Alberta News Release
A $2.1-million investment under the Alberta Immigrant Mentorship Innovation Grant will help eight organizations deliver career mentorship programs that help newcomers find meaningful employment based on their work experience, education and skills.
These projects will deliver mentorship programs throughout Alberta, including in Edmonton, Calgary, Red Deer, Athabasca, Grande Prairie, Peace River, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat.
One project will be provincewide and focus on mentorship opportunities for international medical graduates.
The Immigrant Mentorship Innovation Grant is part of Alberta’s Recovery Plan to remove barriers so newcomers can bring their entrepreneurial drive and skills to Alberta to start new businesses and help employers address labour shortages.
Projects terms will range from up to three years until March 2025 to ensure organizations can provide long-term mentorship opportunities to newcomers.
Projects
- Igbo Cultural Association of Edmonton – ICAE Mentorship Project
- Providing mentorship opportunities to skilled and newly landed Igbo immigrants by linking them to mentors in their field.
- Grant amount: $250,000
- Alberta International Medical Graduate Association (AIMGA) – International Medical Graduate Mentorship Program
- One-on-one mentorship opportunities for international medical graduates to AIMGA’s services, leveraging the experience of successful international medical graduates.
- Grant amount: $298,980
- Windmill Microlending: Arrive and Thrive Alberta
- An innovative mentorship program to improve the economic and labour market integration of Alberta newcomers.
- Grant amount: $256,500
- Calgary Catholic Immigration Society – Mentorship for Integration in Rural Communities
- A career mentorship program for skilled newcomers in Brooks and Claresholm.
- Grant amount: $264,214
- Saamis Immigration Services Association – Medicine Hat and Area Mentoring Partnership
- A career mentorship program for skilled newcomers in Medicine Hat.
- Grant amount: $237,497
- Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning – GP Career Mentorship for Newcomers
- A career mentorship program for skilled newcomers in Grande Prairie.
- Grant amount: $126,862
- Nasipitnons in Edmonton – Welcome to Alberta Mentorship Project
- Helping newcomers in Alberta through mentorship in finding a job related to their field or chosen occupation.
- Grant amount: $205,000
- Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council – Community Career Mentorship Programs
- Creating a rapid start model to grow mentorship opportunities in rural and small urban Alberta centres and build a rural mentoring community of practice.
- Grant amount: $299,684
