Territorial Acknowledgement

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

Community Partner Highlights
6. Settlement Services
7. Language Learning Services
8. Health & Mental Health Services
9. Employment Services
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. Newcomers needed to help shape health and social services in Waterloo Region!
14. Check out the Muslim Social Services of KW newsletter and annual report
15. My Connected Care: Transforming Healthcare Experiences through Grand River Hospital and St. Mary's General Hospital Partnership

Refugee Integration Updates
16. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
17. In Solidarity with Ukraine
18. Canada launches pathway to reunite families and support Ukrainians from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Newsroom, July 15, 2023

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
19. Equitable Service Planning & delivery: A new toolkit
20. Education and training to assist International Educated Health Professionals
21. Renewing Canada’s International Education Strategy
22. The Mayor’s Advisory Council for Kitchener Seniors (MACKS) is seeking new members to join the committee this September.
23. Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant
24. Explore the Youth Opportunities Fund
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
29. Immigrant serving Agencies Responding to COVID by Jill Hanley - YouTube
30. Advocacy and Resilience in the Immigrant Settlement Sector by John Shields - YouTube

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
31. Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action, September – December. Online - Free program
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. Ride for Refuge, September 23, 2023 – 3:00 PM, Doon Valley Golf Course, 500 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener
35. Quantum Wampum, Opens September 30, 2023 - THE MUSEUM, 10 King Street West, Kitchener
36. Kindred Radiant Ladies Night Gala, October 8, 2023 – St. George Banquet Hall, Waterloo
Newcomer Services
37. 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).
38. Healthy Women Together, July 4 - Aug. 15, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Stork Family, 500 Fischer - Hallman Road N, Waterloo
39. Let’s Talk – Cambridge, July 10-14, 2023, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
40. 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
41. Newcomer Employment Workshop Series: July 2023, Thursdays, July 13, 20 & 27, 2023, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

News
42. Ontario Doing Even More to Grow its Health Care Workforce from Ontario Newsroom, July 24, 2023
43. More than 2,000 refugee claimants seek asylum in region from Waterloo Region Record, July 22, 2023
44. Waterloo Region ranks in top 20 in North American tech markets, report from CityNews, July 19, 2023
45. Habitat for Humanity launching 'first of its kind' partnership to create affordable homes in the region from CityNews, July 19, 2023
46. More federal housing support for asylum claimants from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, July 18, 2023
47. Addressing Ontario's Housing Affordability Crisis Requires All Hands on Deck from Ontario Chamber of Commerce, July 5, 2023
48. ICT-Refugee Health 2022-2023 Implementation & Impact Summary from KW4 Ontario Health Team
49. Advocacy and Resilience in the Immigrant Settlement Sector by John Shields - YouTube
50. Immigrant serving Agencies Responding to COVID by Jill Hanley - YouTube

Funders’ acknowledgment

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