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September 24, 2018
Happy Monday to you.
Here are some upcoming events and pieces of information.
- French Conversation Circle (Wednesdays, 4:30 - 6:30pm) - The YMCA Immigrant Services will facilitate a french conversation circle to help you improve and learn the French language. For more information or to register: https://calendar.immigrationwaterlooregion.ca/default/Detail/2018-09-26-1630-French-Conversation-Circle
- "Emotional Culture" CCDI Community of Practice Event (Sep 27, 8am - 10:30am)
- This CCDI (Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion) event in Kitchener will explore the links between a sense of belonging in the workplace, employees' well-being, and work performance through the emotional culture of work organizations. For more information or to register:
https://ccdi.ca/event-calendar/cope-kitchener-emotional-culture
- "Waterloo Region Votes" municipal election events - Upcoming all-candidate meetings include: Sep 25 (Women in Politics WR), Sep 26 (Waterloo), Sep 26 (Wellesley), Oct 2 (Wilmot), Oct 4 (Cambridge), Sep 30 (Kitchener), Oct 10 (Regional Chair), Oct 10 (North Dumfries), Oct 14 (Waterloo) and ward-specific meetings. For more information about ward boundaries, candidates, all candidate meetings, etc. coming up to the municipal election on Oct 22 see https://waterlooregionvotes.org
- "Under-Served: Health Determinants of Indigenous, Inner-City, and Migrant Populations in Canada" Book Launch (Oct 2, 2 - 4pm) - Co editor Akshaya Neil Arya and contributors Bonnie M. Freeman, Joe Mancini, Shpresa Aliu-Berisha, and Janet McLaughlin, discuss their perspectives on the historical, political, and social factors that influence the overall health of Indigenous, inner-city, and migrant populations in Canada. For more information or to register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEc6xbdDxN7lcS_yaNjOuFp3GTgtqFLzuj09oUgjJgtC9Qrg/viewform. To learn more about the book "Under-Served" see: https://www.canadianscholars.ca/books/under-served
- "Tools for helping people find good legal information" webinar (Oct 2, 12 - 1:15pm) - CLEO (Community Legal Education Ontario) will be hosting this webinar for community workers who help users find legal information. It will focus on topics such as: finding reliable sources of information, understanding the difference between legal information and legal advice, and helping clients find step-by-step information about common legal problems. For more information or to register: https://cc.readytalk.com/registration/#/?meeting=x9n5bavdxc0c&campaign=kg9neixi2wvx
- Indian Cooking Class (The Bridges Project) (Oct. 15, 5 - 7pm) - The Bridges is an intercultural and intergenerational learning program, planned and implemented by Waterloo seniors, that is built around exchanging cultural experiences and knowledge across generations. This program will be offering a class to learn how to cook authentic Indian Food, followed by a shared meal at the end of class. For more information or to register: https://www.bridgeswaterloo.com
- "Community Consultation and Needs Assessment" workshop (Oct 15 & 16, 9am - 4pm) - This workshop is part of the Wilfrid Laurier Management and Leadership certificate course and is focused on how to develop sustainable new programs in response to the community's needs and consultation. It also offers ideas for proposal development and how to have a greater impact for communities and funders. For more information or to register: https://wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-social-work/professional-development/certificates/management-and-leadership-certificate.html
- Ryerson Centre for Immigration & Settlement research papers - The Ryerson Centre for Immigration & Settlement has a number of research papers on their website (https://www.ryerson.ca/rcis/publications/rcisworkingpapers) which may be of broader interest, including: Serving Immigrant Families: Using Knowledge Translation to Inform a Family Approach in the Settlement Sector (2018); The Syrian Refugee Crisis in Canadian Media (2017); Immigrant Settlement and Integration Services and the Role of Nonprofit Service Providers: A Cross-National Perspective on Trends, Issues and Evidence (2016); Community Support for Newcomer Families: A Literature Review (2015); Ethnic Media Election Coverage A Content Analysis Methodology (2014).
- IN THE NEWS: "Nearly three-quarters of Canadians support taking in refugees, poll shows" (TheStar) https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/19/nearly-three-quarters-of-canadians-support-taking-in-refugees-poll-shows.html For more information on this topic see a recent AngusReid report "Immigration in Canada: Does recent change in forty year opinion trend signal a blip or a breaking point?" which discusses trends in public opinion about immigration. http://angusreid.org/canadian-immigration-trend-data
- IN THE NEWS: "Rental Rates In Canada: Ontario Cities Soar By Double Digits As Vancouver Cools Off" (Huffingtonpost.ca) https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/09/19/rental-rates-canada-september_a_23532796 "Strong rental rate inflation was also seen across many of the Ontario cities covered in the survey, with one-bedrooms rising by about 15 per cent in Ottawa, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, St. Catharines and Windsor."
Dan.
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