Past webinars

Sept 8, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

What’s in a Word? – How Professional Interpreter Services Support Equity, Accessibility and Safety in Health and Social Services

This webinar helps you understand the risks associated with language barriers and work effectively with trained...

Aug 25, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

This webinar will help you understand issues that affect TMWs such as precarious employment, exploitative practices, barriers to receiving care while working as a TMW, and various other problems.

Learning objectives

Aug 11, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

Are there any strategies for recognizing and managing signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and burnout?

This webinar will help you understand the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue,...

July 21, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

More and more newcomers are moving to Canada for various reasons. The 2016 Census showed over half of the total immigrants identified in the survey are economic immigrants. These newcomers move to Canada for...

Recorded on Jul 14, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

In part two of this two-part webinar series, the speaker outlines the importance of creating a positive communication climate in relationships; what would “supportive” climate could look like; best practices...

June 23, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

The Centre for Newcomers services for sexually and gender diverse newcomers grew from one person to a diverse team providing settlement services, mental health services, income support, career development, refugee coaching, and professional...

June 9, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

This webinar highlights an innovative program at Mount Carmel Clinic that builds bridges, strengthens relationships and honors the uniqueness and commonalities between newcomer and Indigenous groups. Join us to learn how this program facilitates an...

May 26, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

This webinar focuses on the intersection of immigration law, health, and mental health. We will provide a broad overview of various immigration pathways such as refugee claims and humanitarian applications, the relevance of applicants’ health and...

May 12, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

This webinar addresses the major disruptions COVID-19 has imposed to maternal and child health services that have disproportionately impacted newcomer women and children.

Learning objectives

• How COVID-19 has exacerbated...

Apr 28, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

As of late 2020/early 2021, COVID-19 vaccines are being distributed to the global population, beginning the climb out of this pandemic. However, a subset of vaccine misinformation can be found circulating on certain social...

Apr 7, 2021 · Bilingual · 1 hour · Free

Vaccine hesitancy is not synonymous with vaccine refusal; a challenge for public health and health care professionals, it is a complex phenomenon that needs to be understood in its various dimensions in order to be able to help people accepting vaccination against COVID-19. In the case...

Recorded on Mar 26, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

This webinar highlights the nutrition and health status of newcomer children as well as barriers to healthcare experienced by immigrants and refugees living in Saskatchewan. Barriers to healthcare include...

Recorded on Mar 3, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

In part one of this two-part webinar series, the speaker outlines how self-concept develops and affects human interactions, how to manage impressions about others, about the influence of perception of others, pre-judgments and assumption, among...

Recorded on Feb 24, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

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...

Recorded on Feb 3, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

Thinking about ethics in the context of refugee experience: Old tools, current challenges and new possibilities

Canada takes pride in welcoming refugees from many contexts who arrive for many different...

Recorded on Jan 27, 2021 · English · 1 hour · Free

In this introductory webinar, the speaker defines human trafficking and explores its impact on migrant women with precarious immigration status in Canada. Designed for frontline workers and service providers who work in...

Recorded on Dec 16, 2020 · English · 1 hour · Free

This panel features perspectives from front-line staff, a physician and nurse practitioners across Canada in the health sector who have developed multidisciplinary models to deliver care to newcomers with complex needs.

You will learn:

• Sociocultural...

Recorded on Nov. 26, 2020 · English · 1 hour · Free

Join speaker Marie Serdynska, Coordinator of The Montreal Children’s Hospital Sociocultural Consultation and Interpretation Services, as she explores cultural safety in this online event.

The key objectives of this session are:

• The definitions and origins of cultural safety with...

Recorded on Oct. 21, 2020 · English · 1 hour · Free

Strong partnerships across sectors and organizations are critical to ensure newcomers settling into Canada have an equitable experience and achieve optimal health outcomes.

In this webinar, speakers Tracey Rickards, PhD, Kelly Scott-Storey, PhD, and...

This panel discussion brings together professionals from the health and settlement sectors across Canada who have welcomed newcomers to Canada during COVID-19. The panel also features the perspective of a newcomer with lived experience. The panel...

Recorded on Sept. 23, 2020 · English · 1 hour · Free

In this webinar, speakers Christine Kouri (BSCN, MHA) Manager, Health Equity and Diversity and Suelana Taha, Health Equity Coordinator at The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), discuss the innovative Newcomer Navigation role of supporting newcomers and their families through the often complex Canadian pediatric healthcare system.

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