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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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ESL Conversation Circles Toolkit
Conversation circles can be challenging. On the one hand, they can be interesting, fun and a wonderful learning experience.Last updated Sep 16, 2024
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English for Financial Literacy, Volume 1 (CLB 1 - 2)
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 Jul 30, 2024
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Course/Training
English for Financial Literacy, Volume 2 (CLB 3 - 5)
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 Jul 30, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
A round-up of inflation supports and a new benefit for people with disabilities
Starting July 1, 2023, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) rates increased by 6.5% and will be adjusted yearly based on inflation. And the federal government sent out a Grocery Rebate on July 5 with people’s GST/HST tax credit.Last updated Jul 30, 2024
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Multilingual resources on occupational health and safety and employment standards
Settlement agencies play an important role in supporting newcomer workers to understand their rights and responsibilities.Last updated Jul 30, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Succession Planning Process
Succession planning is the process of identifying very important positions in the organization and creating a talent pipeline, by preparing employees to fill vacancies in their organization as others retire or move on.Last updated Jul 29, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Organizational culture
An organization's culture defines the proper way to behave within the organization.Last updated Jul 29, 2024
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Research/Dataset
Five Pillars of People Risk
The Five Pillars of People Risk: Managing risks for workforce and business resillience, examines the greatest people threats facing employers today.Last updated Jul 29, 2024
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Glossary/Factsheet
Canadian Foundations
A foundation is a category of nonprofit organization or charitable trust that typically provides funding and support for other charitable organizations through grants, but may also engage directly in charitable activities.Last updated Jul 29, 2024
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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
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The U.S. is copying Canada's private refugee sponsorship program, even as groups here pull out
Padraig Moran · CBC Radio · Posted: Feb 02, 2023
The U.S. is launching a private refugee sponsorship program that has been closely modelled on Canada's, even as the program in this country faces criticism for long delays and cumbersome bureaucracy.
The new program, called Welcome…
Published February 6, 2023
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Why doesn’t Canada treat Afghan refugees like Ukrainians? Because they aren’t ‘white and Christian,’ complaint alleges
Stephanie Levitz The Star Fri., Feb. 3, 2023
OTTAWA – Afghan-Canadians are formally accusing the federal government of discrimination over the difference between immigration programs for Afghans and Ukrainians trying to flee violence in their home countries.
Four men who deployed…
Published February 6, 2023
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NDP calls for end to most immigration detention cases
Brigitte Bureau · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2023
The federal NDP is calling for an end to immigration detention — except for people who pose a danger to the public — after Radio-Canada/CBC reporting revealed that thousands of foreign nationals are detained each year with no…
Published February 6, 2023
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Why immigration detainee who died in custody had ‘no end date’ on stay in jail
Nicholas Keung The Star Wed., Feb. 1, 2023
There was no timeline to get Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan out of jail and out of this country.
The immigration detainee was being held at the provincial jail in Lindsay, Ont., as he awaited deportation from Canada.
He’d been there since…
Published February 6, 2023
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New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances
February 1, 2023 The Conversation Stephanie Mayell, C. Susana Caxaj &Janet McLaughlin
The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to include new employer obligations. These amendments are intended to enhance protections for migrant…
Published February 6, 2023
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TD strikes deal with Canada immigration site as newcomers surge
Kevin Orland, Bloomberg News January 31, 2023
Gerry Butts, vice chair of Eurasia Group and former principal secretary to the prime minister of Canada, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the inclusion of Canada in Eurasia Group's Top Risks 2023 report. Butts speaks about the risks…
Published February 6, 2023