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LINC 1-4 Classroom Activities
Each book is a miscellany of language learning activities organized by the 12 themes in the LINC 1-5 Curriculum Guidelines.Last updated Feb 15, 2022
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Course/Training
English for Financial Literacy, Volume 3 (CLB 6 - 8)
English for Financial Literacy is an instructor’s resource for teaching financial literacy concepts and skills in LINC and adult ESL programs at CLB levels 1 to 8.Last updated Nov 26, 2020
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Course/Training
LINC 1-5 Curriculum Guidelines
This on-line curriculum resource corresponds to Canadian Language Benchmarks (CLB) 2000, the Canadian standards which describe a person’s ability to use the English language.Last updated Nov 17, 2020
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LINC 5-7 Curriculum Guidelines: In the Classroom
This is a companion document to the LINC 5–7 Curriculum Guidelines (hereafter referred to as the Guidelines).Last updated Nov 3, 2020
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Tool
LINC 5-7 Curriculum Guidelines
The LINC 5-7 Curriculum Guidelines document is meant to assist instructors in program planning by providing ideas for curriculum content.:Last updated Nov 3, 2020
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Mental Health Promotion
The Mental Health Promotion in Immigrant and Refugee Serving Organizations Project is funded by Immigration Refugee Citizenship Canada (IRCC) through the Settlement Program Service Delivery Improvements Funding (SDI) Stream.Last updated Oct 24, 2020
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Research/Dataset
The Competencies of Frontline Settlement Counsellors in Canada
There is a pressing need for greater training of settlement counsellors – those on the front lines of welcoming newcomers to Canada – as their role changes in response to rising immigration levels and an increasingly complex settlement landscape, according to a new CERIC-fundedLast updated Aug 27, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services: Social Assistance Treatment of the CERB
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services has posted information on Social Assistance Treatment of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) on their website.Last updated Apr 27, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Accessible workplaces
Ontario’s Accessible Employment Standard requires you to make your employment practices accessible to meet the needs of employees and job applicants with disabilities. Learn how to meet the standard.Last updated Apr 26, 2019
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
10 Things to Know About Legal Cannabis in Canada
Recreational use of cannabis will be legal in Canada on October 17, 2018. Have a look at 10 important things to know about legal Cannabis in Canada.Last updated Aug 3, 2018
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Not everyone thinks Canada’s new immigration plan will grow the economy the way it should
Brian Hill Global News December 1, 2022
Nadine Rana’s family has been proudly cleaning clothes for more than 50 years.
Her parents immigrated to Canada from the West Indies in the late 1960s and opened a dry cleaner in Toronto’s east end. Rana now runs the business with the hope…
Published December 2, 2022
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The detention of migrants in Canadian jails is a public health emergency
The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022
Authors: Emma Stirling-Cameron, Researcher in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of British Columbia and Shira Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University
This month, human rights organizations launched 12…
Published November 29, 2022
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Palestinian refugee's desperate plea for housing in Canada prompts Jewish family to open their door
Adrian Ghobrial CTV National News Nov. 29, 2022
In her past life Aziza Abu Sirdana has only known war, conflict, fear and isolation.
“If you are born in Gaza you don't know what life is,” she told CTV National News.
The 22-year-old Palestinian refugee fled to Canada after she…
Published November 29, 2022
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How the Canada Border Services Agency tolerates and even encourages refugee mistreatment
The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022
Authors: Kathryn Tomko Dennler, Immigration Researcher, York University, Canada and Brianna Garneau, PhD Candidate, Socio-legal Studies, York University, Canada
Refugee advocates have long known about systemic problems with immigration…
Published November 29, 2022
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Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects feel abandoned waiting for refuge in Pakistan
Janice Dickson The Globe and Mail 25 November 2022
A group of Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects intended to promote the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan say they are now stuck in neighbouring Pakistan and running out of money for food and rent, more than a…
Published November 28, 2022
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Sean Fraser: 'Unacceptable' that immigrant surgeons are working as taxi drivers
Naimul Karim Financial Post Nov 25, 2022
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said changes to Canada’s immigration program next year will rebalance the world’s “most powerful economic migration system” in a way that will help hospitals, builders and other employers address chronic…
Published November 28, 2022
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Ian Mulgrew: Canada's refugee system continues to fail Afghans
Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun Nov 24, 2022
“We have been here for a year and two months. We don’t have a Pakistani visa as our visa expired at the end of June. We have applied for a new one, but we are not expecting to get it.”
Momtaz and her family are the kind of refugees that…
Published November 24, 2022
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What are Immigration Canada's plans for your country?
Rhythm Sachdeva CTV News Nov. 23, 2022
Shortly after the federal government unveiled plans for its ambitious goal of seeing 500,000 immigrants arrive each year by 2025, The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published its strategic objectives for Asia and the…
Published November 24, 2022
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Hameed and Saeed: End the detention of immigrants in Ontario jails
Yavar Hameed & Haniya Saeed Ottawa Citizen Nov 23, 2022
On Nov. 14, a campaign was announced in Ottawa to end the federal government’s contracts with provincial prisons for holding immigration detainees. This campaign, spearheaded by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty…
Published November 23, 2022
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One in three Ukrainians with visas have reached Canada as applications approach 700K
Canadian Press November 23, 2022
OTTAWA — Government statistics show fewer than one-third of Ukrainians approved for temporary Canadian visas have arrived in the country, even as hundreds of thousands of others remain in the queue waiting to find out if they qualify to travel to…
Published November 23, 2022