MentorConnect

A national scan of mentorship and newcomer-support programmes and services to inform newcomer mentorship in British Columbia.

My role: Strategic Consultant, Immigrant Employment Council of BC
Organisation: IEC-BC · through HOST
Period: September 2022–February 2023

I led a national scan of mentorship and newcomer-support programmes and services, with an emphasis on British Columbia. The work examined how mentorship supports newcomers and how programmes are designed, delivered and evaluated.

ResearchProgramme developmentNewcomer employment

The context

IEC-BC needed an updated view of employment-focused mentorship after more than a decade of change in the sector, to inform MentorConnect’s positioning and future direction.

My contribution

Led research across Canadian mentorship and related newcomer-support services, with a focus on British Columbia.
Compared audiences, objectives, programme structures, resources, evaluation and promising practices.
Translated findings into an executive summary and recommendations for programme design, delivery and evaluation.

Work produced

A full scan report, programme dataset, executive summary and best-practice guidance. The scan informed recommendations for MentorConnect’s programme design, delivery and evaluation.

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