Employer facing staff across the settlement sector are navigating increasingly complex conversations. These conversations often require balancing employer needs, shifting labour market realities, and at times difficult or biased perspectives on immigration and hiring.
This training session is designed to support you in that work.
Led by RADIUS at the SFU Beedie School of Business, this session will equip participants with practical tools, language, and strategies to confidently manage challenging employer conversations while staying focused on shared workforce outcomes.
What you will gain:
- A structured Employer Response Framework that can be applied in real conversations
- Practical scripts and strategies to respond to difficult or biased comments
- A stronger understanding of employer pressures and motivations
- Tools to support your wellbeing while doing this work
This is not a general EDI training. It is a practical session grounded in real scenarios faced by employer engagement professionals, drawing on concepts such as interest convergence, conflict engagement, and regulation strategies.
What is included:
- A live 2.5 hour interactive webinar
- A participant workbook for reflection and exercises
- A take home Employer Response Toolkit for ongoing use
About the facilitators:
This session is delivered by RADIUS, a social innovation hub and consultancy based at Simon Fraser University, with deep experience working at the intersection of employers and migrant communities.
Facilitators include:
- Nada El Masry, Director of Programming at RADIUS and co founder of the Refugee Livelihood Lab
- Ilhan Abdullahi, Health Equity Lab Manager at RADIUS, public health researcher, and lecturer
Together, they bring extensive experience supporting organizations across Canada to strengthen inclusive hiring practices and build more effective employer engagement strategies.
Hosted by the Immigrant Employment Councils of Canada (IECC) in collaboration with the Collaborative Table on Anti Racism and Equity for (Re)Settlement Organizations (CTAR).