Welcome here

Innovating with passion to connect immigrant individuals to opportunities in Quebec and to benefit society from their talents.

Our mission

Our mission is to deliver custom-made integration, francisation and job assistance services to immigrants so that they can make their dreams come true and contribute to the prosperity of the Quebec and its region.

Our values

Humanism : Enhance and promote the development of human qualities.
Credibility : Inspire trust and respect through the quality of the services delivered and the professionalism of the team.
Collaboration : Teamwork enforcement, build relationships with key partners and develop relationships with mutual benefits.
Innovation : Reevaluate the habits to constantly get better in finding ways to achieve the goals.
Performance : Put the immigrant and the organization in a position of success by setting high but achievable performance targets.

Intervention approach

For many immigrants, the challenges of migrating can sometimes mean losing their bearings. They find themselves in a new environment that has different rules, where the codes aren’t always clear, where they no longer have the same access to their former personal and professional networks. That means they need a different and specific type of support.

Seventy-five percent of INICI’s staff are immigrants themselves.

That means they have personally experienced the process of immigrating and integrating into Quebec society and understand the issues and challenges involved. Another thing that makes INICI’s staff unique is their intercultural and integrated approach. This approach allows them to really understand immigrants’ frame of reference and to help them connect with Quebec society in a way that builds mutual understanding.

Each immigrant who comes to INICI is welcomed with care, attention and respect, and their specific background and journey are recognized. This allows our staff to build bonds of trust with immigrants and better help them navigate their new society.

The INICI team

Direction team

Marie-Laure
Konan

Executive Director

Danielle
Ah Yu

Special Advisor to Senior Management

Yannick
Boucher

Director of Strategic Development and Research

Goundo
Massa Traoré

Service and Program Director

Welcome and Social Integration Service

Stéphanie
Garcia

Social worker

Adriana
Hernandez Sierra

Integration and Mobilization Advisor

Julie-Stéphanie
Normandin

Social worker

Jeniffer
Vizcaino

Social worker

Camilo
Andres

Social worker

Galeano
Arevalo

Social worker

Larissa
Queiroz

Social worker

Gabriela
Sampaio Moreira

Social worker

Guy
Kabongo

Social worker

Alan
Ortiz Rendon

Social worker

Christian
Moreno

Asylum Seeker Housing Counsellor

Employment and Regionalization Service

Analuz
Almanzar

Head of Service, Employability and Services to Employers

Michelle
Therrien

Employment Counselor

Céline
Bouchard

Employment Counselor

Isabelle
Maameri

Employment Counselor

Losseni
Coulibaly

Organizational Development and Business Support Advisor

Johanne
Bilodeau

Employment Counselor

Caroline
Mfuta

Regionalization Advisor

Dimitrius
Miranda

Regionalization Advisor

David
Nzisabira

Regionalization Advisor

Chantal
Pimpinella

Asylum Seeker Regionalization Advisor

Sandrine
Afonso-Huot

Employment Counselor

Ivan
Guerrero

Asylum Seeker Counselor

Support Service

Sébastien
Gagnon

Digital Technology Manager (TN)

Jacques
Ablé

Chief Administrative and Financial Officer

Aida
Marroquin

Senior Coordinator, Administration and Logistics

Nadège
Bernadeau

Administrative Assistant – Reception

Keila
Barrera

Administrative Assistant

Alix
Galvis

Administrative Assistant

Jonexy
Olivera

Integration Officer

Gabriela

Landivar

Integration Officer

French Language and Integration Service

Ahmed
Bouremana

Head of Service

Tony
Kiumbe

Administrative Assistant – Francisation

Claudia
Roitman

Administrative Assistant

Careers

Why work at INICI? Because INICI is an innovative organization that aims to set the standard for the quality of services offered to immigrants in Quebec. Our work is founded on five basic values: humanism, credibility, collaboration, innovation and effectiveness.

Spontaneous application

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Board of administrators

Lilly
Nguyen

President

Julie
Laurin

Vice-President

Caroline
Voisard

Secretary

Rita
Kasparian

Treasurer

Barbara
Neder

Administrator

Karim
Haddad

Administrator

Serge
Brasset

Administrator

Thao
Nguyen

Administrator

Ziad
Mawassi

Administrator