Check out: "September 23, 2024 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. Celebrating Welcoming Week: Fostering connections, community, and belonging
2. Are you currently hiring for full-time positions? Join us in the Newcomer Job Fair!
3. Are you a leader or change maker in our community? Please save the date!
4. 2024 Waterloo Region Immigration Profile highlighs growth and diversity!
5. Check out the Immigration Partnership's 2023-2024 Annual Report!
6. Immigrant Survey Results & Snapshots
7. Other Publications

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

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. Find health services in Cambridge and North Dumfries
17. Are you applying for Canadian Citizenship? You can register to vote in federal elections!
18. Building the future of hospital care, together!
19. Ride for Refuge
20. 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
21. OCASI Leaders' Forum 2024. Shaping Tomorrow: Navigating Change Together
22. Pathways to Prosperity 2024 National Conference

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
23. 2024 Elevation Refugee Scholarship
24. Grow Grants funding applications opening soon!
25. Call for Indigenous Artists: Honouring Lands and Waterways
26. Building better neighbourhoods with a LoveMyHood matching grant
27. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
28. Keys to the Future: Unlocking Adequate Housing for Refugees & Refugee Claimants in Canada - July 2024
29. How to Talk to Newcomers About Nutrition—Without Being a Nutritionist - Switchboard - August 2024
30. The-Municipal-Role-in-Immigration-and-Settlement-Contradictions-and-Challenges-Final.pdf - Summer 2024
31. 2024 Literacy and Immigration Discussion Paper - ENG
32. The Canadian Hearing Services (CHS) Settlement Program
33. The Settling in French in Ontario – Settlement Guide
34. "Combatting Racism and Discrimination in the Settlement Sector"

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

Workforce Corner
39. Season 2 - Behind the Business podcast
40. Get certified to work in your trade (Electrician, Plumber and HVAC) in Ontario!
41. P4E Job Fair
42. Kitchener/Waterloo Career Fair and Training Expo Canada
43. Workplace Leadership Conference Canada
44. Grow your skills with Google Career Certificates!
45. Navigating Global Englishes
46. Be Well, Lead Well
47. Disabilities Mentoring Day (DMD) 2024
48. National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) Upcoming Webinars

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
49. Rainbow Diversity Training 101 & 201
50. Oktoberfest
51. IndeFest 2024

Events for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day

Newcomer Services
52. Pre-Employment Program
53. Newcomer Older Adults: Well being workshops & older adult support group
54. Weekly Drop-in Employment Support
55. English Conversation Circle
56. Weekly Drop-in Employment Support
57. We Belong – Introduction to Photography for Newcomer Seniors
58. Get hired! Series
59. Strategic Resume Writing Workshop

News
60. Will Canada reduce its new immigration targets? Some analysts seem to think so from Financial Post, Sept. 23, 2024
61. Canada imposes new international student cap despite signs of weakening global demand from Waterloo Region Record, Sept. 18, 2024
62. Strengthening temporary residence programs for sustainable volumes from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, Sept. 18, 2024

Funders’ acknowledgment