Check out this week's "Immigration Weekly" (September 09, 2019)

Check out this week’s “Immigration Weekly (September 09 2019)" for upcoming events, information and resources related to immigration and newcomers to Waterloo Region. Find out about:

Events and Programs
1. Immigrant Business Expo -Waterloo Region (Sept 21, 9:30am-2:30pm)
2. Manufacturing Day Facility Tour (Immigration Partnership) 2019 (Oct 4, 9:30am-3:30pm)
3. Shape Your Library: Stakeholder Lab for Newcomers (Sept 16, 6-7:30pm)
4. Multi-Employer Job Fair (Sept 17, 3-6pm)
5. Service Canada Webinars (Several dates)
6. Building legal information and referral skills Online Course (Sept 30)
7. The Waterloo Region Small Business Centre Seminars (several dates)

Resources and Information
8. HopeSpring Cancer Support Centre

Civic & Community Engagement
9. Newcomer Day Cambridge

Research and Data
10. Waterloo Region Immigration Profile 2019
11. Beyond the Big City: How Small Communities Across Canada Can Attract and Retain Newcomers

Funding, awards and more
12. Launch of the call for funding applications for the Anti-Racism Action Program (ARAP)

News
13. Region worried about province axing child benefit, The Record, Sept 5
14. How a social enterprise is employing refugee women and keeping waste out of landfill, CBC News, Sept4
15. Former Edmonton MLA, son charged with helping illegal immigrants, CBC News, Sept 3
16. Rally held in support of migrant workers arrested at Hastings Racecourse, CTV News, Sept 2
17. Female, rookie filmmakers round up TIFF's Canadian lineup, CBC News, Sept 2
18. Cambodian fisheries worker urges Canada to do more to combat slave labour, CBC News, Sept 1
19. This fall's TV shows finally tackle immigration in a more realistic light, The Star, Aug 31
20. Working on ways to make newcomers want to stay, CBC News, Aug 30
21. From newcomer to settlement counsellor: Edmontonian bridges gap between cultures, Global News, Aug 30
22. Ontario needs to attract immigrants to regions beyond the GTA, report says, CBC News, Aug 29

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