Check out: "January 13, 2025 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. 17th Global Skills Networking Event
2. Insights from the Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership's 2024 Partner Survey
3. Canadian Immigration Law: Best Practices and Opportunities for Employers – Part 2
4. Immigrant Survey Results & Snapshots
5. Other Publications

Immigration Partnership Resources
6. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
7. Racial Equity WR
8. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

New to Waterloo Region? Our partners can help!
9. Settlement Services
10. Language Learning Services
11. Health & Mental Health Services
12. Employment Services
13. Francophone Services
14. Training for service providers in honour of the National Day of Remembrance & Action Against Islamophobia
15. Navigating Newcomers' Insights: Using Data to Reach Newcomer Audiences
16. The Changing Landscape of Immigration and Refugee Policies in Canada
17. Language Interpreter Training at Conestoga College

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Updates & News
18. Evaluation of the Refugee Resettlement Program, Evaluation Division, Audit and Evaluation Branch, IRCC
19. 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan
20. Supplementary Information for the 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan
21. Canada’s immigration levels web page

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
22. Seniors Community Grant Program
23. The City of Waterloo's Art Grant Program will open soon!
24. New to Canada? Learn about the benefits of doing your taxes
25. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
26. Food and Housing Resources pocket card
27. Urgent Care Program
28. Residential rent increases
29. Kids Help Phone
30. WelcomeOntario information hub

La Communauté en Français
31. Vous venez d’arriver au Canada? Apprenez-en plus sur les avantages de faire vos impôts
32. Guide d'établissement pour les communautés francophones de l'Ontario

Workforce Corner
33. WR Connectors
34. Behind the Business podcast - Season 2
35. Business Plan 101
36. Startup Business Basics
37. Funding now available for Southwestern Ontario businesses and organizations
38. Industrial Try a Trade Pre-Apprenticeship
39. Virtual learning sessions for employers across Canada

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
40. Skate Night Date Night
41. Indigenous Reading Group
42. Empowered Learners
43. PD Day Skate and Craft
44. Winterloo Festival

Newcomer Services
45. We Belong - Introduction to photography for newcomer seniors
46. English Conversation Circle
47. Mastering your online job research
48. Strategic Resume Writing Workshop

News
49. Welcome to Canada Immigration Series: Canada's acceptance of refugee claims has ballooned in last 6 years — more for some countries than others from CBC News, January 11, 2025
50. Welcome to Canada Immigration Series: From far and wide from CBC News, January 8, 2025
51. Thousands of caregivers’ status at risk as immigration programs stall from The Globe and Mail, January 6, 2025

Funders’ acknowledgment