadmap. Kevin managed the 2008 hireimmigrants.ca awareness campaign and oversees TRIEC’s partnership with the Consortium of Agencies Serving Internationally-trained Persons (CASIP) and the resulting network of job developers. Kevin joined TRIEC in 2005 after launching an award winning labour market initiative in Durham Region, in collaboration with educators, employers and NGOs. He spent fifteen years in the advertising industry working with clients such as General Motors and the Canadian Tourism Commission. He has a BA from the University of Windsor, a certificate in Business Administration from Seneca College and is a provincially licensed ESL instructor. His community work has included serving as a board director for the Durham Region Unemployed Help Centre. He is currently serving as a member of the National Steering Committee for the Information and Communications Technology Council’s project Building an IT Framework for Internationally Educated Professionals.