Immigrant Welcome Centre

Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants program is offered at the Immigrant Welcome Centre. Watch the video and contact Daisy to learn more! [email protected]

Please help understand why newcomers stay in Nanaimo! Have you lived in Nanaimo or Courtenay for 5 years or more? Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) would like to hear from you about your newcomer experience! Rather than investigating why migrants leave, they study aims to understand why migrants decide to stay and build their lives in small and mid-sized cities like Nanaimo.... If you are interested, we invite you to fill out our survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/whydomigrantsstay. After the survey, you may be invited to participate in a follow-up online interview. For more information, visit: https://www.ryerson.ca//2020/11/call-for-research-partici/ or email [email protected]

Read about CVIMS in November’s Nanaimo & Voyager Magazine. Out this Friday.

The staff of CVIMS showed up for the morning meeting with CRAZY HAIR today! Was that anything to do with it being Friday the 13th?

Weekly Events for the Immigrant Welcome Centre - https://mailchi.mp/cvims/636p416ltk-6317146

Participants needed for research on Legal Needs for Immigrants

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November 11th is Remembrance Day and the Immigrant Welcome Centre will be closed. To learn more about Remembrance Day 2020, visit https://www.legion.ca/remembrance

Weekly Events for the Immigrant Welcome Centre - https://mailchi.mp/cvims/636p416ltk-6309578

ReIMAGINE Nanaimo, Mayor Leonard Krog and the City Council want to hear from you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfaCR35QMo

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October 1 - National Seniors Day! Do something nice today for a senior you know! https://www.canada.ca//employment-social-development/campa

Weekly Events for the Immigrant Welcome Centre - https://mailchi.mp/0821ae1e4c42/636p416ltk-6296894

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Effective Parenting in a New Country in the Time of Covid-19 VICCIR in collaboration with Dr. Alison Miller is about to launch two new courses. The overall goal is to support multicultural families and parents through these challenging times to develop useful skills for healthier family relationships. see poster for details.

Weekly Events for the Immigrant Welcome Centre - https://mailchi.mp/c94ca2d27849/636p416ltk-6281266

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Our HIPPY Home Visitors are busy, busy, busy this week preparing all the program materials for this year's HIPPY families. Do you have a 3 or 4 year old child? Do you want your child to succeed in school? Are you willing to spend 15 minutes a day with your child?... If yes, HIPPY is just for you! Contact Swedini at 250.753.6911 ext 121 or [email protected] to learn more!