Check out: "Sept 27, 2021 Immigration Weekly"  for the latest events, information and resources related to COVID-19 and immigration in Waterloo Region. Find out about:

Immigration Partnership Updates

1. Manufacturing (MFG) Day Goes Virtual for the Second Year
2. How to Donate to Help Refugees Arriving in Our Region
3. How Students Can Help: A Discussion with Small Businesses

Community Partner Highlights

4. Immigrant Services and Interpretation Open
5. First Cambridge Newcomer Connections Virtual Conference, October 1 and 2
6. Have Your Say in the Region of Waterloo’s Budget for 2022
7. YMCA of Three Rivers Immigrant Services is Looking for Mentors to Help Professional Newcomers

Federal, Provincial and Local Updates

8. Region of waterloo Covid-19 Vaccine Bulletin, Sept 22, 2021
9. Making it easy for residents to access their vaccine receipts
10. Local vaccine rollout moving into maintenance phase
11. Ontario cautiously easing capacity limits in select settings where proof of vaccination is required

COVID-19 Information and Resources
12. TRANSLATED PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS on Mobile Vaccination Buses Bringing Vaccines to Community Locations From Sept 27 to Oct 3
13. How you Can Access Your COVID Vaccine Receipts

Other Information and Resources

14. “Remember Me, Remember Us” Walk in Honour of Residential Schools' Victims
15. Celebrating the Ontario's Francophone Community
16. Nominations for the 2022 Ontario Francophonie Awards Are Open
17. Immigrants of Waterloo Region Making History
18. The Latest Edition of the RSTP Bulletin

Virtual Events and Webinars

19. Writing Successful Web Content, Sept 28, 2:30-4pm
20. Hiring, Discrimination and Newcomer Resilience, Sept 30, 12:15-1:30pm
21. NOUVELLE série de webinaires sur le parrainage de réfugiés: octobre 2021
22. Let's Talk Newcomer Youth Fall 2021, Oct 13-Dec 1, Wednesday, 6pm
23. Navigating Family Courts During the Pandemic, Oct 5, 10:30am-12pm
24. Islamic Heritage Month event with Author Uzma Jalaluddin, Oct 6, 7-8pm
25. Small Business Success & Resilience | Celebrating Small Business Month, Oct 6, 5-6pm
26. L'expérience des nouveaux arrivants francophones| The Francophone Newcomer Experience, Oct 13, 1pm

COVID 19 Coverage and other News

27. Your Voice Against Racism: Abiha Syed Waterloo Chronicle, Sept 22, 2021
28. Ontario Supports Launch of First Blind and Low Vision Program for Francophone Students Ontario Newsroom, sept 24, 2021
29. Planning underway to give children COVID-19 vaccine when approved The Record, Sept 24, 2021
30. Ian Williams on the 'whiplash' of being racialized - Cambridge Times Cambridge Times, Sep 23, 2021
31. Regional council pegs more affordable housing for Cambridge Cambridge Times, Sep 23, 2021
32. More than 80 per cent of region’s school staff report being fully vaccinated The Record, Sept 23, 2021
33. Public, Catholic school boards release updated vaccination data Kitchener today, Sept 23, 2021
34. Ontario's vaccine passport: What you need to know CBC News, Sept 22, 2021
35. FEDERAL ELECTION 2021: Waterloo Region community groups call for action on LGBTQ+ ... The Star News, Sep 22, 2021
36. Rise in People's Party support 'very concerning' even if its future is uncertain, expert says - CBC.ca CBC News, Sep 22, 2021
37. Afghanistan girls soccer team given asylum in Portugal - The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail News, Sep 22, 2021
38. ‘Brave Circle’ Program in Waterloo Region to help answer community members’ questions about Muslims Waterloo Chronicle, Sept 21, 2021
39. ‘Growing mistrust’: An immigration expert on misinformation and how our system needs to change TVO, Sep 20, 2021

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