Scotiabank is Canada’s most international bank, with more than 77,000 employees operating in over 55 countries.

• 2 time winner of Canada’s Best Diversity Employer
• participates in TRIEC’s Mentoring Partnership, Alliés Montréal’s Mentorat Montréal and New Brunswick Multicultural Council’s Mentoring Initiative
•  supports TRIEC’s Professional Immigrant Networks (PINs) – sponsored the launch of the PINs website and sponsors several Latin-American professional immigrant networks
•  active with Hire Immigrants Ottawa (HIO) by serving as co-chair on HIO’s Employer Council of Champions along with chairing the Finance Sector Working Group chair; Sponsor of HIO’s annual summit and participated in cross-cultural competency workshops
• serves on Alliés Montréal’s Council of Strategic Affairs
• provide work placements in Halifax and participate in the Connector program
• corporate partners with Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership
• sponsor ACCES Employment’s Financial Services Connections program which enables internationally trained finance professionals to learn about the Canadian financial sector
• sponsor of the Canadian Immigrant Job, Education and Settlement Fair

Denis Jackson, Senior Executive with Scotiabank, talks about the importance of Ottawa’s culturally diverse immigrant talent pool, and how Hire Immigrants Ottawa supports employers leverage the skilled immigrant talent.