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Upcoming N4 Webinar: Upcoming N4 Webinar: How healthy are newcomer children?
Posted on Monday, February 22, 2021 04:29 PM
English · Free
When: March 26, 2021 · 01 PM EST
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/newcomer-children
Most newcomers nowadays are from different ethnocultural backgrounds. Upon arrival in Canada or other high-income countries, newcomer children may experience subtle or drastic changes in their food environment depending on their pre-migration living circumstances, which may lead to dietary acculturation. Such changes may have short and long-term effects on the health status of newcomer...
Canada's COVID-19 Immunization Plan
Posted on Friday, February 19, 2021 12:46 PM
From: Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada
The goal of Canada's COVID-19 immunization response is: to enable as many Canadians as possible to be immunized as quickly as possible against COVID-19, while ensuring that high risk populations are prioritized.
Black History Month – It’s Beginning’s
Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2021 04:19 PM
February, the shortest month of the year, a month so unique in that it boasts 29 full days once every four years, yet it is a month that holds a special honour in the year as it hosts the legacy and ongoing contributions of people of Black heritage, across history. This is, unsurprisingly, perhaps more poignant than ever this year with the events surrounding the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent protests that sought to draw attention to persistent racial inequality and police brutality. Racial...
International Mother Tongue Day
Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021 06:52 PM
International Mother Tongue Day is Sunday, February 21st this year. Proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during a General Conference on November 1999, international mother tongue day is meant to “promote the preservation and protection of all languages used by peoples of the world”. The term mother languages can be understood as the first language someone is exposed to and learns as an infant, rather than a language...
INFO N4 - Newsletter: February 2021
Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 06:07 PM
Commemorating Black Heritage and Black History Month
Black History Month commemorates the rich heritage of a variety of cultures that span the globe: from the sub-Saharan African and Sahelean cultures, through Europe and the Americas, to the island gems of the Antilles and extending across the Australian landscape. As we celebrate Black History Month we are mindful that when we say Black, we are referring to more than a skin colour.
Message from IRCC - PHAC
Information sessions about...
Featured Member: Nenyo Kwasitsu
Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 04:32 PM
Nenyo Kwasitsu is a Graduate Programs secretary at Dalhousie University and is a serving board member of the Im/Migrant Women’s Association of Halifax (IMWAH) where she also volunteers as a Project Coordinator for their Art and Storytelling project sessions with Immigrant and migrant women and their children.
What led you to resettle in Canada?
I am Ghanaian by birth. In the 1990s, my Dad did a 6-month course at Dalhousie University and he loved it. When I finished Law school in Ghana, I worked...
IRCC – PHAC Information session about COVID-19 vaccines
Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2021 07:07 PM
Dear front line settlement and resettlement workers:
As Canada ramps up our COVID-19 immunization response with increased access to COVID-19 vaccine supply over the spring, there is a need, more than ever, for reliable information on these vaccines and the vaccination plans. You play an important role in sharing reliable information with Canada’s newcomers.
We would like to invite you to one of two information sessions on February 16 and 19, 2021 about Canada’s vaccine roll-out plan and public health...
Upcoming N4 Webinar: Interpersonal Communication 101 - Basics and Foundation
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2021 09:59 PM
English · Free
When: March 3, 2021 · 01 PM EST
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/comm101
Effective human communication plays a central role in human relationships daily. It is not surprising to see how interpersonal communication can affect our lives in different contexts. For newcomers to Canada, cultural settings, language barriers, and other factors could be a burden to have and maintain dynamics, especially in the workplace. With COVID-19, it became hard to establish effective...
Welcome video
Posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2021 09:31 AM
N4: Where newcomer service providers can connect, learn and collaborate around newcomer navigation.
Additional resources about Black History Month in Canada
Posted on Monday, February 08, 2021 11:16 AM
February is Black History Month. If you would like to learn more about Black History Month in Canada, you can find the following resources in the resource section:
Government of Canada: Black History Month
Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada
Black History in Canada: 1960 to Present
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