READI is a capacity-building training program created to support employers in rural communities with the successful attraction, settlement, and retention of immigrant employees. This training was done both virtually and in-person and was created to fill the gaps and challenges that employers experience in supporting or attracting newcomer employees.
This project created a toolkit that included the teachings, information, resources, and materials developed throughout the training to further support employers across rural communities in embedding new diverse hiring practices, gaining skills to create a more welcoming workplace, and adopting inclusive policies in their organization.
This project supported over 30 rural and remote employers across north, central, and southern Alberta with resources and helped them build the capacity to meet the needs of immigrant employees, while learning best practices to create a more welcoming and inclusive organization to retain employees for the long-term.
With the READI Toolkit, employers across Canada can access the resources and information developed to better support their organizations in meeting the needs of their newcomer employees and creating better attraction, settlement, and retention strategies to promote organizational sustainability and overall workplace inclusion.
Working with the Rural Immigration team has been an informative and valuable experience for our group of companies, providing relevant and comprehensive information about how to best support newcomers to our small agriculture-focused communities. Their READI project, which included interactive online workshops and in-person collaborative sessions and was led by experienced trainers, offered useful resources and knowledge to help us attract, integrate, and retain newcomers. We’re grateful for their assistance and highly recommend their READI training and the helpful READI Project Toolkit to any employer seeking to grow and succeed in rural communities.
Carla Mazutinec, Project Coordinator, Sunterra
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