SKILLS WITHOUT BORDERS: Connecting employers and skilled immigrants

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Skills Without Borders (SWB) is a program designed to raise the awareness of employers in North Peel about the benefits
of hiring skilled immigrants along with a study of Labour Needs and Barriers to Hiring Skilled Immigrants in North Peel.
The Brampton Board of Trade has partnered with various community organizations and agencies and the Federal
Government through Service Canada to help better connect employers in North Peel (Brampton and Caledon) with
skilled immigrants. The Brampton Board of Trade is leading the project, with core funding assistance from Service Canada
and sponsorship from The Region of Peel.
Other partners include The Caledon Chamber of Commerce; Brampton’s Economic Development Office; COSTI Immigrant
Services; United Way of Peel; Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC); ACCES; Human Resources
Professional Association of Peel and the Brampton Neighbourhood Resource Centre.
As part of the SWB project, The Brampton Board of Trade delivered a questionnaire to 500 employers in North Peel to
ask about current and future labour needs. It also conducted focus groups among employers to help better understand
some of the barriers to hiring skilled immigrants, presented in a separate report called Barriers to Hiring Skilled
Immigrants.