Check out this week's "Immigration Weekly" (October 15, 2019)
Check out this week’s “Immigration Weekly (October 15, 2019)" for upcoming events, information and resources related to immigration and newcomers to Waterloo Region. Find out about:
Programs and Events
1. Immigrants and Refugees: A Solution to Your Workforce Gap, Oct 24, 8am-12pm
2. Immigration and the Economy Forum (Nov 13, 11:30am-2pm)
3. Part-Time Job Expo, Nov 28, 3-6pm
4. Startup Business Basics- Kitchener, Oct 16, 4:30-6pm
5. National Francophone Immigration Week, Nov 3-9
Ressources and Information
6. Got Citizenship? Go Vote Videos
7. The Power Is Yours Election Handbook
8. A Guidebook on Transitional Issues for Refugee Youth
Civic and Community Engagement
9. Federal Election 2019 Candidate Survey Results
Research and data
10. Humanitarian migration falls while labour and family migration rises, OECD report
The Latest Immigration News
11. Canadians' misperceptions about immigration reflect disinformation online: experts, CBC news, Oct 11, 2019
12. Canadians not 'obsessed', but parties staking their ground on refugee issues for 2019, CBC News, Oct 8, 2019
13. Liberals want to create municipal immigration program, but Quebec could opt out, CBC News, Oct 8, 2019
14. Truth Tracker: Bernier's claims that immigrants have a hard time integrating into Canadian society , CTV News, Oct 8, 2019
15. Leaders clash on climate, immigration, abortion and Bill 21 in intense debate, CBC News, Oct 7, 2019
16. More Canadians trust Scheer than Trudeau to manage immigration: Angus Reid poll, National Post, Oct 7, 2019
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