Empowering immigrants to thrive
Women’s Business Hub is a 12-month program for immigrant women who want to start or expand their business in the province. WBH helps participants to brush up on their business skills, and access resources, tools and support for their businesses.
Are the genders equal when it comes to immigrant service delivery? Do men not face gender-specific settlement challenges? Why are there few to no dedicated organizations helping immigrant men? Is success the prerogative of only women?
Why is the workplace a hotbed for racial discrimination amongst adult immigrants? According to a recent York University study, around 96 per cent of Black Canadians say racism is a concern at work, and 78 per cent say that “the workplace racism they have noticed is severe”.
Newcomer Information Centre is one of Saskatchewan’s 11 Regional Newcomer Gateways that assist newcomers with the information and refer them to services to integrate into the community.
Launched in November 2021, DIVERSEcity’s certification grant is designed to assist women in recertifying, completing qualifying examinations, or evaluating their credentials so they can continue working in their chosen professions in Canada.
Saskatoon is the largest city in Saskatchewan and occupies a spot right at the province’s centre. The city is 348km north of the American border, 225km east of the Alberta border and 346km west of the Manitoba border. According to the last 2016 National census, the city has 246,376 people with a growing population rate of 1.68% per year from 2001 to 2016.
The Ontario Working for Workers Act changed several existing Acts, three of which specifically affect immigrants: Employment Protection for Foreign Nationals Act (Live-in Caregivers and Others), 2009; Employment Standards Act, 2000; and Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006. What does this mean for immigrants?
Saskatchewan has a growing, diverse economy and is a great place to grow your career. Through the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP), your skills become an asset and provide you with the foundation to call Saskatchewan your home.
Lives, incomes, hopes and dreams are being dashed by the unexplained delays in the immigration process. This article shows how prioritizing immigration applications could be a win-win for all stakeholders.
Belonging – a sense of completely fitting in. If second-generation immigrants from the visible minority groups do not belong to Canada because of their physical attributes; and also do not belong to their parent’s home country because they can’t fit in, where exactly do they belong?