Mentorship has long been one of the most powerful tools for facilitating knowledge exchange, making connections, and opening doors to new opportunities. When it comes to workforce development, specifically recruiting and retaining job-ready newcomers, B2B mentorship can yield significant benefits both for employers experienced in navigating inclusive hiring and enhancing workplace culture. Businesses just beginning to hire newcomers can benefit from learning best practices to help build an inclusive Canadian labour market and support long-term success.

Prospective mentees and mentors are invited to join us for this presentation and B2B mentor connections, in partnership with the Immigration Employment Council of BC to learn more about their new program, B2B MentorConnect. Participants will connect with businesses that share a common goal: to enhance workforce diversity, drive innovation, and build stronger organizations. Whether your company has already supported newcomers or is just beginning the journey, this is your chance to learn, share, and grow alongside like-minded employers.

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The Scale-up Centre for SMEs (SCS) is an initiative of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade. The SCS works to understand the trends, forces, and issues impacting SME growth, innovation, and competitiveness and develops programming and policy to address these issues. Based on the goals of helping companies to discover gaps, engage with experts, and create solutions to address obstacles to growth, the SCS connects, educates, and inspires SMEs in British Columbia.