Employment Awareness
Months
Immigrant Champions of Canada proudly hosts 4 of the 6 employment awareness months in Canada, with a goal of shining light on opportunities for growth.
We kick off the year with Women Employment Awareness Month (WEAM) in March, Youth Employment Awareness Month (YEAM) in April, People of Colour (POC) Employment Awareness Month (PEAM) in May, and Black Employment Awareness Month (BEAM) in September.
Due to the intersecting nature of our work and our mission of creating thriving communities, we also join the Disability community in October for Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM) and the Indigenous communities in November for Indigenous Employment Awareness Month (IEAM). As an organization dedicated to representation for all, we see these awareness months as a chance to drive meaningful conversations about employment disparities and promote a culture of inclusion.
Our Awareness Months
Women Employment Awareness Month (WEAM) is an annual March initiative in Canada, designed to connect employers, policymakers, service providers, and stakeholders with diverse career women, to address gender pay gaps, under‐representation in leadership, workplace barriers, and limited workplace support for career growth pre and post maternity break.
Women Employment Awareness Month
Youth Employment Awareness Month (YEAM) is a national month-long initiative marked in April to raise awareness about systemic youth unemployment, connect young Canadians (ages 15–35) with employers, support organizations, business investors and advocate for favourable employment policies.
Youth Employment Awareness Month
People of Colour Employment Awareness Month (PEAM) is an annual month of May initiative in Canada, designed to engage employers, policymakers, service providers, and People of Color, in an effort to address employment disparities, workplace hurdles, and entrepreneurship challenges.
People Of Colour employment Awareness Month
Black Employment Awareness Month (BEAM) is an essential, annual September initiative, designed to connect employers, small businesses, entrepreneurs, service providers, and stakeholders with African, Black and Caribbean talent. BEAM aims to address critical issues such as pay disparities, unemployment, underemployment, and the underrepresentation of African, Black and Caribbean professionals in organizational leadership roles. Additionally, BEAM seeks to champion fair resource allocation for African, Black and Caribbean entrepreneurs and highlight their invaluable contributions to the Canadian economy.
Black Employment Awareness Month