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Featured Organization: FCJ Refugee Centre
Posted on Thursday, January 06, 2022 05:17 PM
FCJ Refugee Centre is a registered charity located in Toronto, ON. The organization serves refugees and others at risk due to their immigration status, and welcomes anyone asking for advice, counsel and support regarding their refugee or immigration claim. FCJ Refugee Centre addresses systemic issues that newly arrived refugee claimants and precarious status migrants face in Canada, including lack of essential resources, marginalization, and discrimination. They work through an intersectional anti-oppressive...
Welcoming Afghan Refugees to Canada: What’s Happening at N4 in January
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2022 04:14 PM
During the second half of 2021, the N4 team heard from N4 members across the health, social service, and settlement sectors that preparing for Afghan refugees arriving in Canada and supporting them as they settled in was a priority. We’re excited to announce our January 26 webinar on this topic, Navigating the 2021 Afghan Refugee Crisis: Lessons Learned from the Past to Prepare – register now!
In November 2021, N4’s Community of Practice (CoP) formed an Afghan Refugee Resettlement Working...
Featured Member: Reem Ali
Posted on Tuesday, January 04, 2022 02:49 PM
Reem Ali is the first Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Officer for the City of Peterborough, Ontario, a student of the N4 and Saint-Paul University Online Program, and a member of N4. Reem brings to her role many years of experience as a community builder, both through academic and professional pursuits, as well as through her commitment to volunteerism.
Reem’s path to where she is today was not a direct one – she completed a Master of Science in Biochemistry and went on to pursue a Ph.D. in...
OCASI: Building Access and Equity for Im/migrants and Refugees with In/Visible Disabilities
Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2021 02:39 PM
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) is pleased to open registration for the pilot of Accessibility Initiative’s (AI) new self-directed, online training course called: Building Access and Equity for Im/migrants and Refugees with In/Visible Disabilities.
Date of Course: 01/10/2022 to 03/14/2022
This seven-module, self-directed course aims to support im/migrant and refugee serving sector practitioners working with newcomer communities to better understand the barriers...
IRMHP/CAMH: Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Course
Posted on Thursday, December 23, 2021 02:17 PM
The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Course, funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), offers evidence-based information, tools and resources for service providers to provide mental health care and support to both immigrants and refugees arriving in Canada. The online course offers an overview on the social determinants of health and its impact on mental health, the role of migration trajectories and highlights the specific needs of sub populations.
The course is designed...
IRMHP/CAMH: Toolkit to support the mental health of immigrants and refugees
Posted on Wednesday, December 22, 2021 03:35 PM
The toolkit is designed to provide a snapshot of essential information, tools, resources and examples of promising practices that can be integrated into the daily work of settlement, social, and health service providers across Canada, with the aim of building the capacity to better support the mental health unique needs of immigrants and refugees.
The toolkit provides a repository of evidence-based research; information on key models of care and frameworks; and an outline of components that are pertinent...
Holiday Season's Greetings from the N4 team
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021 05:22 PM
As 2021 comes to a close, we are celebrating many exciting milestones at N4! These achievements were possible thanks to the dedication of many people.
- 800+ N4 members
- 32 webinars and PD trainings
- 250+ e-Learning trainings
- 120+ partner organizations
- 1,000+ English / French resources
- Mobile app (launching soon!)
Here are a few additional program highlights we’re proud of:
- Launch of our simplified and searchable database
- Completion of the N4 Online Program in newcomer navigation by the first and second...
IRCC: Minister Fraser welcomes home Afghan refugees arriving today
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021 10:10 AM
As a founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), which is a major contributor to international peace and security, Canada is taking a lead role in ensuring that NATO is able to resettle all its Afghan staff who were evacuated. As part of the commitment to welcome Afghan refugees, the government is resettling up to 472 NATO-identified locally engaged staff and their family members.
Today, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, extended...
IRCC: First charter flight of privately sponsored Afghan refugees arrives in Canada
Posted on Friday, December 17, 2021 10:01 AM
As Canada welcomes Afghan refugees, private sponsors across the country are stepping up. A significant number of Afghan nationals will be arriving as privately sponsored refugees, sponsored by individuals, groups and communities across Canada.
The Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today announced the arrival of the first charter flight of privately sponsored Afghan refugees. The group of approximately 250 landed at Toronto Pearson International Airport Thursday...
The Community of Practice (CoP) Working Groups would like to hear from you
Posted on Thursday, December 16, 2021 03:42 PM
The N4 Community of Practice (CoP) has formed two working groups to address system-level barriers which impact equitable access and experiences in health and social services for newcomers to Canada: The Access to Interpretation Services Working Group’s goal is to establish a national best practice guidance document which can be leveraged to ensure a consistent approach across Canada. The Afghan Refugee Resettlement Working Group is curating existing resources to form a toolkit to... |
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