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Ukrainian Refugee Toolkit
This brief toolkit provides some context about the current crisis in Ukraine and will assist providers in helping newcomers connect with the Ukrainian-Canadian community and understand the immigration options available to them.Last updated May 4, 2022
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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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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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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
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Toronto job fair for refugees brings together newcomers with major employers
CBC News · Posted: Nov 21, 2022
Refugees living in the Greater Toronto Area got a chance to connect with major employers downtown on Monday.
At the Toronto Refugee Hiring Event in Metro Hall, more than 200 refugees registered for interviews with a dozen employers.
Some got a job…
Published November 23, 2022
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Achev employment agency helping newcomer women thrive in job markets
Qiam Noori Mississauga News Friday, November 18, 2022
Canadian women face systematic challenges in finding desired jobs, expanding careers, or settling in a new community. But those challenges are even harder for newcomer women or women of colour, according to Tonie Chaltas, head…
Published November 23, 2022
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As Canada boosts immigration, skills mismatch ‘discouraging’ newcomers
Saba Aziz Global News November 16, 2022
When Tanya Raizada immigrated to Canada as a permanent resident this summer, she was hoping that her resume with over a decade of work experience would be good enough to help land her a job in her field.
Before moving to Toronto in June…
Published November 17, 2022