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The Immigrant Employment Council of #BC is holding the #PowerHack event on March 5 6, 2021! This is an innovative virtual event where internationally-trained software engineers across Canada will work to solve problems proposed by employers across BC. They are looking for immigrants from across the county with skills in software engineering to participate in this Virtual #PowerHack event and showcase their skills to hiring employers in IT. There are 30 spots available for... participants and the deadline to apply is February 19. Apply here: https://bit.ly/3oFxTph Selected participants will be informed by February 26, 2021. #IECBC #PowerHack #ImmigrantsWork #ImmigrationMatters

Congratulations to Omar Alghabra on being appointed Canada's Transport Minister!

Merry Christmas to all Merry Christmas to all

A network member is look for a professional Arabic language tutor (for adult learning) for a working project. Iraqi or Palestinian dialect preferred. If you provide professional language tutoring services please comment below. Shukran!

And the numbers keep going up due to #coivd19 impact. Early 2019 stats indicated newcomer Arab women in Canada with a university degree or above were almost 10 times more likely to be #unemployed compared to Canadian born counterparts. We have a lot of work to do.

Thank you @cdnarabinstitute for the work you to support the work we do with strong evidence. We have a lot of work to do. Get involved today - mentor with us! Donate and volunteer with @cdnarabinstitute Support your community. #risetogether

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