Events

Below are Settlement Sector events happening in Ontario.

**PLEASE CONFIRM IF THE EVENT YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND IS STILL ON SCHEDULE**

Journey to Promote Mental Health: A Training Series for Individuals Working with Immigrants and Refugees

Workers who serve newcomers around mental health issues often experience “ burnt out” symptoms, and this sector has a high staff turnover rate. Therefore, strategies for workers to take care of their own physical and emotional well-being are crucial. Join Connie Cheung, RD, for a webinar that will review how eating habits and food can affect our mental wellness. Connie will also discuss individual types of mood-boosting foods and ways to easily incorporate them into your daily eating. The benefits of “Mindful Eating” include improving eating habits, managing bodyweight and food cravings, and increasing awareness of how one’s relationship with food can affect their mental wellness.

Date: 
March 28, 2023 - 10:00am to 11:30am

Person, Purpose, and Persecution: Building community by, for, and with Trans and Non-binary Newcomers

The Positive Spaces Initiative is excited to host Tatiana Ferguson (she/her), Co-founder of Black Queer Youth Collective and EDI specialist, in conversation with Sizwe Inkingi (she/her), Program Officer, Rainbow Railroad, and former Bilingual PSI Coordinator at OCASI, for an one-hour webinar.

Date: 
March 27, 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Gender-Based Violence & Racialized Migrant People with Disabilities and Deaf People

This roundtable will shed light on the nature of gender-based violence as experienced by women and gender-diverse people with disabilities and Deaf people in the context of migration and racialization. A panel of subject matter experts and/or those with lived experience will discuss the challenges and best practices that will support non-status, immigrants and refugees, women with disabilities and Deaf women when they attempt to access settlement services.

Date: 
March 31, 2023 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm