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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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LINC 5-7 Classroom Activities: Volumes 1 & 2
LINC 5-7 Classroom Activities was developed for Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) levels 5-7 instructors in Ontario.Last updated Oct 9, 2020
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Course/Training
Pandemic Planning: Reopening for Business
Understand what you can do to safely reopen your workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. This e-course features an improved look and functionality to enrich your learning experience.Last updated Aug 28, 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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Anti-Black Racism Analysis Tool for a Radically Equitable COVID-19 Response
An important resource to help support your organization in deepening its work of examining, confronting & dismantling systemic racism and specifically anti-Black racism.Last updated Jun 23, 2020
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Research/Dataset
COVID19 Information/Resource Presentation for Newcomers
Health Advocacy for Refugees Program (HARP) at McMaster University. This is a student run program that aims to promote health and well-being for refugees and recent immigrants to Canada.Last updated Jun 17, 2020
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Research/Dataset
Imagine Canada’s Sector Monitor Charities & the COVID-19 Pandemic
This report summarizes the responses of 1,458 leaders of charities who answered our online survey between April 15th and April 28th.1 All responses are weighted by organization size, activity area, region, principal source of revenue, and the presence of paid staff to produce
Last updated Jun 1, 2020
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COVID-19: A Guide for Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada
On this page What COVID-19 (coronavirus) is What you need to know before you leave your country What to know for your initial period of quarantine in Canada What to know for the rest of your stay in Canada COVID-19 income support measures Contacts for questions or help relatedLast updated May 27, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Additional Support for Canadian Seniors and Financial supports and other COVID-19-related matters in multiple languages
Additional Support for Canadian Seniors
On May 12, 2020, the Prime Minister announced a series of additional measures to help Canadian seniors and provide them with greater financial security. These measures include:
- Expanding the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP) by
Last updated May 19, 2020
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North America: Refugee and migrant rights must be top priority of ‘Three Amigos’ summit
Amnesty International January 9, 2023
The rights of refugees and migrants must be a top priority during the North American Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City, said Amnesty International today. President Biden, President López Obrador and Prime Minister Trudeau must stop implementing…
Published January 10, 2023
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Federal Court urges Ottawa to consider 'moral debt' owed to pandemic workers for immigration status
Adrian Humphreys The National Post Published Jan 09, 2023
“The moral debt owed to immigrants who worked on the frontlines to help protect vulnerable people in Canada during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be understated,” a judge said last year in a ruling for…
Published January 10, 2023
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Ukrainian Kyiv-based pride organization asks Canadians to open homes to LGBTQ refugees
Courtney Dickson · CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2023
Simon Fraser University professor Svitlana Matviyenko was in Kyiv on New Year's Eve when Russia fired missiles into the city.
"It was a very strange experience, obviously. And scary in many ways," she told Stephen Quinn, the…
Published January 10, 2023
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Building an anti-racist child-care system in Canada
Policy Options Kaitlin Peters January 9, 2023
In 2021, a Montreal daycare flagged a three-year-old Black child for ”troubling behaviour,” deciding to call Quebec’s youth protection services before having a meeting with the child’s parents. The parents – both of whom had…
Published January 10, 2023
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Refugee group says Ottawa will help bring 600 LGBTQ Afghans to Canada
Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press December 22 2022
An LGBTQ refugee group says Ottawa is helping resettle to Canada 600 Afghans who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Earlier this week, Toronto-based Rainbow Railroad said it has only been…
Published December 29, 2022
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Quebec suspends immigration program for non-French-speaking entrepreneurs
The Canadian Press Dec. 21, 2022
Business people from abroad who are thinking of immigrating to Quebec with a business project but don't speak French will have to change their plans in 2023.
The Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration, Christine Fréchette, announced…
Published December 22, 2022
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Newcomer YouTubers help immigrants get settled in Canada with advice and candid takes
Dakshana Bascaramurty The Globe and Mail 21 December 2022
The Idumota Market in Nigeria’s capital – also known as Lagos Island Market – is a dizzying warren of shops and street vendors selling house slippers, dresses, bottled water, wristwatches, knockoff designer purses, and…
Published December 22, 2022
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Here's what happens when your immigration application is assigned to inactive employees ID
Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2022
After CBC News published a story about how Canada's immigration department assigned tens of thousands of applications to hundreds of inactive employees and placeholder codes, the department explained its processing system…
Published December 22, 2022
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Refugee group partners with Ottawa to bring hundreds of LGBTQ Afghans to Canada
Nick Logan · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2022
A leading advocacy organization for LGBTQ refugees is partnering with the federal government to resettle hundreds of Afghan refugees fleeing persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Rainbow Railroad has…
Published December 22, 2022
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New study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants
The Canadian Press 20 December 2022
A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation are immigrants.
Jessica Dube, a researcher with the…
Published December 21, 2022