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The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) is a not-for-profit registered charitable organization that has been actively serving newcomers and low-income Calgarians since 1988. TIES' primary goal is to provide immigrants and economically disadvantaged individuals with a solid foothold in Canada and afford them the opportunities to feel belonging in their new community.

TIES has been helping newcomers to Canada flourish for over 35 years and will be celebrating this milestone on October 26th.

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Billions of dollars will be injected into Canada’s ailing health care system over the next decade. And while money is certainly a variable in the equation that will lead to better outcomes, Canadians and health care professionals alike see structural issues that suggest money isn’t a cure-all.

A new study from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute, in partnership with the Canadian Medical Association, finds a majority (60%) of Canadians believe the $46.2-billion injection of funds agreed to by the...

Canada is experiencing a boom in the number of temporary residents who are coming to the country, which includes international students and temporary foreign workers.

In 2022, Canada's population grew by more than one million people, a number that included 607,782 non-permanent residents and 437,180 immigrants.

Academics, commercial banks and policy thinkers have all been warning the federal government that the pace of population growth, facilitated by immigration, is making the housing crisis...

Canadians take pride in their universal health care systems, but the COVID-19 pandemic — combined with a growing population — has placed enormous strain on health resources. Hospitals are at or over capacity, surgeries and procedures have been delayed and there is increasing need for mental health services. Adding to the pressures, health care providers are burned out and some are leaving their profession. 

the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), an independent organization which...

The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) was introduced in all provinces, excluding Quebec, and most territories in Canada between 1998 and 2009. Its primary goal was to increase the settlement of economic immigrants outside major Canadian cities and to address the workforce needs of employers, as perceived by the province or territory. Over the years, the number of programs within the PNP has continuously expanded, resulting in 68,000 provincial nominees landing in Canada in 2019. 

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