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Supporting newcomers - assisting those who followed our immigration journey
Posted on Friday, July 02, 2021 10:01 AM
Unless you are of Indigenous descent, your family settled in Canada. In honour of Canada Day, we would like to encourage everyone to reflect upon their family's immigration journey. Whether you are 1st, 2nd, 3rd or further generation immigrant, you have a personal history of being a newcomer. Knowing we have that shared settlement history with our newest and future Canadians can help us relate, have empathy for their journey and inspire us to provide support to that process, much like...
IRCC: Immigration Matters for Canadian Companies – Friesens Corporation
Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2021 09:52 AM
How Friesens grew their business using Canada’s immigration programs to hire global talent.
Featured Member: Sunita Gupta
Posted on Thursday, July 01, 2021 08:23 AM
The advantage of Lived Experience in Helping Others
Sunita Gupta is a student of the SPU-N4 Online Program and has lived the newcomer experience several times over. She exemplifies how the impact of lived experience contributes to the development and implementation of newcomer-centric services. Born in Kenya to a family of immigrants, she moved to India where she lived for ten years without citizenship. Afterward, she moved to the United Kingdom where she and her family were British subjects (similar...
IRCC: Call for Proposals for Resettlement Assistance Program and Case Management 2021
Posted on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 04:22 PM
News from IRCC
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has launched a call for proposals (CFP) for resettlement and case management services.
To support the increased refugee targets under the 2021–23 Immigration Levels Plan, this CFP will help build capacity in communities where government-assisted refugees will be resettled. This process will fund new resettlement service providers under IRCC’s Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP), as well as projects that enhance the delivery...
Refugee services for sexually and gender diverse newcomers
Posted on Monday, June 28, 2021 03:52 PM
Trusted resources and advice to help you learn more about services for SOGIE diverse newcomers:
N4 Webinar
Immigrant and Refugee Services for SOGIE Diverse Newcomers (LGBTQ2S+ Services)Speaker: Kelly Ernst, PhD
IRCC: Canada's oath of citizenship now recognizes First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Rights
Posted on Tuesday, June 22, 2021 11:17 AM
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Call to Action 94 has finally been met through Bill C-8 in which Canada’s Oath of Citizenship officially recognizes First Nations, Inuit and Métis, . As new Canadians recite the Oath, they will make a personal commitment to observe the Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.
INFO N4 Newsletter: June 2021
Posted on Saturday, June 19, 2021 02:51 PM
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Celebrating Pride Month during the Pandemic
June marks Pride Month in Canada, a time for us all to examine our role in creating equity for LGBTQ+ people. Unfortunately, not all countries embrace these values. Global statistics reflect the... Read more
The Connection of Newcomers to Indigenous Reconciliation
The discovery of the mass grave in Kamloops Indian Residential School has caused an outpouring of...
How to talk about vaccines
Posted on Thursday, June 17, 2021 10:25 AM
Article from WHO - World Health Organization
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series.
Vaccines are supported by decades of medical research. They work by preparing the body's own immune system to recognize and defend against a specific disease. The volume of information available about vaccination...
Featured Partner: Rainbow Railroad
Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2021 04:05 PM
rainbowrailroad.org · Toronto, ON
Rainbow Railroad is global not-for-profit organization that helps LGBTQI+ people facing persecution based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics. In a time when there are more displaced people than ever before, LGBTQI+ people are uniquely vulnerable due to systemic, state-enabled homophobia and transphobia. These factors either displace them in their own country or prevent them from escaping harm.
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Celebrating Pride Month during the Pandemic
Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 01:51 PM
June marks Pride Month in Canada, a time for us all to examine our role in creating equity for LGBTQ+ people. Unfortunately, not all countries embrace these values. Global statistics reflect the increasing levels of violence against minority sexual orientation and gender identity expression (SOGIE) populations. This has resulted in increasing numbers of asylum seekers from the LGBTQ+ community. Canada has made substantial progress in recognizing the intersectional vulnerabilities of LGBTQ2S+...
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