The Australian Skilled Refugee Labour Agreement Pilot
The Australian Government has launched the Skilled Refugee Pilot, designed in collaboration with TBB.
The UK’s Displaced Talent Mobility Pilot
The pilot will give approximately 50-100 skilled people and their families the opportunity to move to the UK for work.
Meet our new Australia and New Zealand Director
TBB is thrilled to share the news that Sathya Gnanakaran has joined our team as Australia and New Zealand Director.
Meet our new Canada Director
Talent Beyond Boundaries is pleased to announce that Patrick O'Leary will join our team at the end of this month as our new Canada Director.
Connecting with the global mobility community
TBB Co-CEO Madeline Holland was recently a guest on LOVE + RELO, a broadcast interview series focused on the global mobility industry.
Welcoming and inclusive communities for all
It’s no secret that refugees and other displaced people who are given the opportunity to move internationally for work, benefit profoundly. But this positive outcome isn’t a one-way street!
My “beyond boundaries family”: Ali’s journey with TBB
“When I stepped off the plane, I saw TBB founder John Cameron waiting for me - just like a father would. What this showed me is that TBB is not just a program or an organization; it is an extension of my family”.
We’re ‘open sourcing’ our Talent Catalog software
By open sourcing the Talent Catalog software we are making the source code freely available to others to use and improve as a common resource.
Diala - taking one step at a time
When Diala’s plane finally touched down in Toronto she had goosebumps. The last year had been exhausting and exhilarating and she could barely believe she had made it to Canada. She was here alongside her new husband, Yehya, who she had unexpectedly met through this process. A brand new life, a new job and a new husband. The journey had been a whirlwind.
Hired by Shopify in Canada, Omar says getting a job “was like a dream came true”
The couple leave a worsening situation in Beirut for a new home with a livelihood, the space and peace to rebuild, and the services and rights to thrive. Shopify has become the new ground beneath Canadian business even more during the pandemic period of online-only exchange, and talented people like Omar are core to meeting the challenge.
Connecting a community with cuisine
TBB has created a free downloadable cookbook showcasing some of the recipes that bring together our Alumni, staff and volunteers from around the world. According to TBB Alumn Tarek and his wife Sheyma “We believe that food was created to make humanity happy, and the secret to making a delicious dish is love.
Soul surfing and lifelong learning in the Australian sea
Following nine years of displacement in Jordan and 8 months lockdown in Melbourne, Samer is working as a legal assistant with Maurice Blackburn and taking on a new challenge - surfing.
We share the same table
Sharing a meal is one of society’s most beautiful moments. The preparation of individually wrapped morsels of goodness is time consuming but it is such a wonderful way to unite a community. Individual parcels of food invite you to share, try and experience more.
#ItTakesACommunity
Talent Beyond Boundaries is joining a new campaign, It Takes A Community, to celebrate how all people, regardless of where they are born, contribute to making our communities feel like home, especially in light of COVID-19.
Princes Court Homes awarded for innovative solution to aged care recruitment challenge
Congratulations to Princes Court Homes for winning the Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) 2020 Excellence In Age Services Organisation Award for demonstrating exceptional talent, innovation and compassion in the care of older Australians.
Finalists of the Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award
Talent Beyond Boundaries is one of just five organisations advancing to the next stage of the Larsen Lam ICONIQ Impact Award, a global competition launched earlier this year to secure a brighter, more durable future for refugees around the world.
Measuring impact in Canada: Relocations, income, and engaged communities
We developed a quarterly impact snapshot beginning with our work in just one destination, Canada, and here are some of our favourite measures of impact.
A skilled route to protection highlighted in the European Migration and Asylum Pact
In September 2020 the European Commission released a new Pact on Migration and Asylum, with a commitment to create more safe and legal pathways for talented migrants. What does this mean for refugees and displaced people?
Transforming lives with a skills-based approach to migration
Talent Beyond Boundaries (TBB) brings refugees to Australia on skilled migration visas. But perhaps its biggest achievement, outside of changing lives, is rewriting a narrative: it treats refugees as assets to businesses and communities, rather than a problem to be solved. In TBB’s eyes, displaced people with skills are a solution.
A Syrian chef with a ladle full of perseverance
Adel has a passion for food and a dream to bring a deeper cultural understanding to our world through the blending of cuisines. He and his wife Sara are set to follow that dream to Horsham, regional Victoria.