Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. The 2023 Immigrant Survey – THANK YOU, +1500 responses
2. Settlement Funding Preparatory Sessions – NEW DATE, July 13, 2023 at 99 Regina, Waterloo
3. Immigration Partnership Annual Report 2022-2023
4. Welcoming Week banner
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. The Region of Waterloo Youth Advisory Council is looking for new members!
12. Empower Your Entrepreneurial Journey!
13. Muslim Social Services of Waterloo is seeking volunteers to support their annual summer camp!
14. Al-Nour Project
15. The Plan to End Chronic Homelessness
16. Emergency Services Career Camp
17. You can make a difference and it starts with a simple action
18. Explore a Future in the Skilled Trades

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

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
21. Pathways to Prosperity 2023 National Conference: Call for Proposals
22. Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant
23. Explore the Youth Opportunities Fund
24. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

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

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
28. Fostering Canadian Integration for Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs): From Learning to Action, September – December. Online - Free program
29. Community Picnic, July 7, 2023, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM, Waterloo Park (Westmount Entrance)
30. Kultrun World Music Festival 2023, July 13 – 16, 2023 – St. Jacobs
31. Professional Development Webinar for Settlement Professionals: Supporting Privately Sponsored Refugees, July 18, 2023 -1:00 PM
32. 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
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

News
39. Immersive Indigenous exhibit will explore themes of wisdom, intelligence, knowledge from Waterloo Region Record, June 29, 2023
40. Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972 from CityNews, June 28, 2023
41. Minister Fraser launches Canada’s first-ever Tech Talent Strategy at Collision 2023 from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, June 27, 2023
42. New measure to benefit foreign workers looking to improve their skills from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, June 27, 2023
43. "From Earth to Sky" explores the work of accomplished Indigenous architects: From Earth to Sky | TVO Today
44. Learning resources about First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada from Canada.com

Funders’ acknowledgment

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