Indigenous Orientation Toolkit for Newcomers to Canada
The Indigenous Orientation Toolkit (IOTK), initiated by Immigration Partnership Winnipeg, is designed to be a tool to enhance bridges between the Indigenous and newcomer communities and to educate them about Indigenous history, culture and contemporary realities. The IOTK also aims to combat oppressive beliefs and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples by seeking to build awareness, debunk…
BUCARES research and film project on Anti-Racism: “Real Change”
The Brandon University Centre for Aboriginal and Rural Education Studies (BUCARES) is established in 2008, and its role is to promote and facilitate research activities that are of interest to rural, northern, and Indigenous communities, school divisions, and related organizations. The “Real Change” film project was part of a research project in Manitoba, by Michelle…
MANSO Anti-Racism training resource for the settlement sector
In May 2021, the Anti-Racism Policy Resolution for the settlement sector was passed by MANSO member organizations to reflect this commitment. In the Summer of 2021, funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), MANSO developed and produced a sector-wide Anti-Racism project, which included three live training sessions for different groups of participants, three workbooks…
Anti-Racism in Sport Campaign (Winnipeg, MB)
This is an initiative by the Immigration Partnership Winnipeg (IPW), a local immigration partnership hosted by the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg. The Anti-Racism in Sport Campaign seeks to increase, promote, and engage in discussions on anti-racism in sport about the presence of all levels of racism in sport in Winnipeg and its impact on…
ISSofBC – Welcome to our Homelands (Multilingual videos & Study guides)
“Welcome to our Homelands” is an Indigenous welcome to newcomers video and study guide produced by Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) in partnership with Indigenous organizations in Vancouver and elsewhere. Thanks to indigenous filmmaker Kamala Todd, study guide author Kory Wilson, and Indigenous Advisory Committee members for their work on this project. In 2020,…
Evaluating Refugee Program – resource, webiar and toolkit
The Evaluation Refugee Program project was an initiative to build the evaluation capacity of the refugee sector across Canada in order to improve supports and outcomes for refugee newcomers. Funded by IRCC under the Service Delivery Improvements program, the project started in 2019 and ended in March 2021. Check out this summary to learn about…
Videos by New Journey Housing: Income Tax in Canada, CVITP, and what you should know when filing your income tax
In Canada, the deadline to file most tax returns is April 30th. Doing your taxes is easier than you think. There are many services available to help you this tax season. New Journey Housing has recently made some videos to highlight the importance of filing your taxes and the information on the CVITP (Community Volunteer…
Health Literacy Partnerships: Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA)
This project aims to improve health outcomes for low literacy newcomer women, including refugees, with this series of tools and resources. These tools help people access healthcare services by learning to navigate the healthcare system better, reducing the barriers to accessing services and improving health literacy outcomes. They can be used by healthcare professionals and language instructors,…
Working with Interpreters: Video Series
This video series has five short segments to help staff of the settlement and integration sector work well with interpreters. *Please note that some videos contain profanity and/or sexual terms and should not be viewed with children present* These videos are currently available only to staff & volunteers of MANSO member organizations, and are on…
Bridging Social Distance during COVID-19: Indigenous & Newcomer Youth Relationship Building Project
A Métis master in social work student at the University of Manitoba thesis project has emerged from supporting both newcomer and Indigenous youth in various capacities, and experiencing alongside these youth the lack of good/community-driven information that each broad community has about the other, and how this can lead to misunderstandings, misperceptions and tension….
