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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Super visa' allows some people to stay in Canada for up to 7 years, here's who is eligible to apply
Information for parents and grandparents, including applications for super visas, processing times, what to expect when you arrive in Canada and how to extend your stay.Last updated Jun 10, 2022
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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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Tool
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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Other
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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Tool
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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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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Some Trans People Are Preparing to Flee the US and Seek Asylum Abroad
Anya Zoledziowski Vice January 10, 2023
Rynn Azerial Willgohs, a 50-year-old transgender woman, has been rapidly researching ways to flee the United States. She’s from the U.S., but with physical attacks against transgender and nonbinary people on the rise and lawmakers targeting…
Published January 20, 2023
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Supporting minority languages requires more than token gestures
TVO Veaceslav Balan and Frederick John Packer Jan 9, 2023
In August 2022, Statistics Canada released the latest census data on languages in Canada. According to the data, over 9 million people — or one in four Canadians — have a mother tongue other than English or French (a…
Published January 10, 2023
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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