Mentorship

Windmill mentor, Sasha, discusses how she gives back through mentorship and the importance of sharing personal and professional experience with new Canadians As a consultant with Deloitte’s Financial..

Since 2019, Windmill Microlending partner, Intact Financial Corporation, the largest provider of property and casualty insurance in Canada, has been a supporter of our innovative Community Bond..

Mentoring is considered a valuable tool for new Canadians looking to establish their careers and lives in their new country. But across Canada, there is a critical shortage of mentors for immigrants..

Mentoring expert Annie Singh, Senior Manager at Toronto-based TRIEC Mentoring Partnership, offers advice to newcomers about how they can make the most of a mentoring experience in order to achieve..

Bruce Randall, founding Executive Director of the Calgary Region Immigrant Employment Council (CRIEC), says great mentors recognize newcomer skills and experience and are often the first to support..

“The mentoring engagement is not a lot of commitment in terms of time, but it could potentially make a huge difference for the person you’re working with, and that’s the value proposition to me...

As is the case of many immigrants, Mehdi was an accomplished professional before moving to Canada from Iran. He studied philosophy and architecture and worked as an architect for five years in his..

With more than 25 years of professional experience as an actuary, Betty-Jo has been fortunate to count on the support of mentors throughout her career. Knowing how she benefited from having a mentor,..

“I don’t think I would be where I am today if it wasn’t for Windmill. Because of Windmill, I was able to obtain the funding to give my career a boost. That's why I am happy to be a mentor and..

At Windmill, we believe a loan alone is not enough to help skilled immigrants and refugees achieve their career advancement goals, which is why we offer our clients financial literacy training,..