Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. Call to Participate in Welcoming Week 2023
2. Immigration Partnership Annual Report 2022-2023
Immigration Partnership Resources
3. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
4. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

Community Partner Highlights
5. Settlement Services
6. Language Learning Services
7. Health & Mental Health Services
8. Employment Services
9. The Region of Waterloo Youth Advisory Council is looking for new members!
10. Share your voice: As a community, how can we end chronic homelessness?
11. Emergency Services Career Camp
12. You can make a difference and it starts with a simple action
13. Explore a Future in the Skilled Trades

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

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
16. Pathways to Prosperity 2023 National Conference: Call for Proposals
17. Renewing Canada’s International Education Strategy
18. The Mayor’s Advisory Council for Kitchener Seniors (MACKS) is seeking new members to join the committee this September.
19. Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant
20. Explore the Youth Opportunities Fund
21. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

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

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
25. Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action, September – December. Online - Free program
26. Neebing Indigenous Art Fair, July 7 - 16, 2023, 3:00 PM - 700 PM - 425 Bingemans Centre Dr, Kitchener
27. Strategic Resume Writing, July 13 & Aug. 31, 2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. 235 King St E., Kitchener, Room 1C
28. Kultrun World Music Festival 2023, July 13 – 16, 2023 – St. Jacobs
29. Professional Development Webinar for Settlement Professionals: Supporting Privately Sponsored Refugees, July 18, 2023 -1:00 PM
30. Healing through Art and Music for Kids and Parents, July 18, 2023, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM, Forest Heights Community Centre, 1700 Queens Blvd, Kitchener
31. Strategic Resume Writing, July 27 & Aug. 24, 2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. 150 Main St., Cambridge, Room 156
32. Summer Picnic + Lime, July 30, 2023, 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Waterloo Park
33. Inaugural Emancipation Day Celebration, Aug. 1st, 2023, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Civic Square, 50 Dickson St., Cambridge
34. Quantum Wampum, Opens September 30, 2023 - THE MUSEUM, 10 King Street West, Kitchener
Newcomer Services
35. Citizenship Support Group, Mondays, July 3 - Aug 14, 2023, 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM (Online) & Wednesdays, July 5 - Aug 23, 2023, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM (Online).
36. Healthy Women Together, July 4 - Aug. 15, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Stork Family, 500 Fischer - Hallman Road N, Waterloo
37. Let’s Talk – Cambridge, July 10-14, 2023, 1:00PM - 5:00PM
38. Family Language and Learning, Tuesdays, July 11 - Aug. 8, 2023, 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM, & Wednesdays, July 12 - Aug. 9, 2023, 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
39. Newcomer Employment Workshop Series: July 2023, Thursdays, July 13, 20 & 27, 2023, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

News
40. Canada announces First-Ever Express Entry invitations for French-speaking newcomers from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, July 7, 2023
41. Ontario to require temporary foreign worker agencies, recruiters to be licensed starting Jan. 1 from CBC News, July 5, 2023
42. Canada announces new immigration stream specific to health workers from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, June 28, 2023

Funders’ acknowledgment

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