Check out: "January 27, 2025 Immigration Weekly"

Check out: "January 27, 2025 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region.

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. 17th Global Skills Networking Event
2. Insights from the Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership's 2024 Partner Survey
3. Canadian Immigration Law: Best Practices and Opportunities for Employers – Part 2
4. Cultivating a Thriving Community
5. Join us at the Changemakers Demo Day: AI For a Better World
6. Immigrant Survey Results & Snapshots
7. Other Publications

Immigration Partnership Resources
8. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
9. Racial Equity WR
10. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

New to Waterloo Region? Our partners can help!
11. Settlement Services
12. Language Learning Services
13. Health & Mental Health Services
14. Employment Services
15. Francophone Services
16. Training for service providers in honour of the National Day of Remembrance & Action Against Islamophobia
17. Immigration System Changes
18. National Newcomer Navigation Network upcoming webinar

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Updates & News
19. 2025 provincial and territorial allocations under the international student cap - January 24, 2025
20. Financial assistance for Gazans arriving in Canada now available - January 21, 2025
21. Changes to open work permits for family members of temporary residents - January 14, 2025
22. 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan
23. Supplementary Information for the 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan
24. Canada’s immigration levels web page

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
25. Waterloo Region Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for The Waterloo Region Record - Lyle S. Hallman Foundation Kids to Camp Fund.
26. Apply for the City of Waterloo's Neighbourhood Fund
27. The City of Waterloo's Art Grant Program is now open!
28. Capital Grants Available Soon!
29. New to Canada? Learn about the benefits of doing your taxes
30. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
31. 2025 edition of the Directory of Programs by Project READ Literacy Network
32. Beyond the Assessment: Creating Mentally Healthy and Safe Workplaces
33. Housing Resources pocket card
34. Urgent Care Program
35. Kids Help Phone
36. WelcomeOntario information hub

La Communauté en Français
37. Visiter une école près de chez vous
38. Vous venez d’arriver au Canada? Apprenez-en plus sur les avantages de faire vos impôts
39. Guide d'établissement pour les communautés francophones de l'Ontario

Workforce Corner
40. WR Connectors
41. Behind the Business podcast - Season 2
42. Business Plan 101
43. Startup Business Basics
44. Industrial Try a Trade Pre-Apprenticeship
45. Virtual learning sessions for employers across Canada

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
46. Skate Night Date Night
47. Empowered Learners: Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Old Age Security (OAS) and Canada Dental Benefit (CDB)
48. Celebrate Lunar New Year with the Waterloo Region Chinese Canadian Association
49. Black History Month Celebration
50. Chinese Social Club 滑铁卢图书馆华人俱乐部
Newcomer Services
51. We Belong - Introduction to photography for newcomer seniors
52. English Conversation Circle
53. Women's English Conversation Circle
54. Career planning
55. Mastering your online job research
56. Strategic Resume Writing Workshop

News
57. Ontario Continues Allocating International Student Applications to Support Labour Market Needs from Ontario newsroom, Jan. 23, 2025
58. Canada’s population could reach 80M in 50 years, despite immigration cut: report from Global News, Jan. 21, 2025
59. ‘Conestoga effect’ drives Waterloo Region population estimate past 700,000 people in 2024 from Waterloo Region Record, Jan. 21, 2025

Funders’ acknowledgment