Creator Series 2024: Andrii Pesochnyi, Ukraine
Highlighting Canada’s Talented Refugee Artists In celebration of the wide variety of refugee artists living across Canada, our Creator Series profiles the individuals, their work, and their inspiration in creating unique artistic products. From authors and painters, designers and singers, these profiles examine how their lived refugee experiences have informed their practice and where (or […]
Empowering Refugees: Baker Hughes’ Commitment to Inclusion and Employment Opportunities
This blog was created based on content delivered by Szabolcs Kaldau from Baker Hughes, during a May 9, 2024 webinar on employment opportunities for refugees and diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. The webinar is part of Jumpstart’s initiative to support refugees in their career journeys and to provide an insightful look into the company’s efforts. […]
Mastering Cover Letters: Building Your Path to Job Success
This blog was created based on content delivered by Kerry Ross, a career educator at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., on April 17, 2024, for Jumpstart’s online workshop: Mastering Cover Letters: Building Your Path to Job Success. Kerry joined Jumpstart as a volunteer in 2022 and is certified as a Career Development […]
A Family Affair: Giving Back Through Love, Art, and Food
A Family Affair: Giving Back Through Love, Art, and Food A Family Affair: Giving Back Through Love, Art, and Food There are few families you’ll meet like the Alshamaly’s. The five-member family, who fled their home country of Syria, when the war broke out in 2012, arrived in Canada four years later. They first settled […]
For the Love of Chocolate, Home, Empowerment, and Giving Back
For the Love of Chocolate, Home, Empowerment, and Giving Back When Nesreen Abosultan chose the name, Wud, love in Arabic, for her new small business, it was a truly fitting name. There was love for family, love for quality chocolate, and plenty of love for where she came from. Nesreen’s business idea was born from […]
Spotlight: Rashmi from TD Bank Group
Spotlight on Success Diverse perspectives, out-of-the-box thinking, innovative ways of doing things, resilience, determination, commitment…these are just a few of the ways that hiring refugees can bring value to an organization. When the employee/employer match works – when a new hire brings in the skills, talent, and drive that align with the employer’s own needs, […]
Spotlight: Sajad from Afghanistan
Spotlight on Success Diverse perspectives, out-of-the-box thinking, innovative ways of doing things, resilience, determination, commitment…these are just a few of the ways that hiring refugees can bring value to an organization. When the employee/employer match works – when a new hire brings in the skills, talent, and drive that align with the employer’s own needs, […]
Spotlight: Tatiana Astray, Jumpstart Board Member
Team Spotlight: Tatiana As a refugee-led organization, many of our staff have lived firsthand the same or similar experiences with the refugee clients we serve. Our series, Spotlight on the Team, profiles those who work with Jumpstart, how their own lives inform the work they do, and their hopes for supporting the meaningful economic integration […]