Newcomer youth are a growing presence in Canada but more so in Ontario. As this young population leads the way for a “new” Canada, it is important for service providers, researchers, teachers, and social policymakers to investigate the multiple challenges and barriers that newcomer youth face as they navigate through their adjustment and settlement processes.
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Reclaiming authentic collaboration: What we achieve when lived experts share in the power
First voice is a term coined by advocates in the community to reflect the value of lived expertise. It signifies the primacy of knowledge gained by experience. It’s not a substitute for academic or professional skill; it’s another dynamic of intellectual competence that can
Last updated Jan 15, 2026
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ReadingDuck.com
Reading Duck is a free website with lots of English reading worksheets you can print right away-no sign-up needed. It's especially helpful for people who are new to English, including newcomers, immigrants, and those rebuilding their lives in a new country. The worksheets start
Last updated Aug 26, 2025
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Tool
Direct Cash Transfers as a Pathway Out of Homelessness
This resource is about the transformative potential of Direct Cash Transfers (DCTs) as a strategy to combat homelessness. It compiles a comprehensive collection of toolkits, research studies, case analyses, and multimedia materials that explore how providing unconditionalLast updated May 6, 2025
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Research/Dataset
Ontario Human Rights Commission action plan to address anti-Black racism in education
Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) Launches Action Plan to Tackle Anti-Black Racism in SchoolsLast updated Mar 31, 2025
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Course/Training
Supporting young people with no or precarious immigration status
This webinar addresses the challenges faced by young individuals with uncertain immigration status, exploring how these legal issues can impact various aspects of their lives. It equips service providers with practical tools to assist these youth in accessing legal support.Last updated Dec 9, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Newcomer Youth Connections for Success
Newcomer Youth: Connections for Success (NYCS) helps newcomer teens, ages 14-18, build community connections, find peer support and enhance leadership & employment skills.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Newmarket program assists youth experiencing anti-Black racism
Newmarket Today Staff 17 October 2022
On Saturday, MPP Dawn Gallagher Murphy met with the team at the Newmarket African Caribbean Canadian Association (NACCA) to hear more about the impact that a six-month $49,600 Resilient Communities Fund grant from the Ontario Trillium…
Published October 19, 2022
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International students enticed to Canada on dubious promises of jobs and immigration
Nazim Baksh, Lisa Ellenwood, Mark Kelley, Satbir Singh Aulakh · CBC News · Posted: Oct 13, 2022
Dilpreet Kaur's parents were worried it would be difficult for her to find a job in her home state of Punjab, India, where her father toils long, lonely hours as a rice and wheat…
Published October 13, 2022
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Cap on international students' working hours should be permanently lifted: advocates
Laura Osman | National Observer | October 12th 2022
A new pilot project to lift the cap on the number of hours international students can work should be made permanent, say advocates who have spent years asking for the change.
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced last…
Published October 13, 2022
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Students say lifting cap on working hours doesn't fix bigger issues for international students
CBC News · Posted: Oct 08, 2022
Post-secondary students in Calgary say a one-year pilot project that will lift the cap on off-campus hours international students are allowed to work is good news.
But it's a short-term fix that does not address bigger problems, they said.
On Nov…
Published October 11, 2022
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Inflation hits international students hard, with some turning to food banks
Nono Shen The Canadian Press Oct. 2, 2022
Laughter lights up the gathering twilight at Langara College in Vancouver, where first-year health science student Jagiit Singh is chatting with friends next to the school's fountain.
But his smile fades when he's asked about the cost of…
Published October 5, 2022
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Hamilton, Six Nations organizations marking National Day of Truth and Reconciliation all week
Aura Carreño Rosas · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2022
Friday marks the second National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, a day honouring "the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities."
The day was one of the…
Published September 29, 2022
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The future for tens of thousands of international students is in jeopardy. Here’s why
Janet Hurley The Star Wed., Sept. 21, 2022
Leila Ghodrat Jahromi should have been sitting in class at Simon Fraser University this week, studying for her master of education degree.
Instead, the Iranian student is sitting in her temporary home in Turkey as she waits for a…
Published September 21, 2022
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Representation matters: Black youth talk about the power of connection and community
CBC Communications · Posted: Sep 14, 2022
There was a sense of comfort, empowerment, and belonging for the 400 Black youth who recently gathered in Halifax during the National Black Canadians Summit.
As author and educator Moashella Shortte said: "There is joy in the coming…
Published September 15, 2022
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Windsor-bound foreign students caught up in massive visa backlog
Doug Schmidt Sep 12, 2022 Windsor Star
It’s supposed to be an expedited process for the types of potential immigrants Canada is targeting to help address talent, skills and entrepreneurial shortfalls in the domestic economy.
“If Canada’s international education strategy is…
Published September 14, 2022
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Study permit delays impacting thousands of international students coming to Waterloo region
Thousands of international students hoping to have been in Waterloo region for the start of the fall semester are still back in their home countries waiting to hear about the status of their study permits.
Published September 14, 2022