Mengistab Tsegaye
Executive Director, World Skills Co-Chair, OLIP Economic Integration Sector Table
Mengistab Tsegaye has worked over 25 years in the newcomer’s settlement and integration sector, and he was an immigrant himself. Mr. Tsegaye is co-founder and Executive Director of World Skills, an organization that provides employment services to newcomers in Ottawa. He has a Social Work background and extensive experience in employment issues and the challenges newcomers face. Mengistab’s past and present settlement and community involvement includes:
- Board member, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI),
- President of the Eritrean Community of Ottawa,
- Member of the Ontario works monitoring committee,
- Board member, Ottawa Carleton Housing Authority,
- Chair of settlement .org,
- Chair of Algonquin College Community Collaboration Committee, and
- Member of the Employer council of champions in Ottawa.