ARAISA

Logic Models in the Settlement Sector
2026-05-20 14:30 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | QC
Join this PROSPECTS webinar to learn how to build and use logic models for organizations in the settlement sector. You will come away from this webinar with an understanding of why logic models matter, the components of a logic model, the basics needed for building one, and how logic models can guide your data collection and evaluation. The webinar will include a Q&A where you can ask our presenters your questions, and you can also submit your evaluation questions in advance in the LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/16091158/.

Strategic AI for Nonprofit Leaders
2026-05-04 13:00 - 14:00 | QC
This TechSoup session isn’t about tools. It’s about fixing the decision layer that comes first. Most nonprofits are repeating the same pattern we saw with digital: buying the tech, underestimating human needs, burning out the team, and then blaming the tech. AI accelerates that cycle. You’ll learn how to move from scattered, individual use to a more coordinated, human-led approach grounded in your mission, values, and your team’s real capacity.

Speed Networking Event for Organizations
2026-04-28 14:00 - 15:00 | QC
An event to meet and connect with other organizations that are conducting research and/or evaluation projects.

2026 CMS Migration & Integration Conference
2026-04-27 08:30 - 15:30 | Liu Institute for Global Issues, Place of Many Trees, 6476 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z2, Canada
This UBC Centre for Migration Studies conference brings together researchers from across disciplines to share and engage with new work on migration and integration.

19e Symposium annuel sur l'immigration francophone 2026
2026-04-21 00:00 - 2026-04-22 23:59 | Delta Hotel by Marriott Beauséjour, 750 rue Main, Moncton, NB, E1C 0G1, Canada
For this 19ᵉ edition, the Symposium will explore how to position Francophone immigration as a sustainable lever for prosperity, innovation and cohesion in a context of constraints and transformation.

Navigating Conflict with Confidence: Practical Skills for Nonprofit Leaders Seminar
2026-04-16 14:00 - 17:00 | QC
The Navigating Conflict with Confidence: Practical Skills for Nonprofit Leaders Seminar is a 3-hour interactive workshop designed specifically for nonprofit staff who are in roles that require them to navigate and resolve conflicts within their teams and with external stakeholders.

Rethinking Complex Migration: Flows, Frames, and Futures
2026-04-15 00:00 - 2026-04-17 23:59 | Sears Atrium- George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre, 245 Church St, Toronto, ON, M5B 2R2, Canada
This conference offers a reflection on what is considered ‘regular’ or ‘normal’ migration, and what is now viewed as ‘complex’ migration, through a series of dedicated plenary panels.

Unlocking Immigrant Talent
2026-03-25 14:00 - 15:30 | QC
Signal49 Research, in collaboration with the Future Skills Centre, is hosting a virtual stakeholder forum to explore findings from the Immigrant Skill Utilization Scorecard. This event will spotlight municipal performance trends, key drivers of skill underutilization, and actionable strategies to better leverage immigrant talent. Attendees will engage with experts from policy, education, and industry to co-develop practical solutions for improving immigrant employment outcomes across Canada.

Réaliser des audits d’équité et créer des groupes de travail sur l’équité
2026-03-11 14:00 - 15:00 | QC
This interactive workshop, in French, is aimed at leaders and staff of NPOs and charities, as well as equity practitioners, who are looking to make their organization’s equity efforts a reality, and to strengthen their ability to put these values into practice on a daily basis.

Using Data to Strengthen Funding Proposals
2026-03-05 14:00 - 16:00 | QC
This ARAISA webinar will explore how immigrant-serving organizations can use data to write evidence-based funding proposals. Evidence should inform every aspect of settlement and integration services, from initial planning to delivery and reporting. Interest holders, such as funders and community partners, should also understand how data and evidence have informed services. Service providers can use data to demonstrate the need for services as well as the expected impact for clients and communities. This webinar will address the structure of funding proposals, different types of data, finding relevant data, using data to tell stories, and other tips and tricks.

Séminaire immigration et vitalité des communautés francophones
2026-03-05 08:00 - 17:00 | Université de l’Ontario français, 9 Lower Jarvis Street, Toronto, ON, M5E 0C3, Canada
This interdisciplinary seminar, in French, combines theoretical reflection, methodological demonstration and dialogue rooted in the realities of the field.

National Equity & Racial Justice Conference
2026-03-03 00:00 - 2026-03-05 23:59 | DoubleTree by Hilton Ottawa Downtown, 33 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, ON, K1N 9M7, Canada
The Canadian Network for Equity and Racial Justice (CNERJ) will host its second National Conference in March 2026 in Ottawa. This gathering brings together community leaders, organizers, advocates, researchers, and policy changemakers from across the country to move our work from analysis to action planning.

Building Bridges: Advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ Newcomer and Refugee Inclusion Through Collaboration
2026-02-27 08:00 - 2026-02-28 17:00 | Best Western Chocolate Lake Hotel, Halifax, NS, 250 St. Margaret's Bay Rd, Halifax, B3N1H5, Canada
Building Bridges is a 1.5-day gathering in February 2026 that brings together stakeholders from the settlement, 2SLGBTQIA+, and public sectors to strengthen relationships, exchange knowledge, and deepen our collective capacity to support LGBTQI+ refugees and newcomers. It builds on past education and capacity-building forums that RRANS has hosted since 2020.

