Check out: "Sept 12, 2022 Immigration Weekly"

Check out: "Sept 12, 2022 Immigration Weekly"  for the latest events, information and resources related to COVID-19 and immigration in Waterloo Region. Find out about:

Immigration Partnership News

Community Partner Highlights
1. Last Two Weeks to Apply to the Fund for Immigrant Economic Wellbeing
2. Join Waterloo Region Welcoming Week 2022, Sept 9-18
3. Last Days to Get Your #RacialEquityWR Sign
4. Newcomer, Info night, Sept 14
5. Waterloo Region Employer Playbook
6. Recording Available: "Waterloo Region's White Supremacy Awareness & Action"
Workshop with Selam Debs
7. 2022 Newcomer Landlord Award. Deadline: This Friday, Sept 16, 2022

Community Partner Highlights
8. Immigrant Services and Interpretation Open

Afghan and Other Refugee Integration Updates
9. Supporting Afghan and Other Refugee Resettlement in Waterloo Region
10. In Solidarity with Ukraine

Information and Resources
12. Ensuring the Success of International Students: A Collaborative Model, Report
13. The Newcomer Entrepreneur Hub
14. A Great Opportunity for Immigrant Job Seekers: Multi-Employer Job Fair
15. The Bridge Project for Newcomers in Tech
16. Language Interpreter Training Program

Events and Webinars
17. Immigrant Talent in Guelph Wellington: A Snapshot, Sept 15, 9:30am
18. Settlement Services Across Ontario, Sept 20, 1:30-3pm
19. Startup Business Basics for Entrepreneurs, Sept 20, 10-11am, EDT
20. Walk this Way: March of 1,000 Umbrellas, Sept 15, 11am
21. Removing Barriers to Employment for Internationally Educated Healthcare Professionals (IEHPs), Sept 22, 1pm EST
22. SettleNet.org/Réseau-Étab.org: A platform for settlement practitioners, Sept 29, 1pm EST
23. Let’s Talk Program for Newcomer Youth, Oct 5-Nov 23, 5-7pm

COVID 19 Coverage and other News
24. Ontarians Aged 18+ Eligible for Bivalent COVID-19 Booster Dose Ontario Newsroom, Sept 12, 2022
25. Your Voice Against Racism: Olabukonla Mise Waterloo Chronicle, Sept 10, 2022
25. Kitchener Centre MP Morrice creates petition to tackle housing problem CityNews Everywhere, Sept 09, 2022
26. ‘We are walking side by side, equally,’ says Waterloo Region’s first Truth and Reconciliation director The Record, Sept 08, 2022
27. Ontario gives OK for nursing college to expedite international nurse registration CityNews Everywhere, Sept 07, 2022
28. Anishnabeg Outreach Centre of Healing hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics in September Waterloo Chronicle, Sept 06, 2022
29. Your Voice Against Racism: Melissa Star Ireland Waterloo Chronicle, Sept 02, 2022
30. Dining: On coal, Waterloo’s first Yemeni restaurant, specializes in “cultural platters” The Record, Sept 01, 2022
31. Conestoga College to welcome second refugee student CityNews Everywhere, Sept 01, 2022
32. Ontario announces new rules for anyone who tests positive for COVID-19, and here's what residents need to know Cambridge Times, Aug 31, 2022
33. Coalition of Muslim Women leader on 'the very first step' of recovery CityNews Everywhere, Aug 31, 2022
34. Local Muslim organization celebrates 15 years in the community Waterloo Chronicle, Aug 31, 2022

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