ARAISA

Online Information Session: Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF)
2025-07-28 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax)
Join ISANS for a one-hour webinar at 6:00 p.m. ADT to learn about the Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF). This ISANS-led initiative can help immigrants with permanent resident status or Canadian citizenship obtain training and certification in their chosen fields or related fields in their new home provinces.

Online Information Session: Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF)
2025-08-11 14:00 - 15:00
Learn more about the Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF). This ISANS-led initiative can help immigrants with permanent resident status or Canadian citizenship obtain training and certification in their chosen fields or related fields in their new home provinces.

Building Together: Tools, Training, and Funds Distribution
2025-08-20 16:30 - 20:00 | Avery Room, Shubie Park, 54 Locks Road, Dartmouth, NS, B2X2W7, Canada
ARAISA recently launched the Equity Project in partnership with NBMC. The goal is to work with grassroots organizations to build capacity and support better access to funding. This consultation for grassroots organizations is a great opportunity to come together, share insights, and collaborate on advancing equity in our communities.

Please note that these consultations are for grassroots organizations not currently funded by IRCC.

Online Information Session: Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF)
2025-08-25 18:00 - 19:00
Learn about the Atlantic Immigrant Career Loan Fund (AICLF). This ISANS-led initiative can help immigrants with permanent resident status or Canadian citizenship obtain training and certification in their chosen fields or related fields in their new home provinces.

Enhancing Settlement Services Through Social Media
2025-08-27 14:30 - 15:30
Join this webinar to learn more about a research project conducted between fall 2022 and spring 2024 that explored how service provider organizations (SPOs) in Canada could use social media to better support newcomers.

Building Together: Tools, Training, and Funds Distribution
2025-08-27 16:30 - 20:00 | Centre des Arts et de la Culture de Dieppe / Dieppe Arts and Culture Center, 331 Acadie Avenue, Dieppe, NB, E1A1G9, Canada

The “Strong Borders” Act makes all of us less safe
2025-08-27 20:00 - 21:00
This webinar will help understand Bill C-2.

Ready to Welcome: Assessing Organizational Capacity to Support LGBTQI+ Refugees
2025-08-28 14:00 - 15:00
“Hosted by From Borders to Belonging, this webinar brings together sector leaders to examine what it means for organizations to be truly ready to support LGBTQI+ refugees. […] This session introduces a practical assessment framework that helps organizations evaluate and enhance their readiness. Featuring speakers from OCASI and End of the Rainbow, the conversation will explore challenges, best practices, and opportunities for collaboration across the sector.”

Réunion virtuelle sur les demandes présentées dans le cadre du délai prescrit d'un an (DPUA)
2025-09-04 15:00 - 16:00
This session (in French) will address issues related to eligibility for applications submitted within the one-year window of opportunity provision (OYW) (e.g., what to do if family members were not declared).

"Words That Move People" CCR Messaging Campaign
2025-09-04 15:00 - 16:00
A first look at the research results from Phase 1 of CCR’s national messaging campaign: the message testing survey conducted in partnership with ASO Communications and EKOS Research Associates Inc.

Stop Bill C-2
2025-09-05 12:30 - 13:30
Learn about the impact of the Bill, including how it will harm violence survivors and refugee claimants, and attack privacy and civil liberties.

Research Matters: Exploring immigrant experiences and integration in small and mid-sized cities
2025-09-10 14:30 - 16:00
This event will explores how smaller cities and rural communities are working to welcome newcomers, and why it’s more important than ever. You’ll hear fresh insights from international fieldwork that reveal what helps immigrants feel at home, and how communities can grow stronger by listening to their lived experiences.

North American Refugee Health Conference: Health Means the World to Us
2025-09-11 00:00 - 2025-09-13 23:59 | Sheraton Fallsview Hotel, 5875 Falls Ave., Niagara Falls, ON, L2G 3K7, Canada

AI and Communications: Writing Effective, Ethical and Useful Prompts
2025-09-11 14:00 - 15:00
In this webinar, we will explore how to use AI tools ethically and effectively. You will see how AI can help communications professionals write faster, experiment creatively, and generate first drafts — but only when used wisely.

The session will be in English only.

Building Together: Tools, Training, and Funds Distribution
2025-09-11 16:30 - 20:00 | Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne, 715 Priestman Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B5W7, Canada

Building Together: Tools, Training, and Funds Distribution
2025-09-16 16:30 - 20:00 | Rotary A/B, Charlottetown Library Learning Centre ,Dominion Building, 97 Queen Street, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A4A9, Canada

Un outil innovant pour déterminer la faisabilité et la reproductibilité d’un projet en immigration
2025-09-17 14:00 - 15:30
This webinar is designed to support practitioners working in immigrant and refugee services. It will be organized by the national online community of practice settlenet.org in collaboration with the Réseau en Immigration Francophone Centre-Sud-Ouest Ontario. You will discover an innovative digital tool for quickly assessing the feasibility and replicability of your immigration projects. Intuitive and practical, it guides your strategic decisions in just a few clicks. Optimize your efforts with clear and reliable data

Welcoming Week Celebration
2025-09-20 14:00 - 17:00 | Delta Hotel Dartmouth, 240 Brownlow Avenue, Dartmouth, NS, B3B 1X6, Canada
Immigration Francophone de la Nouvelle-Écosse invites you to Welcoming Week Celebration, under the theme: STORIES WE SHARE

This event celebrates the efforts made to welcome and support French-speaking newcomers who actively to the enhancement of the Acadian and Francophone community in Nova Scotia.

A panel discussion on the progress of welcoming French-speaking newcomers to Nova Scotia and a surprise show !

From Insights to Action: Cybersecurity for Nonprofits, Stronger Together
2025-10-01 13:00 - 14:30
Ready to test your nonprofit’s cyber defences? Join CCNDR at our expert panel & live simulation to prepare for a cyberattack.

Building Together: Tools, Training, and Funds Distribution
2025-10-02 16:30 - 20:00 | Orange Room, Alt Hotel, 125 Water Street, St John's, NL, A1C5X4, Canada

Webinaire : Premier regard sur les données de L’OTM Nouveaux arrivants 2025
2025-10-06 16:00 - 17:00
Ce webinaire met en lumière les premiers résultats de l’enquête OTM Nouveaux arrivants 2025 et explore comment les appliquer dans des contextes réels, de manière pratique et sans alourdir votre charge de travail. La session examinera les modes de communication et les lacunes qui affectent la sensibilisation, la conception des programmes, les demandes de financement et les partenariats communautaires.

Virtual: Orientation to Community Interpreting Workshop
2025-10-07 11:30 - 16:30
This MANSO workshop is designed for staff and volunteers of newcomer serving organizations who are not trained interpreters, but are sometimes called on to interpret. Staff who book / use interpreters or managers of settlement programs are also welcome to attend.

Webinaire : Survol des principales mesures financières pour les personnes en situation de handicap
2025-10-07 14:00 - 15:00

Webinar: Understanding Disability Tax Credit (DTC), Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) and Canada Disability Benefit
2025-10-08 13:00 - 14:00

Small Business, Big Impact: Immigrant Hiring and Integration in Five Canadian Cities
2025-10-08 14:30 - 15:30
This virtual presentation explores how Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are navigating labour shortages and what can be done to better meet labour needs by leveraging the pool of immigrant talent.

Building Together: Tools, Training, and Funds Distribution
2025-10-08 16:30 - 20:00 | Celtic Room, Simon Hotel, 380 Esplanade, Sydney, NS, B1P1B1, Canada

Webinar: Promising Practices and Strategies to Support Refugee Youth Employment
2025-10-09 10:00 - 11:30
This interactive webinar will explore how to support refugee youth on their paths to meaningful employment. Presenters will share evidence-based practices and strategies that prepare refugee youth for career pathways, and participants will have the opportunity to consider how these lessons can be adapted for different organizations, programs, and communities.

Bridges to Safety Online Course
2025-10-14 08:00 - 17:00
This course is presented in 5 modules, takes about 15 hours, self-directed and when complete, the participants will receive a Certificate of Completion.

This course is recommended for settlement sector staff as it aims to build a common base of knowledge, increase awareness and education, and enhance the capacity of service providers to recognize and respond to Gender-Based Violence in the settlement sector across Canada.

Burnout Happens: Let’s Talk About It (Neurodivergent Edition)
2025-10-14 14:00 - 16:00
This workshop is for neurodivergent individuals seeking support in understanding and navigating burnout in a more informed and personally meaningful way, with the validation of knowing you’re learning from people who’ve been there too.

Navigating Safety in Your Community: Info Session for Newcomer Women
2025-10-21 18:30 - 20:00
Learn how to stay safe and ask for help. Online info session for newcomer women with Halifax Police Victim Services and IMWAH.
