Check out: "Feb 26, 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. Our First Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series Session for Front-Line Colleagues was a Huge Success!
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. Join Community Healthcaring KW's Board of Directors
15. Global Skills Conference: Connect, Learn and Grow
16. Do you have kids in school? Vaccinate & Report
17. Participate in Grand River Transit's Customer Satisfaction Survey
18. Give a Warm Welcome!

Black History Month
19. Celebrating Black History Month!
20. Abusua Pa: A Celebration of Black Queer Community
21. Black History Month 2023... by the numbers

Refugee Integration Updates
22. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
23. In Solidarity with Ukraine
24. Providing access to free legal services for Ukrainian nationals from Department of Justice Canada, Feb. 20, 2024

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
25. The Musagetes Fund is Now Accepting Applications!
26. Seniors Community Grant Program Applications Now Open
27. Nominations for Kitchener and Waterloo’s Senior of the Year Awards are Now Open!
28. Free Tax Clinics
29. Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Announces 2024 Funding Application Deadlines
30. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

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

La Communauté en Français
36. Nouvellement au Canada?
37. Pourquoi les Jeunes Immigrants sont-ils sous-employés au Canada?
38. 2E Edition du Congrès Metropolis Francophonie Mondiale: Mobilité Humaine Dans L'espace Francophone: Où Allons-nous ?
39. Service Canada en Direct - Prochaines Webinaires
40. Pratiques de recrutement et de rétention des infirmières formées à l’étranger

Workforce Corner
41. Behind the Business Podcast
42. Service Canada Live - Upcoming Webinars
43. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
44. Building, Bridging Together: Child Welfare, Immigration, Settlement sectors
45. Migration Working Group: Labour Migration and Mobilities
46. CWICE 107: Temporary and Unresolved Immigration Status
47. Migration Working Group: Integration and Migration Governance
48. Migration Disrupted: How Technological Transformation is Reshaping Human Mobility
49. Waterloo from Above: 200 Years of Change
50. Kultrun World Music Festival
51. Caribana Ignite

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

News
65. Canada prepares to welcome thousands of Sudanese, but new pathway sparks questions from The Globe and Mail, February 26, 2024
66. St. Mary's cardiac program aimed at people without family doctors from The Record, February 26, 2024
67. Recent immigration trends mean millennials now outnumber baby boomers in Canada from CIC News,
February 22, 2024

Funders’ acknowledgment

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