Serving im/migrants and refugees is about helping these individuals or families make the adjustment to their new home and community.
Search
Filter
Search
Filter
Search
Filter
Search
Filter
-
Best Practices/Practical Guide
Guide to Voting in a Canadian Federal Election
This resource is helpful for newcomers learning about the voting process, and for settlement workers who support them with civic information and participation.Last updated Apr 17, 2025
-
Other
Canadian Newcomer Youth: Illustrating The Journey
Through a creative workshop, 6 newcomer youth shared their journeys, challenges and successes in Ontario.
This documentary highlights the experiences of newcomer youth from Afghanistan, Iran, Brazil and the Philippines. Each of their stories is unique, but all have had to learn to
Last updated Apr 17, 2025
-
Best Practices/Practical Guide
Mental Health Promotion Guide for Agencies Serving Immigrants and Refugees in Ontario
This guide helps immigrant and refugee-serving organizations support newcomer mental health, with a focus on refugees. Developed during OCASI’s 2016-2017 Mental Health Project, it emphasizes the social determinants of mental health and provides practical policies and strategiesLast updated Apr 4, 2025
-
Research/Dataset
Mental Health Promotion in Immigrant and Refugee Serving Organizations. Knowledge Exchange Report 2023
Mental Health Promotion in Immigrant and Refugee Serving Organizations. Knowledge Exchange Report. February 8th, 2023Last updated Apr 2, 2025
-
Best Practices/Practical Guide
Gender-based Violence Against Racialized Migrant Women, Girls, and Gender-Diverse People with Disabilities & D/deaf People
This National Toolkit is for im/migrant and refugee-serving sector staff and volunteers across Canada working with racialized im/migrant and refugee women, girls, and gender-diverse people with disabilities and D/deaf people.Last updated Apr 2, 2025
-
Tool
Free Budgeting App for Newcomers
The Butterfly Budget App for Newcomers is a free, easy-to-use personal finance planning tool designed to help newcomers track their expenses when moving to Canada.
Butterfly was created by newcomers. It allows users to convert their budget into their home currency and is offered
Last updated Mar 20, 2025
-
Course/Training
Understanding and Challenging Anti-Black Racism
This 4-module course aims to assist people working in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector understand how systems operate and how they create and manifest racism and anti-Black racism.Last updated Mar 4, 2025
-
Best Practices/Practical Guide
Mental Health Supports for Frontline Workers
This handout by AMSSA provides essential information and resources to help frontline workers understand and address mental health challenges, such as burnout, vicarious trauma, and compassion fatigue, that arise from supporting newcomers in complex situations.Last updated Feb 24, 2025
-
Course/Training
Understanding and Responding to Gender-Based Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities
This online self-directed course aims to help front-line practitioners working with immigrant and refugee communities to better understand issues of gender-based violence (GBV) and develop a supportive response for survivors with intersectional identities.Last updated Feb 20, 2025
-
Best Practices/Practical Guide
Harnessing Social Media for Resettlement
This guide offers best practices for using social media to support newcomers. Learn how to leverage platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to share stories, raise awareness, and foster a strong sense of community around resettlement.Last updated Feb 13, 2025
-
Canada reverses immigration decision to make it easier for families to reunite
Sarbmeet Singh · CBC News · Posted: Dec 13, 2022
Thousands of foreign nationals hoping to live in Canada are elated after Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced changes to how people coming to the country on a super visa can pay for their medical insurance.
L…
Published December 20, 2022
-
Work skills must be central to Canadian immigration efforts
Pedro Barata, Steven Tobin Policy Options December 13, 2022
The federal government recently announced a significant increase in immigration targets for the next three years – welcoming almost 1.5 million people between 2023-25. The plan aims to address continuing labour…
Published December 20, 2022
-
Government holiday traditions should be inclusive, say critics — and that doesn't mean a war on Christmas
Darrell Roberts · CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2022
Advocates want the provincial government to make its holiday traditions more inclusive — but they say the answer isn't to do away with Christmas celebrations.
Over the past few weeks, the provincial government has adorned…
Published December 12, 2022
-
Canada’s new permanent-residency pathways are a half-measure
Iain Reeve The Globe And Mail 12 December 2022
Iain Reeve is the associate director of immigration at the Conference Board of Canada.
Earlier this year, Liberal MP Randeep Sarai put forward a private members’ motion in the House of Commons, calling for expanded immigration…
Published December 12, 2022
-
Calgary immigrants can now get help at the airport as soon as they land
Melissa Gilligan Wednesday, December 7th 2022
Immigrants arriving in Calgary through the Calgary International Airport can now head to a new booth as soon as they land for help getting settled.
The booth – called the Immigrant Arrival Centre – is a place where new immigrants and…
Published December 9, 2022
-
This Canadian pilot project is helping newcomers learn English through the power of VR
Mouhamad Rachini · CBC Radio · Posted: Dec 07, 2022
Assimilating into Canada may be difficult for a lot of newcomers, especially those who speak little to no English. But a pilot project at the University of Toronto is trying to change that using virtual reality technology.
"Our…
Published December 9, 2022
-
5 Afghan siblings arrive in Toronto more than a year after being stuck in limbo in UAE refugee camp
Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2022
Faisal Rasel remembers the moment his father was killed by the Taliban in 2018 for working with the U.S. government. He knew that from then on, he would have to be the one to look after his four siblings. Their mother had died…
Published December 6, 2022
-
Newcomers face ‘alarming’ discrimination in finding housing, says report
Kelly Skjerven The Star Thu., Dec. 1, 2022
Newcomers searching for a home in Toronto’s tight rental market face “alarming” levels of discrimination, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
In a phone audit of rental listings that appeared this year…
Published December 2, 2022
-
Canada not doing enough with its highly educated immigrants, StatsCan says
Jessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: Dec 01, 2022
Being a physician has been a lifelong dream for 35-year-old Ayman Jabril. He's passionate about caring for patients, clearly explaining medical treatments, and following up with them over time. He trained and worked as a physician in…
Published December 2, 2022
-
Not everyone thinks Canada’s new immigration plan will grow the economy the way it should
Brian Hill Global News December 1, 2022
Nadine Rana’s family has been proudly cleaning clothes for more than 50 years.
Her parents immigrated to Canada from the West Indies in the late 1960s and opened a dry cleaner in Toronto’s east end. Rana now runs the business with the hope…
Published December 2, 2022