Sector Pulse: A Town Hall on Current Nonprofit Policy Issues
2026-02-26 14:00 - 15:30 | QC
This collaborative session brings together leaders, advocates, and policy thinkers from across subsectors to identify the most pressing issues facing nonprofits today.

KMB Session: Supporting Immigrant Women in Post-Pandemic Recovery and Crisis Preparedness in Canada
2026-02-26 13:00 - 14:30 | QC

How People Working for Refugee Resettlement can Engage with the Campaign
2026-02-25 14:30 - 16:00 | QC
This custom training for those involved with sponsorship and resettlement efforts across Canada will walk you through how to use the “We’re Better Together” campaign to advocate for a fair and welcoming immigration system.

Canada’s Black Justice Strategy
2026-02-25 14:30 - 16:00 | QC
In 2025 the federal government announced a 10-year plan to implement recommendations in the Black Justice Strategy. Aimed at reducing systemic racism and the over-representation of Black communities in the justice system, the strategy includes 114 recommendations covering areas such as policing, courts, corrections and social supports.

This webcast will bring community and government leaders together to discuss how and when the recommendations will be implemented, along with strategies to support effective communication, engagement and accountability.

Equity in Action: Building and Sustaining Effective Equity Working Groups
2026-02-25 14:00 - 15:00 | QC
This workshop will help organizations explore how to establish & sustain equity working groups that are both strategic and grounded in care.

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Awareness for EAL Learners
2026-02-24 14:00 - 16:00 | QC
Virtual launch of a newly developed Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Awareness for EAL Learners Resource.

This session will introduce the resource, share insights from the development process, and highlight ways it can be integrated into different language-learning contexts. While the session is especially relevant for language instructors, all settlement practitioners and service providers are welcome to attend.

Groupe de discussion National Newcomer Collective for Truth and Reconciliation (NNCTR) Francophone
2026-02-20 13:00 - 14:30 | QC
This focus group (in French) is part of a needs analysis process aimed at identifying strengths, gaps and opportunities for improvement in truth and reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples within the sector that supports newcomers.

National Online Community of Practice Orientation Session
2026-02-19 15:00 - 16:00 | QC
During this session, you will learn essential navigation skills designed for new and current National Online Community of Practice members working in Canada’s immigrant and refugee-serving sector.

Equity as a Practice: From Audits to Action
2026-02-18 14:00 - 15:00 | QC
This workshop introduces Equity as a Practice, an approach to equity work that moves beyond checklists and audits toward sustained action.

Trauma Training Series for Frontline Service Providers: Vicarious Trauma and Resilience
2026-02-17 12:00 - 13:30 | QC
This session will build an understanding of what puts us at risk of burnout and vicarious trauma and provide strategies to support resilience so we can continue to do this important work.

Evaluation Frameworks
2026-02-11 14:30 - 15:30 | QC
Learn how to design and implement an effective evaluation framework for a program or organization.

28th Annual National Metropolis Canada Conference
2026-02-11 08:00 - 2026-02-13 17:00 | Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street, Halifax, NS, B3J 0E6, Canada
This year’s theme: Changing course? Establishing Consensus on Canada’s immigration future

“In October 2024 Canada unveiled a new Immigration Multi-Year Levels Plan that considerably reduced the targets for both permanent and temporary migrants. It constituted a dramatic modification from rising immigration numbers that characterized the previous decade. The move represents a departure from a vision for the country which saw immigration as critical to growth. The cuts have raised important questions about policies and programs. Reaching the targets has important ramifications for categories of immigrants, different regions of the country, and migrant countries of origin. Given the asymmetry in immigration policies in Canada, the effects of these immigration level reductions will inevitably be uneven.

What does this imply for the future of immigration in Canada? Is the direction we’re headed the best for the country in meeting future challenges? What are the unintended outcomes of these policy decisions? Do they advance Canada’s competitiveness in the current global economy or impede it? Do we need to consider changing course?

This important national gathering, co-chaired by Paula Knight and Emmanuel Nahimana, will seek to address the above questions.”

25 ans d’immigration francophone de l’Afrique subsaharienne
2026-02-05 13:00 - 14:30 | QC

Cadres d'évaluation
2026-02-04 14:30 - 15:30 | QC
Join us and find out how your organization can design and implement an effective assessment framework.

Immigration Insights: 2025 Recap & 2026 Forecast
2026-02-03 12:00 - 13:30 | Eltuek Arts Centre, Gallery 211, 170 George Street, Sydney, NS, B1P 1J2, Canada
Explore 2025 immigration trends and what immigration in 2026 means for newcomers, international students, and foreign workers.

How Groups Working with Refugee Claimants can Engage with the “We’re Better Together” Campaign
2026-01-28 14:00 - 15:30 | QC
As support for immigrants, and refugees has been backsliding in Canada, the “We’re Better Together” campaign has been created to improve public opinion and build momentum for an inclusive immigration system. In this training, we’ll cover the campaign’s messaging, overall strategy, and how to adapt the campaign to support your work with refugee claimants. Participants will gain a practical overview of our campaign’s Message Guide and learn how to apply the Race Class Gender Narrative effectively.

This training will be delivered in English with the support of a French interpreter, and presenters will be able to engage in questions bilingually.

Webinaire - Islamophobie genrée au Canada: quand le genre, la foi et le racisme se croisent
2026-01-27 14:00 - 15:30 | QC
