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Research/Dataset
National Advisory Council on Poverty - 2024 report
The National Advisory Council on Poverty released their 2024 report yesterday. It confirms what we have been saying for years re: disproportionate levels of poverty for Black and racialized people, and for immigrants, refugees and migrants.Last updated Oct 31, 2024
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Fair Farmwork Toolkit launches
A new toolkit aiming to empower migrant farm workers through a social certification launched in September 2024. Prepared by CERC Migration Researcher Erika Borrelli, the document provides a new perspective for a transparent and equitable food supply chain.Last updated Oct 30, 2024
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Research/Dataset
Using Data to Integrate Antiracism
Using data to integrate anti-racism in the settlement sector.Last updated Oct 29, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
5 Trends Driving the New Post-Pandemic Workplace
Here are five workplace trends that have been accelerated and now are driving priorities for the new post-pandemic office.Last updated Oct 29, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Gender-based violence guiding principles and commitments
The GBV Guiding Principles and Commitments support the protection of victims and survivors and the prosecution of perpetrators of human trafficking and more broadly, GBV.Last updated Oct 29, 2024
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Course/Training
English for Financial Literacy: Volumes 1 - 3
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 Oct 28, 2024
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Course/Training
Register for FREE access to our Financial Literacy for Facilitators course - Module 3 - Budgeting
Prosper Canada is pleased to share Module 3 from the Financial Literacy for Facilitators online course for free for a limited time.Last updated Oct 25, 2024
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Tool
WESO Toolkit Training
The Wired: Evaluating Settlement Online (WESO), an IRCC-funded SDI project located at the YMCA of the National Capital Region (Ottawa), would like to introduce you to our research-based evaluation toolkit for settlement organizations.Last updated Oct 25, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
7 Core Competencies of Successful Non-profit Leaders
Every non-profit organization is different, so a single set of competencies is difficult to articulate.Last updated Oct 25, 2024
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Course/Training
Online Resources to Help Celebrate Safety and Health Week
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), along with organizations across North America, will be celebrating Safety and Health Week from May 3-9, albeit, a little differently this year.Last updated Oct 21, 2024
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Expanded refugee program for Afghans now expected within weeks
Stephanie Levitz The Star Wed., Feb. 8, 2023
OTTAWA — An expanded refugee resettlement program for Afghans will be in place within weeks, government officials confirmed Wednesday, following a settlement in a human rights complaint filed by four Afghan-Canadians who deployed with…
Published February 13, 2023
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Incredibly frustrating' visa delays could thwart another Montreal conference
Dylan Robertson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 08, 2023
Yet another global conference in Montreal risks being derailed by Canada's delays in processing visas and by rejections that critics argue punish those from poorer countries.
"It's incredibly frustrating and difficult…
Published February 13, 2023
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Immigration minister has ‘serious concerns’ about inauthentic Canadian travel documents sent to Afghans
Marieke Walsh The Globe and Mail 8 February 2023
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser told MPs Wednesday he has “serious concerns” that Afghans desperate to flee the Taliban were misled when they were sent inauthentic Canadian travel documents, leaving them with the mistaken belief…
Published February 13, 2023
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Prairies stand to benefit the most from boost to immigration target: report
Nojoud Al Mallees The Canadian Press Feb. 8, 2023
A new Desjardins report suggests Canada's immigration target increase could spur economic growth, with the Prairies standing to benefit the most.
Principal economist Marc Desormeaux says his analysis finds Canada's plan to…
Published February 13, 2023
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Why is Canada snubbing internationally trained doctors during a health-care crisis?
The Canadian Press Feb 06, 2023
Authors: Simran Purewal, Research Associate, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University; Evelyn Encalada Grez, Assistant Professor, Labour Studies, Simon Fraser University, and Paola Ardiles, Senior Lecturer, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser…
Published February 9, 2023
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Ottawa will repatriate Canadian children, but not their foreign mothers held in Syrian detention camps
Janice Dickson The Globe and Mail February 7, 2023
Ottawa has offered to repatriate Canadian children held in detention camps in northeast Syria, but their foreign mothers are being told they can’t come to Canada because they are not citizens.
Four mothers and their Canadian…
Published February 9, 2023
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Former Afghan interpreter left in the dark on immigration status after government paperwork changes
Raffy Boudjikanian · CBC News · Posted: Feb 07, 2023
Ten days after retired Canadian military nursing officer Lisa Compton told CBC News about her struggles to bring an Afghan military interpreter and his family to Canada, the federal immigration department has stopped providing…
Published February 9, 2023
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Ottawa extends, expands work permit program for Hong Kong residents
Aaron D’Andrea Global News February 6, 2023
Ottawa has extended and expanded a work permit program for Hong Kong residents seeking jobs in Canada as advocates warned thousands could be shut out with its expiry.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced Monday that the federal…
Published February 9, 2023
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This group is taking steps towards destigmatizing mental health for young Black immigrants
Omar Sherif · CBC News · Posted: Feb 05, 2023
Dawit Mussie sees the challenges that young Black immigrants go through first-hand on a regular basis.
Those struggles, he says, come from lack of safe spaces and young people not feeling like they have someone to talk to about their…
Published February 6, 2023
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When it comes to environmental racism, Ingrid Waldron knows what needs to change
By Patricia Lane & Ingrid Waldron |National Observer | February 6th 2023
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. In honour of Black History Month, today we highlight the climate justice\u2026
Published February 6, 2023