‘I’m in Winnipeg and I like it’: Newcomer youth meet to talk job skills, challenges
CBC News
Great civic engagement project from N.E.E.D.S. Inc. Looking forward to seeing the posters around Winnipeg.
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Former refugee generating hundreds of jobs for Winnipeg newcomers
Omar Rahimi, a former refugee who moved to Canada from Iraq in 2001 is generating new jobs for Winnipeg newcomers.
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Here’s how Manitobans can help local refugee organizations.
By: CBC Manitoba
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‘It’s such a good life’: New citizens reflect on becoming Canadian
By: Brett Purdy, for CBC News
25 people from 11 different nations became Canadian citizens yesterday at the Manitoba Legislature.
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More Families Making The Pembina Valley Their New Home
By: Dean Penner, for Pembina Valley Online
See the update from Laurie Sawatzky, the Executive Director of Regional Connections and President of the MANSO Board on how the population of Pembina Valley is expanding through immigration.
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House calls help Syrians learn English
By Carol Sanders, for Winnipeg Free Press.
The Mobile Language Project in cooperation with the Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Workers [NISWs] has two locations in Winnipeg and the Winnipeg Free Press featured one of the projects based out of the North End. This project has volunteers that make home visits to Syrian families for conversational English classes. Click on the link for full article.
What does it take to House a Syrian Refugee?: Supporting Refugee Housing and Resettlement beyond the Syrian Refugee Crisis
By: Ray Silvius, Hani Ataan Al-Ubeady, Dylan Chyz-Lund, Carlos Colorado, and Emily Halldorson
A new report written by scholars and community practitioners is now available online at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Manitoba. Click on the link for full report.
Pilot program helping new moms to Canada learn English with their babies
Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology our member organization has a pilot project helping new moms to Canada with children 12 months old or younger learn English. Click on the link for dull details and watch the video.
Winnipeg LGBT centre puts out call for help after spike in refugee calls
Rainbow Resource Centre for LGBT people is calling out for help after an increase in the number of refugees coming for support. Click on the link for full details
Ghanaian community comes together to support frostbitten refugee claimants
Ghanian community has come together to support Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal. Click on the link for full details
