Check out: "Jan 29, 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. SAVE THE DATE - Check out our Upcoming Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series!
3. 2023 Waterloo Region Immigrant Survey Results Ready!
4. Navigating the Housing Landscape: A Snapshot of Immigrant Experiences in Waterloo Region
5. Immigration in Waterloo Region Forecast 2023 - 2030
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. The National Settlement and Resettlement Funding Call for Proposals is Now Open!
15. Give a Warm Welcome!

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

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

Resources
26. Front-end Processes for Refugee Claimants
27. Un Guide Pour Tous
28. Find a Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada

La Communauté en Français
29. Pourquoi les Jeunes Immigrants sont-ils sous-employés au Canada?
30. 2E Edition du Congrès Metropolis Francophonie Mondiale: Mobilité Humaine Dans L'espace Francophone: Où Allons-nous ?

Workforce Corner
31. Explore the latest report titled "Keeping Job Fairs Current: What are Youth Looking For and Is It Working?"
32. Earnings of one-step and two-step economic immigrants: Comparisons from the arrival year
33. Behind the Business Podcast
34. Business Growth Series
35. EMPLOYERS! - The Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin is calling on you to better understand the workforce issues facing your businesses and industries.
36. New Course Coming Soon: "Immigrant Youth in Canada's Labour Market" on uMetropolis E-learning Platform
37. Skills Matter: A Workshop for Aspiring Immigrant Professionals - Part 2
38. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
39. ELCC Navigators: Connecting Families to Early Learning & Child Care
40. Black History Month by Rhythm and Blues Cambridge
41. Bridges Out of Poverty Workshop
42. Food and Funds Night!
43. Exploring Indigenous Culture
44. Inspiring Black Flourishing in Waterloo Region and Beyond
45. Winterloo
46. Youth Settlement in Action: How Sectors Can Build their Capacity to Support Newcomer Youth
47. Migration Working Group: Labour Migration and Mobilities
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

Newcomer Services
51. English Conversation Circles
52. Exploring Worldwide Art Forms
53. Navigating Health for Newcomer: Winter Wellness
54. Newcomer Older Adult Support Group
55. Inspire
56. Citizenship Support Group
57. Family Wellbeing: Nurturing Resilience Together
58. Let's Talk
59. Healing through Art for Kids and Parents

News
60. Online platform helps Syrians find lost family members from The Record, January 28, 2024
61. Medical translation program gets emergency funds from The Record, January 26, 2024
62. What's behind the problems with Canada's international student program? from CBC, January 26, 2024
63. Ontario announces new measures for international students to protect ‘integrity’ of education system from The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2024
64. 'An indictment of what the program became.' Canada sets new limits on work permits for international students, spouses from The Record, January 22, 2024
65. Government helping 6600 internationally educated healthcare professionals work in Canada from Employment and Social Development Canada, January 15, 2024

Funders’ acknowledgment

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