Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. We extended the deadline!
2. Immigration: The Way Forward Part 2, Implementing a Growth Strategy.
3. Thank you, Lucia Harrison!
4. Settlement Funding Preparatory Sessions, June 28, 2023 at The Kitchener Public Library
5. Immigration Partnership Annual Report 2022-2023
6. Welcoming Week banner

Immigration Partnership Resources
6. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
7. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

Community Partner Highlights
8. Settlement Services
9. Language Learning Services
10. Health & Mental Health Services
11. Employment Services
12. The 56th KW Multicultural Festival is coming soon!
13. Bridging the Gaps in Trucking
14. Kids Summer Camps coming in July!
15. Emergency Services Career Camp
16. Explore a Future in the Skilled Trades

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

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
19. Cultural Drivers of Tourism
20. Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant
21. Explore the Youth Opportunities Fund
22. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

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

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
26. Seniors’ Health Fair, June 20, 2023, 4:00PM – 6:00PM, Waterloo Memmorial
27. Basic Computer Skills for Newcomers, June 26 & 27, 2023, 6:00PM – 8:00PM, Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen St. N, Kitchener
28. SPECTRUM Fundraising Gala, June 29, 2023, 6:00PM - 9:30PM, Ken Sealing Waterloo Region Museum, 10 Huron Rd, Kitchener
29. Kultrun World Music Festival 2023, July 13 – 16, 2023 – St. Jacobs
Newcomer Services
30. Let’s Talk - Every Tuesday, until Jun. 20, 2023, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
31. Healing Arts & Sounds of Belonging, Every Tuesday starting May 16, 2023, 5:30PM -7:00PM
32. Practice your English - Every Wednesday, until Jun. 21, 2023, 10:00AM - 11:00AM
33. 2023 English Conversation Circles - Every Tuesday, until Jun. 22, 2023 11:00AM - 12:30PM (Online) and 6:30PM - 8:00PM (In-person)
34. Women's English Conversation Circles - Every Thursday, until Jun. 22, 2023, 10:00AM - 11:30AM (In-person)
35. Let’s Talk – Cambridge, July 10-14, 2023, 1:00PM - 5:00PM

News
36. How to Cover Migration on Media? 7 Recommendations for Journalists from the IOM Regional office of Central America, North America and the Caribbean
37. Canada’s population just hit the 40-million milestone from Global News, June 18, 2023
38. Temporary foreign workers need more paths to immigration, experts say from The Record, June 16, 2023
39. Canada expands the Francophone Mobility Program to increase Francophone immigration from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, June 15, 2023
40. Complete the 2023 Immigrant Survey to shape your Community and win amazing prizes from Region of Waterloo - Around the Region, June 14, 2023
41. Canada opens new economic immigration streams for skilled refugees and other displaced people from Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, June 12, 2023
42. Rent for student housing is out of control. Is there a fix? from CBC News, June 12, 2023
43. Ukrainian family reunification program coming soon, residency still far away, from Global News, June 12, 2023
44. Mike Farwell Show minute 41:41 featuring Tara Bedard, Executive Director of the Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership, June 1, 2023
45. Learning resources about First Nations, Inuit and Métis across Canada from Canada.com

Funders’ acknowledgment

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