Newcomers Corner
Newcomers...don't stay New for long!
Newsletter by Newcomer Information Centre August 2010 |
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Civic Holiday Monday, August 2nd, 2010
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Canadian Newcomer - the "How-to Magazine for New Immigrants" - is now available online in Chinese, Spanish, Filipino (Tagalog), Farsi, Russian, Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Korean and Portuguese. |
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Did you know?
Housing Guides for Newcomers in Many Languages |
Settlement.org offers useful housing information and guides in many languages. Learn more about the basics for newcomers:
Types of Housing
Rent or Buy
Rights & Responsibilities
First Home in Canada
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"Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing."
Thomas Alva Edison
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Feedback and Submissions
We would like to hear from you. Please send us your feedback.
Service providers, we are happy to promote new programs and events at your agency through this newsletter.
Sincerely,
Newsletter Team
Newsletter Team
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Information Technology Training for Women
 Are you looking to upgrade your skills for employment? Then the Accelerated Business Analysis (42 weeks) is for you. This advanced program is for women with backgrounds in Business, IT or related fields.
The program equips women with skills to design business process requirements for IT or other projects critical to core organization functions. The program includes:
- Advanced use of productivity tools
- Planning information systems
- Documenting the scope of projects
- Translating business requirements into technical requirements for development teams
At the completion of the program women will obtain:
- IT Business Analysis Certificate
- Project Management Essentials Certificate
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Certification
Start date: September 27, 2010
Who can apply?
- Unemployed and immigrant women
- Low income women
- Women receiving Social Assistance Benefits (OW or ODSP)
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Immunization Services for Children New to Canada
 A new school year is going to begin in September. Many children will be attending school for the very first time in Canada.
To register your child for school in Ontario, you need to prove all of the following:
Your child's Age, Address, Guardianship(only if your child is under 18 and is not living with a parent), Immigration Status and Immunization Record. The latter is to prove that your child has been immunized.
"My child was immunized outside Canada. My child's records are from another country and are not in English. How can I get them translated?" - a very common question asked by newcomers to Canada.
If your child has been immunized outside Ontario or Canada, additional immunizations may be needed to meet the requirements in this province. If your child has an immunization record that is not in English, Peel Public Health will translate it free of charge.
It's also important to know that Peel Public Health provides immunizations free of charge for children who do not have health insurance or OHIP.
For Peel Public Health clinics in your area or for more information about registering your child for school in Ontario, please contact nic@tcet.com or visit any of our locations. |
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Are you an Internationally Educated Pharmacist looking for occupation-specific language training?
 This is a part-time workplace communication program for internationally educated pharmacists. Classes are held twice a week. If you are a pharmacist educated outside of Canada, you are eligible!
All courses are provided by the University of Toronto and held in Toronto for a $105 fee (tax incl.).
This language training course is not intended to be an alternative to Canadian Pharmacy Skills. This is an English-as-a-Second-Language course which will help you improve your English language skills so that you can:
- Communicate more effectively in a pharmacy job environment
- Increase your scores in English language tests (TOEFL, CANTest, IELTS) to meet the fluency requirements for admission to Canadian Pharmacy Skills, and for licensing by the Ontario College of Pharmacists
- Share your professional knowledge of pharmacy in an English-language context
- Meet and network with other international pharmacists
- Practise job interview and workplace communication skills
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The Newcomer Information Centre is an innovative program that provides free settlement information to newcomers and residents from a number of accessible locations across Peel and Halton. A smooth transition into Canadian life is critical to success and our program provides accurate referrals to make this happen. Clients work with friendly multi-lingual staff and get confidential counselling about settlement, employment, health, housing, education, language training, immigration issues and more. Counsellors speak Punjabi, Spanish, Arabic, Urdu, Tagalog, Farsi, Mandarin, Cantonese, Romanian, Croatian, Russian, Serbian, French, German, Polish, Swahili, Tamil, Hindi and Pashto.
Drop by at any of our locations to speak with a counsellor. No appointment is required.
***Occasional Childcare services available at Malton and Oakville locations*** ***Free Commissioner of Oath service at all locations***
NIC Itinerant services in
Caledon Library: every Tuesday
Meadowvale Library (Mississauga): Wednesday to Saturday
Mississauga Central Library: Monday to Friday
Funded by
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