Check out: "September 16, 2024 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. Welcoming Week Kicks Off with a Special Citizenship Ceremony
2. Join Us for the Wrap-Up of the Waterloo Region Migration Film Festival This Friday!
3. Deadline Extended – Nominate Someone for the 2024 Newcomer Landlord Award by Friday!
4. Are you Currently hiring for full-time positions? Join us in the Newcomer Job Fair!
5. 2024 Waterloo Region Immigration Profile highlighting growth and diversity is available!
6. Check out the Immigration Partnership's 2023-2024 Annual Report!
7. Immigrant Survey Results & Snapshots
8. Other Publications

Immigration Partnership Resources
9. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
10. Racial Equity WR
11. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

New to Waterloo Region? Our partners can help!
12. Settlement Services
13. Language Learning Services
14. Health & Mental Health Services
15. Employment Services
16. Francophone Services
17. The Waterloo Regional Police Service Board is encouraging residents of Waterloo Region to provide their input into the Waterloo Regional Police Service’s (WRPS) 2025 Budget
18. The Region of Waterloo Youth Advisory Council is looking for new members!
19. Across all Borders: Exploring Gender-based Violence through the Afro-centric Lens
20. Are you applying for Canadian Citizenship? You can register to vote in federal elections!
21. Building the future of hospital care, together!
22. Ride for Refuge
23. OCASI Leaders' Forum 2024. Shaping Tomorrow: Navigating Change Together
24. Pathways to Prosperity 2024 National Conference

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
25. 2024 Elevation Refugee Scholarship
26. Call for Indigenous Artists: Honouring Lands and Waterways
27. Building better neighbourhoods with a LoveMyHood matching grant
28. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
29. Differences in confidence in public institutions across generations of Canadians
30. Un Guide Pour Tous
31. Mentor Me
32. Snapshot of Hate in Waterloo Region
33. The Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) Settlement Program
34. The Settling in French in Ontario – Settlement Guide
35. Combatting Racism and Discrimination in the Settlement Sector"

La Communauté en Français
36. La semaine nationale de l’accueil
37. Jour des Franco-Ontariennes et Franco-Ontariens
38. Le Forum des Leaders d'OCASI 2024. Façonner notre lendemain : naviguer ensemble dans les eaux du changement
39. Guide d’accueil pour les nouveaux arrivants francophone
40. PRAIDA : Stratégies de soutien aux demandeurs d’asile au Canada

Workforce Corner
41. Season 2 is here! - Behind the Business podcast
42. Integrated Employment Services: Changes, Challenges & Gains for Newcomers
43. P4E Job Fair
44. Kitchener/Waterloo Career Fair and Training Expo Canada
45. Workplace Leadership Conference Canada
46. Grow your skills with Google Career Certificates!
47. Navigating Global Englishes
48. Be Well, Lead Well
49. Disabilities Mentoring Day (DMD) 2024
50. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
51. March of 1.000 Umbrellas
52. Lumen
53. Rainbow Diversity Training 101 & 201
54. Oktoberfest
55. UWaterloo Gidinawendamin/Ska’nikú•lát 21st Annual Pow Wow
56. IndeFest 2024

Newcomer Services
57. Pre-Employment Program
58. Newcomer Older Adults: Well being workshops & older adult support group
59. Weekly Drop-in Employment Support
60. English Conversation Circle
61. Weekly Drop-in Employment Support
62. We Belong – Introduction to Photography for Newcomer Seniors

News
63. Tighter hiring rules coming for temporary foreign workers in Waterloo Region from Waterloo Region Record, Sept. 16, 2024
64. Ottawa looks to relocate thousands of asylum seekers to provinces from Ontario, Quebec from National Post, Sept. 11, 2024 

Funders’ acknowledgment