Check out: "August 12, 2024 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. We invite you or your organization to host a community film screening as part of the 8th Annual Waterloo Region Migration Film Festival!
2. Nominate someone for the 2024 Newcomer Landlord Awards! Do you know an exceptional landlord who makes the difference?
3. Call to participate in Welcoming Week 2024!
4. Beyond One Size Fits All: Understand and Support the Region's Global Talent
5. Check out the Immigration Partnership's 2023-2024 Annual Report!
6. The fourth and final session of the Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series is coming soon!
7. Immigrant Survey & Snapshots
8. Other Publications

Immigration Partnership Resources
9. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
10. Racial Equity WR
11. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

New to Waterloo Region? Our partners can help!
12. Settlement Services
13. Language Learning Services
14. Health & Mental Health Services
15. Employment Services
16. Francophone Services
17. Your Voice Matters: Share Your Childcare Needs and Preferences
18. COMPASS Refugee Centre invites applications for the Board of Directors
19. Building the future of hospital care, together!
20. OCASI Leaders' Forum 2024. Shaping Tomorrow: Navigating Change Together
21. Pathways to Prosperity 2024 National Conference

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
22. Waterloo Region Community Foundation (WRCF) funding opportunity for initiatives that advance racial equity in our community
23. Eligible organizations can apply for up to $25,000 for projects that are led by seniors and are volunteer based
24. Ontario Endowment for Children and Youth in Recreation Fund is now accepting applications
25. Building better neighbourhoods with a LoveMyHood matching grant
26. Promoting Welcoming Communities: A Toolkit for Communities and Those Who Support Them
27. Social Media Toolkit for Immigrant - Serving Organizations
28. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
29. Front-end Processes for Refugee Claimants
30. Un Guide Pour Tous
31. Find a Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada
32. Building capacity to support the mental health of immigrants and refugees: A toolkit for settlement, social and health service providers
33. Support for Deaf and hard of hearing newcomers to Canada
34. Settling in French in Ontario - Settlement Guide
35. The End of Asylum? Evolving the Protection System to Meet 21st Century Challenges
36. Resources from ACS-Metropolis Library

La Communauté en Français
37. Le Forum des Leaders d'OCASI 2024. Façonner notre lendemain : naviguer ensemble dans les eaux du changement
38. Sondage 2ELGBTQIA + francophone
39. Guide d’accueil pour les nouveaux arrivants francophone
40. PRAIDA : Stratégies de soutien aux demandeurs d’asile au Canada

Workforce Corner
41. Flashback Episode - Behind the Business podcast
42. P4E Job Fair
43. Kitchener/Waterloo Career Fair and Training Expo Canada
44. Workplace Leadership Conference Canada
45. Grow your skills with Google Career Certificates!
46. Disabilities Mentoring Day (DMD) 2024
47. Employment Readiness Workshop Series - Online
48. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
49. Caribana Ignite
50. Independence Day of Ukraine Concert Picnic
51. Food Nostalgia
52. Salsa in the Square
53. Newcomer info Night
54. March of 1.000 Umbrellas
55. Multicultural Festival of Elmira
56. KW Latin Festival
57. Ride for Refuge

Newcomer Services
58. Let's Talk Summer Camp – August
59. Skills for Success
60. We Belong – Introduction to Photography for Newcomer Seniors

News
61. As an immigrant, I’ve experienced Canada’s promise — a promise now at risk from Toronto Star, Aug. 12, 2024
62. Rosenberg Research: Canada’s looming immigration reversal and what it means for interest rates, fixed income and the loonie from The Globe and Mail, Aug. 8, 2024

Funders’ acknowledgment