Check out: "Jan 22, 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. 2023 Waterloo Region Immigrant Survey Results Ready!
3. Navigating the Housing Landscape: A Snapshot of Immigrant Experiences in Waterloo Region
4. Immigration in Waterloo Region Forecast 2023 - 2030
5. International Credential Recognition: Helping Newcomers Find Meaningful Work
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. Race & Identity Based Data Collection Mini Conference for Waterloo Region Residents
15. KW Multicultural Centre Funded Interpreter Services for Medical Appointments Ended
16. The National Settlement and Resettlement Funding Call for Proposals is Now Open!
17. Give a Warm Welcome!

Refugee Integration Updates
18. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
19. In Solidarity with Ukraine

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
20. Closing this week! - Regional Development Program
21. Closing soon! - Energizing Life Community Fund 2024
22. Let’s Talk Budget 2024
23. The Waterloo Region Record - Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Fund is Now Accepting Applications!
24. Applications for the Neighbourhood Fund are now open!
25. The Canadian Women’s Foundation is now accepting proposals for Community Needs grants
26. The City of Waterloo’s Arts Grant Program is Opened!
27. Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Announces 2024 Funding Application Deadlines
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

La Communauté en Français
32. Pourquoi les Jeunes Immigrants sont-ils sous-employés au Canada?
33. 2E Edition du Congrès Metropolis Francophonie Mondiale: Mobilité Humaine Dans L'espace Francophone: Où Allons-nous ?

Workforce Corner
34. Business After 5 – New Year Edition
35. "Advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in Canadian SMEs"
36. Behind the Business Podcast
37. Business Growth Series
38. EMPLOYERS! - The Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin is calling on you to better understand the workforce issues facing your businesses and industries.
39. New Course Coming Soon: "Immigrant Youth in Canada's Labour Market" on uMetropolis E-learning Platform
40. Internationally Educated Health Care Professionals (IEHPs) integration to a Canadian work environment: perspectives from organizations and newcomers - February 14, 1 PM

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
41. Winterloo - January 27
42. Role of SAH & SPO Collaborating in Enhancing Services for PSRs - January 24
43. Migration Working Group: Refugees and Forced Migration, January 30
44. Black History Month by Rhythm and Blues Cambridge
45. Youth Settlement in Action: How Sectors Can Build their Capacity to Support Newcomer Youth - February 21
46. Migration Working Group: Labour Migration and Mobilities, February 27
47. Migration Working Group: Integration and Migration Governance, March 26
48. Migration Disrupted: How Technological Transformation is Reshaping Human Mobility, May 7 – 9

Newcomer Services
49. English Conversation Circles
50. Exploring Worldwide Art Forms
51. Newcomer Older Adult Support Group
52. Inspire
53. Citizenship Support Group
54. Family Wellbeing: Nurturing Resilience Together
55. Let's Talk
52. Healing through Art for Kids and Parents

News
53. Federal government announces 2-year cap on student visas from CBC News, January 22, 2024
54. Migration to Canada reaching 50-year highs, especially among non-permanent residents: StatCan from CTV News, January 18, 2024
55. Tens of thousands of Ukrainians expected to come to Canada in the next few months from CTV News, January 18, 2024
56. Ambitious and historic measures to enhance the vitality of Francophone minority communities in Canada from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, January 16, 2024
57. Posthaste: Canada caught in population trap for first time in modern history, economists warn from the Financial Post, January 16, 2024

Funders’ acknowledgment

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