Mentee Spotlight: Shilpi Gupta
Canada InfoNet connects immigrating professionals with established Canadians in their field for mentorship support. This has provided participants (mentees) with direct and up to date industry information, while facilitating the professional development of both mentees and their mentors. Below testimonial is from Shilpi Gupta – IT Project Manager, a successful mentee who benefited from the […]
From Mentee to Mentor – Meet Olabisi Adesina
We are always happy when our Canada InfoNet participants share their success stories with us but we are beyond excited when, after getting valuable work experience in Canada, they become mentors with our program. Meet Olabisi “Bisi” Adesina, a former Canada InfoNet mentee, who now shares her experience and knowledge with her other immigrating professionals […]
Mentee Spotlight: Meet Jasmine
Canada InfoNet participant Jasmine talks about her immigration journey, job hunting in Canada, and what online mentoring did for her. Hello, my name is Jasmine and I landed in Canada in July 2022. I started my permanent resident application back in my home country, Malaysia in early 2020. Due to Covid-19, I lived with both […]
Meet Kanwardyal, A Canada InfoNet Success Story
Kanwardyal Singh is a Product Owner/Manager who immigrated from India in 2017. In his preparation to come to Canada he became a program participant and mentee with Canada InfoNet where he was matched with Rick McCallion. After successfully establishing himself in the country, he wanted to pay it forward and decided to become a mentor with […]
Meet Mohamed, A Canada InfoNet Mentee
Mohamed, who will be landing in Canada shortly, shares his experience of how being a mentee helped to explore alternative career options and be prepared for the Canadian workplace culture. My name is Mohamed Awad and I am a new Canadian immigrant working as a Mechanical Engineer. I started the mentorship program with JVS Toronto’s Canada […]
How to thrive in your career in Canada: Panel discussion with successful immigrant women
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements and reflects on their challenges. This year’s theme is #ChooseToChallenge and this inspired us to showcase amazing women from our program who are mentors and alumni. They all immigrated to Canada themselves and have found success in their careers. In this video, you will learn about: Panelists: Olabisi Adesina – Mentor/ […]
Meet Tonia, a Canada InfoNet participant from Nigeria
“Take ownership for your learning,” says Canada InfoNet participant, Tonia Aigbokhae. Tonia who recently immigrated to Canada, was referred to Canada InfoNet by our partner agency, Planning For Canada. In this article, she beautifully shares her experience as a participant in the program and how it benefitted her. My name is Tonia Aigbokhae and I am […]
Parisa’s success story: How she found a job before arriving in Canada with Canada InfoNet
Parisa was an established Telecommunications Engineer in her home country of Iran. Like many immigrating to a new country, Parisa was nervous and plagued with questions. How will I settle in a new country? I don’t know anyone, will I make friends? I have a good job now, will I be able to find something equally […]