Check out: "May 21, 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. Multicultural Connections 2024 Coming Up Next Week!
2. Are you a business in Waterloo Region looking for diverse and international talent to fill your job openings?
3. Celebrating Citizenship Week!
4. SAVE THE DATE - Session three of the Brown Bag Lunch Learning Series is coming up in June!
5. Introducing our new branding to partners, organizations and the community
6. Immigrant Survey & Snapshots
7. Submissions to Federal & Provincial Government
8. Other Publications

Immigration Partnership Resources
9. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
10. Racial Equity WR

New to Waterloo Region? Our Partners can help!
11. Settlement Services
12. Language Learning Services
13. Health & Mental Health Services
14. Employment Services
15. Francophone Services
16. Help improve the Ontario Nutritious Food Basket (ONFB) resources!
17. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s online survey on immigration levels is now open!
18. Walking Together: Strengthening Indigenous - Newcomer Allyship
19. Pathways to Prosperity 2024 National Conference

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

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
22. Ontario Learn and Stay Grant is now open for students starting in the 2024–2025 academic year
23. The Inclusive Community Grants is now open!
24. The Neighbourhood Fund is accepting applications
25. Join the International Organization for Migration’s Refugee Advisory Committee for Canadian Orientation Abroad!
26. On the table WR is back! Come together, share some food and drink, and talk about what matters most to you!
27. Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) Announces 2024 Funding Application Deadlines
28. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
29. Front-end Processes for Refugee Claimants
30. Un Guide Pour Tous
31. Find a Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada
32. Navigating the Ontario Healthcare System toolkit

La Communauté en Français
33. Connexions Multiculturelles : Promouvoir la diversité : Récits d'appartenance des communautés ethnoculturelles de la région de Waterloo
34. Le lancement de uMetropolis approche à grands pas
35. Pratiques de recrutement et de rétention des infirmières formées à l’étranger

Workforce Corner
36. New episode! - Behind the Business podcast
37. Navigating Global Englishes
38. Startup Business Basics
39. Effective Employer Engagement
40. The Southwestern Ontario development Fund is now accepting applications!
41. Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities - Employment Assistance Services is now open!
42. A New Way to Settle Abroad is coming: Say hello to the Learning Marketplace powered by World Education Services (WES)
43. Communitech Open House

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
44. Salsa in the Square
45. Ask the Rabbi: Everything you wanted to know about Judaism but were afraid to ask
46. NIROW Children's Day
47. Art Market
48. Waterloo from Above: 200 Years of Change
49. Movies in the park
50. Understanding Conflict & Communication
51. Eid Mubarak
52. Kultrun World Music Festival
53. Caribana Ignite
54. National Newcomer navigation Network (N4) upcoming webinars

Newcomer Services
55. ELCC Navigators: Connecting Families to Early Learning & Child Care
56. Career Planning
57. Strategic Resume Writing Workshop
58. Get Hired! Effective Resume Writing
59. Newcomer Employment Outreach Program: Get certified in soft skills
60. Youth Employment Program
61. Get Hired! Interview Skills Workshop
62. Strategic Resume Writing Workshop
63. Let’s Talk
64. Get Hired! Mastering your online job search
65. Healing through Art for Parents
66. Healing through Art for Kids
67. Let's Talk Summer Camp – July
68. Let's Talk Summer Camp – August
69. We Belong – Introduction to Photography for Newcomer Seniors

News
70. Community applications now open for new rural and Francophone immigration pilots from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, May 21, 2024
71. 48 people become Canadian citizens at a ceremony in Cambridge from CBC, May 15, 2024
Funders’ acknowledgment

Funders’ acknowledgment

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