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In this January 2024 webinar, Refugee 613 provided information for Immigrant and Refugee-serving organizations to build their capacity to communicate with clients and other stakeholders. The session shared specific advice related to the recent IRCC CFP, including a suggested budget template, but the information and advice is useful beyond the CFP process. They presented generally accepted principles of good communications in the non-profit sector. 

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Ottawa to offer low-cost loans for student housing, Toronto’s Housing Crisis: When Immigration and Housing Policies Don’t Align, Canada hosted more than 1 million international students in 2023, and more.

The Research & Program Development Department at The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) presented this November 2023 webinar series exploring the use of technology and hybrid delivery in ESL literacy classrooms.

In this December 2023 IntegralOrg workshop, learn about the ins and outs of personal information protection for Alberta nonprofits from two senior information and privacy managers from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta (OIPC).

In this January 2024 webinar, the National Digital Inclusion Alliance (NDIA) brought their community together to host an AI and digital inclusion discussion. Topics included an overview of AI, generative AI, use cases for generative AI, risks and considerations, and resources to continue to educate yourself.

The weekly roundup includes research, stories, and events of interest to the Canadian immigration and settlement community. Includes: Canada’s population booms by 430K over 3 months. What’s behind the spike?, Immigration Minister to ‘rein in’ number of temporary foreign workers coming into Canada in 2024, and What’s behind the dramatic shift in Canadian public opinion about immigration levels?

The WESO project's client digital literacy experiment sought to answer a simple but complex question: what is the bare minimum training for Newcomers that would improve the likelihood that they might access online services? The ultimate goal of the training was to change clients’ behaviour and get them to use online/digital services.

What's in the CFP related to digital that should be acted on?They'll fund your tech. But what should you ask for? I don't have a crystal ball or insider view of IRCC, and they're being vague in some areas. But there are a few areas that seem fairly clear to me where I want to make recommendations. I'm also pointing out areas of the CFP that you need to make sure you actually find and read.

The Connecting Families Initiative (CFI) is a Government of Canada program that provides more affordable Internet services to eligible Canadians. Those eligible for Connecting Families will be contacted directly. However, a number of the participating Internet Service Providers also offer other targeted programs for low-income Canadians to access low cost internet and mobile services. In some cases this includes Government Assisted Refugees. Find out more.