Check out: "Mar 25, 2024 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region. Find out about:

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
2. Resources and Recordings from our First Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series Session are Available!
3. Immigrant Survey & Snapshots
4. Submissions to Federal & Provincial Government
5. Other Publications
6. Introducing Our New Branding to Partners, Organizations and the Community

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

Community Partner Highlights
9. Settlement Services
10. Language Learning Services
11. Health & Mental Health Services
12. Employment Services
13. Francophone Services
14. Refugee Rights Day Open House at COMPASS Refugee Centre
15. Waterloo Region Community Foundation is looking for you to join their team as the Executive Assistant
16. Pathways to Prosperity 2024 National Conference
17. Protect your eyes during the April 8 solar eclipse

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

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
21. Seniors Community Grant Program Applications Closing this Week!
22. Applications Open for the Community Grants!
23. Waterloo Region Community Foundation is Now Accepting Applications for the Woolwich Fund!
24. Calling all Community Changemakers! The Upstream and Community Capacity Building Funds are accepting applications
25. Nominations for Kitchener and Waterloo’s Senior of the Year Awards are Now Open!
26. Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Announces 2024 Funding Application Deadlines
27. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
28. Front-end Processes for Refugee Claimants
29. Un Guide Pour Tous
30. Find a Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada
31. Your Rights as a Worker
32. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) – Newcomer toolkit
33. International students studying in Canada: Doing your taxes helps you
34. Free Tax Clinics

La Communauté en Français
35. La 17è édition du Symposium annuel sur l'immigration francophone
36. Centre de ressources N4 PSFE : Outils et ressources pour soutenir l'emploi optimal des professionnels de la santé formés à l'étranger
37. Pratiques de recrutement et de rétention des infirmières formées à l’étranger

Workforce Corner
38. A New Way to Settle Abroad is coming: Say hello to the Learning Marketplace powered by World Education Services (WES)
39. Behind the Business Podcast
40. Working Caregivers: Creating a Baseline Understanding
41. International Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs) Mentorship Series: Networking for Success
42. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
43. Free First Time Home Buyers Seminar
44. Uptown Egg Hunt
45. Expert Panel on Supporting Refugee Claimants: Gaps and Resources for Equitable Access to Employment
46. Canada's Refugee Health System Atlas: National Innovation with Global Impact
47. How will Technological Transformation Change the Future of Migration in Canada?
48. Migration Disrupted: How Technological Transformation is Reshaping Human Mobility
49. Waterloo from Above: 200 Years of Change
50. Kultrun World Music Festival
51. Caribana Ignite

Newcomer Services
52. Effective Resume Writing
53. Online Citizenship Support Group - Option 2
54. Citizenship Support Group
55. Let's Talk
56. Online Citizenship Support Group - Option 1
57. Citizenship Test Preparation
58. Healing through Art for Kids and Parents

News
59. Canada's addiction to temporary foreign workers has impacted affordability, minister says from CBC, March 24, 2024
60. ‘It’s really a bit startling’ — Hate-motivated crimes in Waterloo Region almost double in 2023 from the Cambridge Times, March 22, 2024
61. Canada is changing its foreign worker rules. Here’s why — and what it will mean from Toronto Star, March 21, 2024
62. Federal government aiming to shrink temporary residents' share of population by 2027 from CBC News, March 21, 2024
63. Minister Miller marks the International Day of La Francophonie from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, March 20, 2024
64. 5 ways to better build community with international students in Canada from The Conversation, March 19, 2024
Funders’ acknowledgment

Funders’ acknowledgment

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