Check out: "Feb 20, 2024 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region. Find out about:

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. Join us at the 16th Global Skills Networking Event
2. TOMORROW - Join our Upcoming Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series!
3. Immigrant Survey & Snapshots
4. Submissions to Federal & Provincial Government
5. Other Publications
6. Introducing Our New Branding to Partners, Organizations and the Community

Immigration Partnership Resources
7. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
8. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

Community Partner Highlights
9. Settlement Services
10. Language Learning Services
11. Health & Mental Health Services
12. Employment Services
13. Francophone Services
14. Global Skills Conference: Connect, Learn and Grow
15. Do you have kids in school? Vaccinate & Report
16. Participate in Grand River Transit's Customer Satisfaction Survey
17. Give a Warm Welcome!

Black History Month
18. Celebrating Black History Month!
19. Black History Month by Rhythm and Blues Cambridge

Refugee Integration Updates
20. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
21. In Solidarity with Ukraine
22. Stand with Ukraine

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
23. The City of Waterloo’s Arts Grant Program is Closing this Week!
24. Nominations for Kitchener and Waterloo’s Senior of the Year Awards are Now Open!
25. Free Tax Clinics
26. Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Announces 2024 Funding Application Deadlines
27. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
28. Front-end Processes for Refugee Claimants
29. Un Guide Pour Tous
30. Find a Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada
31. Be among the pioneers to experience the launch of uMetropolis!
32. New to Canada?

La Communauté en Français
33. Nouvellement au Canada?
34. Pourquoi les Jeunes Immigrants sont-ils sous-employés au Canada?
35. 2E Edition du Congrès Metropolis Francophonie Mondiale: Mobilité Humaine Dans L'espace Francophone: Où Allons-nous ?
36. Service Canada en Direct - Prochaines Webinaires
37. Pratiques de recrutement et de rétention des infirmières formées à l’étranger

Workforce Corner
38. Economic Outcomes of Immigrants
39. Behind the Business Podcast
40. Crossover: A Bridge to Success for Immigrant Professionals
41. Service Canada Live - Upcoming Webinars
42. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
43. Research Roundup: Is the Canadian Dream Broken?
44. Youth Settlement in Action: How Sectors Can Build their Capacity to Support Newcomer Youth
45. Building, Bridging Together: Child Welfare, Immigration, Settlement sectors
46. Migration Working Group: Labour Migration and Mobilities
47. CWICE 107: Temporary and Unresolved Immigration Status
48. Migration Working Group: Integration and Migration Governance
49. Migration Disrupted: How Technological Transformation is Reshaping Human Mobility
50. Waterloo from Above: 200 Years of Change
51. Caribana Ignite

Newcomer Services
52. English Conversation Circles
53. Strategic Resume Writing
54. Newcomer Older Adult Support Group
55. Inspire
56. Family Wellbeing: Nurturing Resilience Together
57. Get Hired! Series: Interview Skills Workshop
58. Online Citizenship Support Group - Option 2
59. Citizenship Support Group
60. Let's Talk
61. Online Citizenship Support Group - Option 1
62. Healing through Art for Kids and Parents

News
63. Senior support services to increase in Waterloo from CityNews, February 18, 2024
64. Province makes pair of funding announcements for primary care teams in Waterloo Region from City News, February 16, 2024
65. The provinces where immigrants are going — and staying from Global News, February 14, 2024
66. Is Canada’s consensus on immigration fracturing? from Toronto Star, February 9, 2024

Funders’ acknowledgment

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