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On November 23, 2021, the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants officially opened.

What changed?

The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants is now the official regulator of immigration and citizenship consultants across Canada. This means that if you’re paying or planning to pay for services by an immigration or citizenship consultant, they must be licensed under the College.

The College is an arm’s-length organization from the Government of Canada,...

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AUDIENCE   Settlement, social and health services providers

POPULATION OF INTEREST   The Yazidi community and all immigrant and refugee populations

LOCATION   Greater Toronto Area

THE NEED   In November 2018, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration identified that the experience of persecution, genocide and sexual violence have left many Yazidi women and children with severe posttraumatic stress disorder. Additionally,...

A testimonial from Mateo Vitale, member of the N4 advisory committee. The N4 national advisory committee is comprised of a multidisciplinary and socioculturally diverse group of individuals from across Canada with expertise in various sectors, including pediatric and adult health care, education, immigration, as well as individuals with lived experience as newcomers to Canada.

See N4 Advisory Committee:newcomernavigation.ca/en/about-us/advisory-committee

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Canada is one of the top destinations in the world, with millions of people from across the globe hoping to come here every year to settle, visit or work. To navigate the immigration system, many people turn to consultants or other services for help. While nearly all operate honestly, unscrupulous actors can exploit the system and take advantage of people. That’s why the Government of Canada is strengthening the regulation of immigration consultants to protect those who wish to come here.

Yesterday,...

WHO has issued a multi-country review, “Mapping health systems' responsiveness to refugee and migrant health needs”, and “Common health needs of refugees and migrants: a literature review” to support countries and territories worldwide in building health system capacity and resilience to provide quality people-centred health services for all, including for refugees and migrants.

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When the COVID-19 pandemic started in Canada, it hit refugees, immigrants, and racialized populations really hard. Many racialized communities, including immigrant and refugee communities, became hot spots for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, and death. As infection rates grew, newcomer populations made it clear to community leaders and service providers that they did not have enough information about the COVID-19 pandemic, as most of the information about the pandemic was either not produced...

Learn how a team of Together Project volunteers empowered newcomers from the Crossroads Clinic, Women’s College Hospital’s refugee health clinic, to overcome language and technology barriers to access COVID-19 vaccines through the Vaccine Access Project.

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Date and time: Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST

Cost: Free of charge

In 2016, the Government of Canada resettled more than 1,000 Yazidi refugees in various cities across Canada. The resettlement was in response to the 2014 massacre carried out by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, also known as Daesh, to systematically eradicate the Yazidi population in Northern Iraq. The experience of persecution and genocide has left many Yazidis with mental and physical trauma. It is important...

CERC Migration's Data and Methods Lab designed this dashboard to help researchers segment the immigrant worker population to analyze how various groups are being impacted by COVID-19 relative to Canadian-born workers. 

This dashboard makes explicit the compounding of disadvantage among immigrant subgroups.

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