Events

Join us for the Immigrant Business Expo 2024, where you can gain invaluable insights on starting, growing, and managing your small business in Canada!

Special Guest: Hon. Jamie Moses, Minister of Manitoba Economic Development, Investment, Trade & Natural Resources

Keynote Speaker: Zahid Zehri, Business Owner, Shopper’s Drug Mart Winkler

Location:
Access Event Centre
111 – D, Gilmour Street, Morden, MB

Who Should Attend?

• Immigrant Business Owners: Share your journey and mentor aspiring entrepreneurs on accounting, taxes, business planning, social media, communications, marketing, legal aspects, grants, finance, and branding.
• New Immigrant Entrepreneurs: Showcase your businesses and services.
• Aspiring Business Owners and the General Public: Everyone eager to learn and network!

What You’ll Gain:

• Workshops: Participate in sessions covering vital business topics, including getting started, networking, sales, marketing, finance, and legal advice.
• Networking Opportunities: Connect with successful business owners and expand your professional network.

Date: Friday, September 20, 2024
Time: Starts at 10 AM

Click here to Register NOW

For more information, call us at (204) 361-6206.

Refugee Hiring Event

On 25th September 2024, Interviews scheduled between 9am to 4pm.

The Refugee Jobs Agenda Roundtable is hosting a unique hiring event for refugees and forcibly displaced persons currently seeking employment in Manitoba.

SOME OF MANITOBA’S TOP EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR TALENTED REFUGEES TO JOIN THEIR TEAMS!
This Hiring Event is unique by its action-oriented nature: you may be provided either a job offer on the spot, an opportunity for a second interview, or be flagged for inclusion into further hiring processes of the employers you interview with. Besides immediate on-site response, you will benefit by:

• Accessing pre-screened and multi-sectorial job opportunities from Manitoba’s top employers who are committed to tapping into the refugee talent pool.
• Receiving interview coaching from qualified Employment Counsellors at an onsite Coaching Corner to maximize your interview performance.
• NOTE: You will need to complete a pre-screening assessment and preparation workshop to join this event.

10 PARTICIPATING EMPLOYERS INCLUDING:

• World System Builde
• Canad Inns
• Interprovincial Cooperative Limited (IPCO)
• Epic Opportunities
• Price Industries Limited
• Purolator
• Scotiabank
• Simaril Inc.
• Sysco
• The North West Company

TO LEARN MORE + REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, VISIT: Homepage – Welcoming Economy

Manitoba IEC hosts employer-focused webinars featuring guest speakers from private, public, and non-profit sectors to share information, resources, and proven models for the hiring and retention of newcomers.

Hiring Events

Manitoba IEC coordinates hiring events including the annual “Jobs in Rural Manitoba” job fair for rural employers to connect with Winnipeg-based newcomer talent. Contact us if you’re interested in collaborating with Manitoba IEC on a hiring event for your company or community.

Networking Events

Our networking events provide employers an opportunity to expand their networks and share their challenges, successes, experience, expertise, and emerging best practices. These are great opportunities to make new connections and build synergies in our shared effort to effectively hire and retain skilled newcomers! Our next annual networking event is getting planned and the details will be updated shortly.