Check out: "Sept 11, 2023 Immigration Weekly"

Check out: "Sept 11, 2023 Immigration Weekly" for the latest events, information and resources related to immigration in Waterloo Region. Find out about:

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights
1. Waterloo Region Celebrates Welcoming Week!
2. 2023 Newcomer Landlord Awards' nominations are closing soon!
3. The Temporary Resident Services Survey is now open!
4. Hey Waterloo Region! Check this out!
5. Immigration Partnership Annual Report 2022-2023
Immigration Partnership Resources
6. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
7. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook

Community Partner Highlights
8. Settlement Services
9. Language Learning Services
10. Health & Mental Health Services
11. Employment Services
12. Francophone Services
13. Early Learning and Childcare Navigators in Waterloo Region
14. You can make a difference and it starts with a simple action
15. Kitchener Public Library Strategic Plan Survey
16. On September 28th, the Belonging Expo is Back – and bigger!

Refugee Integration Updates
17. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
18. In Solidarity with Ukraine
19. Experts Insights Webinar Series 2023/24
20. Encountering Ukraine: Reading in Solidarity

Initiatives & Funding Opportunities
21. The P2P 2023 Jean Mc Rae Legacy Award for a Newcomer Youth
22. 2023 SVP Investee Grant applications are now open to all registered charities serving Waterloo Region
23. Help improve the credential recognition for international and out-of-province workers
24. New Horizons for Seniors Program
25. Anti-hate Security and Prevention Grant
26. Youth in Recreation Fund
27. Arts Grants Fund
28. Canada Cultural Spaces Fund
29. Do you have an Idea to Help Bring People Together in Waterloo?
30. Resilient Communities Fund: Apply for funding to help your non-profit organization recover and build capacity, resilience and sustainability.
31. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
32. Front-end Processes for Refugee Claimants
33. Un Guide Pour Tous
34. Find a Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada
35. Immigrant serving Agencies Responding to COVID by Jill Hanley - YouTube
36. Advocacy and Resilience in the Immigrant Settlement Sector by John Shields – YouTube
37. Implementing the Right to Housing in Canada Toolkit for Tenant Leaders

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
38. Focus on Leadership, Every Tuesday starting on September 12, 2023, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM, Idea Exchange, Queen's Square in Cambridge Street, Cambridge
39. Cambridge Newcomer Connections, September 16, 2023, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Cambridge Centre for the Arts, 60 Dickson Street, Cambridge
40. Multicultural Festival of Elmira, September 16, 2023, 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM - Gibson Park, 17 First St. W, Elmira
41. Strengthening Families Program, Starting September 20, 2023. Bi-weekly, Wednesdays, 5:30PM -8:30PM, Camino, 400 Queen St. South, Kitchener
42. Fostering Community Integration and Building Linkages When Hiring Internationally Educated Health Professionals (IEHPs), September 20, 2023, 1:00 PM
43. Ride for Refuge, September 23, 2023 – 3:00 PM, Doon Valley Golf Course, 500 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener
44. Lumen 2023 Festival, September 23, 2023, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
45. How to Support Clients Who Are Making a Humanitarian and Compassionate (H&C) Applications, September 27, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
46. Ensuring Equitable Health Care Through Interpretation: From Concept to Practice, September 27, 2023, 1:00 PM
47. Online Workshop for Non-academic Career Paths for PhD Graduates in Migration Studies, September 28, 2023, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
48. Cambridge Employment Expo, September 29, 2023, 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre, 700 Hespeler Rd, Cambridge
49. Quantum Wampum, Opens September 30, 2023 - THE MUSEUM, 10 King Street West, Kitchener
50. Let’s Talk, Every Wednesday, October 4 – November 22, 2023, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Kitchener Public Library, 85 Queen Street North, Kitchener
51. Supporting IENs to Relaunch and Flourish in their Nursing Career in Canada, October 18, 2023, 1:00 PM
52. Kindred Radiant Ladies Night Gala, October 8, 2023 – St. George Banquet Hall, Waterloo

News
53. Canada and Ontario support affordable housing project in Kitchener from Ontario Newsroom, Sept. 7, 2023
54. Waterloo is short almost 5,000 student beds. That’s forced a scramble for housing from Waterloo Region Record, Sept. 7, 2023

Funders’ acknowledgment