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Meet Teresa Tu, Employer Outreach Officer with the Office of Immigration
2022-07-22
Teresa Tu provides support to Island business owners by connecting them with global talent when they are having trouble filling job vacancies locally.
“We help businesses grow and succeed by connecting employers with international recruits who have unique skills to help Island businesses thrive...
Meet PEI’s first business navigator
2022-02-23
Islanders may know Alicia Birt from Innovation PEI, where she worked with various divisions for over 15 years.
Now, Alicia is working as PEI’s first business navigator, a role she started early last year, where she provides one-on-one support to Island business owners.
“It’s simple. If you’re...
A passion for PEI
2019-01-10
Growing up in Charlottetown, Christina MacLeod felt a sense of responsibility for the planet, and she also knew she wanted to see lots of it.
Community involvement started at age nine when Christina got fellow students at Spring Park Elementary and other Charlottetown schools to sign a petition to...
Hundreds of job opportunities await on WorkPEI
2018-08-28
For anyone planning a move to Prince Edward Island, or current residents looking for work, the first stop in finding a job should be WorkPEI.ca.
There are currently more than 660 job postings on the site that represent 1,500-plus actual job openings.
Although summertime brings plenty of entry-...
All the pieces are coming back together for Tara MacLean
2018-08-24
After more than three decades of life on the mainland Tara MacLean is feeling the magnetic pull of her ancestral home.
The singer-songwriter and producer of Atlantic Blue felt the tug to return home get stronger last winter. She was back to perform in Confederation Centre of the Arts’ mainstage...
Health professional? Make a difference on Prince Edward Island
2018-08-22
If you’ve ever lived on Prince Edward Island, you already know that the scenery and lifestyle are unrivaled. What you might not know is that being on a small Island can make a big difference in your career – especially in health care.
There are in-demand positions available in every facet of...
Education, training awaits current and returning Islanders
2018-08-22
The Island labour market is growing like never before, and PEI higher education institutions have tailored their training accordingly. Holland College is training (and retraining) workers for the ever-expanding – and higher paying – industries of bioscience, aerospace, agriculture, and information...
Opportunities for work abound on Island
2018-08-20
Creating jobs for Islanders -
Since moving back home to Prince Edward Island, builder Matt Darrach hasn't been able to keep up with the demand for the energy-efficient homes that his company produces.
He lived and worked in western Canada and “commuted” between Prince Edward Island and Alberta...
She knew it was time to come back
2018-08-16
A career spent working for social justice has brought Randell Duguid back home to Prince Edward Island.
After 16 years gathering information and experience - Duguid worked with victims of sexualized violence in Vancouver’s lower east side and helped provide university education to incarcerated...
Plenty of opportunities awaited couple back home
2018-08-13
Justin and Line Arsenault kept a long distance relationship going between Prince Edward Island and Western Canada for eight years, but now they’re back to raise a family and build careers in their hometown.
The pair met at age 15 in Abram-Village but were separated when Justin moved to Alberta...