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Newcomer navigation and technology use among navigation professionals: A needs assessment survey for a newcomer-navigation app.

The evaluation of an N4 mobile application for newcomer navigation professionals.

The National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) is approaching you to help assess newcomer navigation needs concerning the development of a mobile application for newcomer navigation professionals in Canada. All professionals working in the newcomer navigation services in Canada are invited...

Migrant Workers Alliance for Change is offering support for Ontario's undocumented and migrant workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

They are offering vaccine information in 16 languages as well as a hotline on WhatsApp to get one-to-one support through the process.

Information is available in Amharic, Arabic, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Farsi, Hindi, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Tigrinya, Urdu and Vietnamese.

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Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/economic-newcomer

More and more newcomers are moving to Canada for various reasons. The 2016 Census showed over half of the total immigrants identified in the survey are economic immigrants. These newcomers move to Canada for work-related reasons, gaining permanent residency through providing their skills and talents as well as interest in investing in a life in Canada. This type of newcomer, although not always discussed, will also require guidance on a new life...

World Refugee Day, on June 20, is marked this year by a variety of events across the globe in support of refugees.

See list of events planned to celebrate World Refugee Day in Canada!

Francois Houde is part of a diverse group of professional graduates of the N4-SPU Online Program. Working as a manager at MAGMA, he shares his experience from the settlement sector. MAGMA (Multicultural Association of Greater Moncton Area) is an organization that provides newcomers with a variety of settlement services. These services include adjusting to local culture and norms, language aid and certification as well as community connections. His team’s work is oriented towards intake and assisting...

Message from Refugee 613:

The fourth in the series of the multilingual Vaccine Bulletins is now live. Verified by doctors and a product of cross-sector collaboration, this bulletin answers top questions about the COVID-19 vaccines.

The bulletin is available in 15 languages: Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Traditional Chinese, and Urdu.

Tamil coming soon.

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Message from Association for Canadian Studies:

Have you completed our SPO Survey or Newcomer Survey yet?

Complete the surveys before June 18th, 2021 to enter a draw for one of two $200 prepaid Visa cards!

We would appreciate it if you would share this survey with your clients, colleagues and within your networks in order to ensure the greatest representation possible of respondents across Canada.

SPO Survey
The SPO survey is open to all staff members working at SPOs across Canada. It...

Last December, nurse Renette Amirault-Laing, who coordinates bilingual services at IWK Health Centre in Halifax, received her Certificate in Ethics and Contemporary Social Issues: Immigration and Integration from Saint Paul University. Renette is one of the first 30 people from across Canada to receive this certificate.

Thanks to the National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4), she had the courage to return to school after a 23-year absence from university in order to improve her ability to help immigrants...