Check out: "May 8, 2023 Immigration Weekly"

Territorial Acknowledgement

Immigration Partnership Highlights

1. Multicultural Connections 2023
2. Become an Immigrant Survey Ambassador
Immigration Partnership Resources
3. Interpretation Best Practices Checklist
4. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook
Community Partner Highlights
5. Settlement Services
6. Language Learning Services
7. Health & Mental Health Services
8. Employment Services
9. Youth Impact Survey
10. Connecting Families with Early Learning and Child Care: Meet the ELCC Navigators
11. Tax Time
12. Key Dates for 2022 Taxes

Refugee Integration Updates
13. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
14. In Solidarity with Ukraine
15. Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline Campaign

Funding Opportunities
16. Tickets available for Annual Hats Off to Mom! Event
17. Region of Waterloo Upstream Fund
18. Local Food Infrastructure Fund
19. Apply for a Capital Grant to Improve your Non-Profit’s Infrastructure and Benefit your Community
20. Metropolis Social Determinants of Health Conference: Lessons Learned and Opportunities: Moving Forward in the Post-Pandemic Era
21. What Does it Mean to Be a Host

Resources
22. Un Guide Pour Tous
23. Find the Perfect Mentor to Help you Become a Licensed health Professional in Canada

Events and Webinars
Upcoming Events
24. Reflections on Canada's Immigration Narrative: A Roundtable Discussion Moderated by Nan Kiwanuka - May 9, 2023, 6:30PM - 8:30PM
25. Sustainable Health Resources and Information for Newcomers – May 10, 2023, 1:00PM
26. Healing Arts & Sounds of Belonging – Starting May 16, 2023, 5:30PM – 7:00PM
27. McGill Summer Institutes in Global Health - May 23 - June 16, 2023, Online and in-person courses
28. Turning the Smartphone into a Powerful Tool for Integration – May 24, 2023, 1:30PM – 2:30PM
29. Datafication of Borders and Migration - May 25, 2023, 9:30AM - 4:15PM (Hybrid)
30. Multiculturalism at a Crossroads - May 30, 2023, 10:00AM - 4:15PM (Hybrid)
Ongoing Events
31. Practice your English - Every Monday, until Jun. 19, 2023, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
32. Let’s Talk - Every Tuesday, until Jun. 20, 2023, 5:00PM - 7:00PM
33. Practice your English - Every Wednesday, until Jun. 21, 2023, 10:00AM - 11:00AM
34. 2023 English Conversation Circles - Every Tuesday, until Jun. 22, 2023 11:00AM - 12:30PM (Online) and 6:30PM - 8:00PM (In-person)
35. Women's English Conversation Circles - Every Thursday, until Jun. 22, 2023, 10:00AM - 11:30AM (In-person)

News
36. Canada announces extension to the Agri-Food Pilot, facilitating access to permanent residence for workers and their families from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, May 8, 2023
37. Is Kitchener the best place to live in Canada – Find it out from Vaughan Today, May 5, 2023
38. Ontario Strengthening Supports to Combat Hate and Create Safer Communities from Ontario Newsroom, May 5, 2023
39. 65,000 residents of Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo are without family doctors: report from Global News, May 4, 2023
40. Canada waives fees for family members of Canadians who fled Sudan from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, May 4, 2023
41. Trilateral statement on joint commitment to Latin America from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Newsroom, May 3, 2023
42. New survey wants to hear from young people in Waterloo region from CBC News, May 2, 2023
43. Getting our houses in order: How a lack of intergovernmental policy coordination undermines housing affordability in Canada from MLI, March 30,2023

Funders’ acknowledgment