Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. 2023 Newcomer Landlord Awards' nominations are now open!
2. Call to Participate in Welcoming Week 2023
3. The Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership is off to new beginnings!
4. Immigration Partnership Annual Report 2022-2023
Immigration Partnership Resources
5. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
6. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

Community Partner Highlights
7. Settlement Services
8. Language Learning Services
9. Health & Mental Health Services
10. Employment Services
11. You can make a difference and it starts with a simple action
12. Newcomers needed to help shape health and social services in Waterloo Region!
13. Check out the Muslim Social Services of KW newsletter and annual report
14. On September 28th, the Belonging Expo is Back – and bigger!
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. Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant
22. Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
23. Explore the Youth Opportunities Fund
24. Resilient Communities Fund: Apply for funding to help your non-profit organization recover and build capacity, resilience and sustainability.
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
31. Implementing the Right to Housing in Canada Toolkit for Tenant Leaders

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
32. Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action, September – December. Online - Free program
33. Inaugural Emancipation Day Celebration, Aug. 1st, 2023, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM - Civic Square, 50 Dickson St., Cambridge
34. Canadian Arab Festival of KW, Aug. 19, 2023, 12:00PM - 10:00PM, Carl Zehr Square, Kitchener
35. Strategic Resume Writing, Aug. 24, 2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 150 Main St., Cambridge - Room 156
36. Promoting Retention of Health Care Professionals: The Importance of Mentorship Modules
Aug. 30, 2023, 1:00 PM
37. Strategic Resume Writing, Aug. 31, 2023, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, 235 King St E., Kitchener - Room 1C
38. Ride for Refuge, September 23, 2023 – 3:00 PM, Doon Valley Golf Course, 500 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener
39. Quantum Wampum, Opens September 30, 2023 - THE MUSEUM, 10 King Street West, Kitchener
40. Kindred Radiant Ladies Night Gala, October 8, 2023 – St. George Banquet Hall, Waterloo
Newcomer Services
41. 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).
42. Healthy Women Together, July 4 - Aug. 15, 2023, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM, Stork Family, 500 Fischer - Hallman Road N, Waterloo
43. Let’s Talk – Cambridge, July 10-14, 2023, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
44. 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
News
45. Canada doubles resettlement spaces for human rights defenders from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, July 25, 2023
46. Addressing Ontario's Housing Affordability Crisis Requires All Hands on Deck from Ontario Chamber of Commerce, July 5, 2023
47. ICT-Refugee Health 2022-2023 Implementation & Impact Summary from KW4 Ontario Health Team
48. Shifting Power Dynamics: Equity, diversity, and inclusion in the non-profit sector from imaginecanada.ca, July 2023

Funders’ acknowledgment

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