Skills for Change | Partners & Sponsors

We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without the support of our many sponsors & partners.

We offer a variety of partnership opportunities whether it be community or financial.

By supporting our agency, you’re aligning yourself with a charitable organization that has spent over 38 years dedicated to supporting, advocating for, and celebrating newcomers to Canada.

Our vision is a Canada where every immigrant succeeds, and we can’t do that without your help!

Skills for Change can customize a partnership based on YOUR company’s needs. We can align partnership opportunities With your Corporate Social Responbilitiy mandate. Partnerships can include collaborations on programs & events/workshops.

For more information on partnership opportunities, contact Sampada Kukade at skukade@skillsforchange.org.

Partners & Sponsors

CPA Ontario supports Skills for Change’s internationally-trained clients in the field of Accounting and Finance, assisting them in their career journeys in becoming CPA designated. CPA Ontario hosts a series of events and information sessions aimed to provide Skills for Change clients with networking opportunities and to discuss current trends in the accounting and finance sector. CPA Ontario is also a lead corporate sponsor of Skills for Change’s Pioneers for Change and Diversity@Work signature events.

With a focus on newcomer women and youth, TIFF engages and inspires the clients at Skills for Change through a series of screenings and talks with filmmakers and programmers. TIFF recently teamed up the Women Connecting with Women, a new Skills for Change program, by screening a programme of films created by newcomer women. TIFF and Skills for Change also recently collaborated by creating a screening and panel discussion for high school students on Trades and the Film Industry which took place during the 2018 Skills for Change Trades Expo.

Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. In 2018 Accenture hosted networking and mentoring sessions at Skills for Change where they provided our clients with one-on-one advice on career advancement and development. Accenture Canada President Bill Morris provided the keynote address at the Skills for Change the 2018 Diversty@Work Conference.

IKEA offers an exciting and empowering work environment in a global marketplace. And, as the world’s leader at life at home, they have exceptional opportunities to grow and develop together with our clients. Ikea has provided a number of valuable career opportunities to our clients which have been filled through the Skills for Change job board.

CIBC’s International Professional Network provides group mentoring through our Mentoring for Employment workshops. CIBC staff provide their lived experience as newcomers to the country and how they navigated the Canadian job market, providing Skills for Change clients with the tools they need to be successful in their careers.

Our Funders

Community Partners

Absorbent Years Childcare
Account Plus Business Services
Inc.
Aecon Materials Engineering
Anytime Fitness (*Small branch
out of L corporate)
Atlas International Freight FWD.
INC. (PfC)
Atwima Marfo Enterprise
Azmon Accounting Inc.
Berman, Lofchick & Lum, LLP
Black Business and Professional
Assoication
Blue Butterfly Montessori
BTM Accounting
Butternut Baking Co. (PfC)
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Risk Solution (CRS)
Chaim Global Ally
Cheema Medicine Professional
Corp.
Dixie Medical group
Civil Arsa Engineering Inc.
Creative Union Network Inc.
Dark City Coffee Corp.
Duke Heights Business Improvement Area
EDSS Sanitation Solutions Inc.
Electro Source Inc.
Element International Trade Inc.
Express Employment Professionals
FCJ Refugee Centre
Fiix Inc. (D@W)
First Service Residential
Fronttop Engineering Limited
Gagan Law
Green Motion
Habitat for Humanity
Hatchways (PfC)
Healing Hands Rehab Inc.
Help Me Settle (PfC)
Henley Gardens IDA
Ilionize Management (PfC)
Imperial Energy Coporation (PfC)
Intrego
ITC International Inc.
Ivari
Kik Holdco Company
Latam Startups
LB Heating & Air Conditioning
M.Mateluna & Associates
Legal
MakeLab Inc. (PfC)
Marigolds and Onions Ltd.
MediResource Inc.
NACPT Pharma College Corp.
New Step 4 U
NRT Technology Corp.
Orbit Engineering Limited
Pigeons & Thread Manufacturing
Revive Supenision
Roses Medi Spa
Rouge Media
SAFFA Engineering Inc.
Savormetrics Inc.
Sherway Immigration Consultancy
SNL Techlink
Solidline Traffic Defense (PfC)
Southern Currents/aluCine Latin
Film + Media Arts Festival
Specialized Metal Fabricators Inc.
Spectra Engineering
Super Coffee
Syme Woolner Neighberhood
Family Centre
Three60 Legal
Toronto Biennial of Art
Toronto Community Benefits
Network
Tostado Cafe Inc.
Trustwell Investigative Limited
(PfC)
UHN
Ultratech Solutions (PfC)
Unilever Canada
Visaline Inc.
White and Greer
City Sites Property
YM Inc.
Zahra Properties