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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.
Our history ✦
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
Want to get involved?
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
Activity reports
To find out about recent years achievements, please consult our annual reports.