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This 2023 Peel Newcomer Strategy session outlines and provides suggestions on how settlement sector can better promote their services to newcomers arriving in their community.

This 2021 Pathways to Prosperity conference workshop asked As we consider what is normal in a post-pandemic world, what have we learned about the long-term effectiveness of our adaptations, and for whom? What kind of social support can volunteers provide to help with this transition?

This 2023 ARAISA webinar is a presentation of the Wired: Evaluating Settlement Online (WESO) Toolkit. It focuses on key areas for settlement services, like capacity building, quality assessment, data analysis, and resource allocation.

This Pathways to Prosperity 2023 conference workshop examines the hybrid service model combining remote and in-person service delivery that developed during the pandemic.

Information about life in Canada is plentiful, but finding the right information to help newcomers choose where to live, and informing them about the different opportunities, realities, and services outside of Canada’s most well-known destinations, can be a challenge. This workshop presents recent research aimed at informing migration communication activities in these areas.

A response to research findings related to the Canadian government’s Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program, SMARTT was proposed as a platform to facilitate trusted contact between sponsored Syrian refugees and Canada-based sponsors to enhance strong and meaningful integrative social networks in Ontario.

This report explores key themes around the resettlement experiences of privately sponsored Syrian refugees in Ontario. It particularly focuses on the impact of online pre-arrival contact via digital communication platforms like Facebook, Skype, and WhatsApp between refugees and their private sponsors.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for Refugees’ Transition out of Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways Programs, Canada must be more audacious with efforts to attract global talent, This demographic has been losing ground in Canada for decades. Now tens of thousands of immigrants are helping reverse the trend.

Researchers provide a comprehensive Framework for Digital Health Equity, detailing key digital determinants of health (DDoH), to support the work of digital health tool creators in industry, health systems operations, and academia.