{"id":268618,"date":"2020-09-14T01:18:55","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T05:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=268618"},"modified":"2020-09-14T01:18:55","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T05:18:55","slug":"10-ontario-communities-that-have-good-ideas-for-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/14\/10-ontario-communities-that-have-good-ideas-for-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ontario communities that have \u201cGood Ideas\u201d for immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ryerson University project highlights community initiatives that have gone the extra mile to support immigrants.
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Success stories out of Ontario provide glimpses into how small communities can attract and retain newcomers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Immigrants tend to go to big Canadian cities, which creates a challenge for rural communities to fill their labour markets through immigration.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Immigrant Futures<\/a>\u00a0project offers ideas on how to attract and support newcomers in Canadian rural communities. Under the umbrella of Ryerson University, it creates a platform where \u201cGood Ideas\u201d for immigrant integration are available to the public.<\/p>\n

Immigrant Futures also names nearly 50 community initiatives that have had success helping newcomers\u00a0settle in Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here are the Ontario cities that made the list, all others can be found on the\u00a0Cities of Immigration webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guelph<\/h3>\n

Jim Estill, CEO of Danby Canada, foot the bill to sponsor 50 Syrian refugee families and did not stop there. He orchestrated a\u00a0volunteer organization structure<\/a>\u00a0to help these families settle. Danby then went on to create a 90-day training program called \u2018Ease into Canada\u201d that helps newcomer employees get on-the-job language training and business skills support.<\/p>\n

Hamilton<\/h3>\n

A number of community groups partnered together to campaign against hate crimes through the hashtag #HamiltonForAll. Though the campaign has ended the hashtag continues to be active to this day.<\/p>\n

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North Bay<\/h3>\n

Newcomers to North Bay can apply for loans up to $5,000 to help with training or certification costs through the\u00a0Skilled Newcomer Career Loan Program<\/a>. The loan is repaid over a three-year period at an interest rate of 7 per cent. North Bay is also set to launch its\u00a0Rural Northern Immigration Pilot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ottawa<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0Ottawa Newcomer Health Centre<\/a>\u00a0offers culturally sensitive healthcare services to new immigrants. They have interpretation services, health navigation services and they offer primary care.<\/p>\n

Owen Sound<\/h3>\n

In response to the influx of Syrian refugees in 2016, a local married couple launched a language school called\u00a0Arden Language Centre<\/a>\u00a0to help newcomers practice English. The centre also hosts social events and has helped newcomers integrate into the community.<\/p>\n

Peel Region<\/h3>\n

The Newcomer Centre of Peel and the Ontario Association for Community Futures Development Corporation created the\u00a0Rural Employment Initiative<\/a>\u00a0to help unemployed or underemployed immigrants find work in their field of training.<\/p>\n

Peterborough<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0New Canadians Centre<\/a>\u00a0in Peterborough launched the\u00a0Newcomers Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0in 2016. The initiative was meant to provide newcomer women the opportunity to practice English and learn entrepreneurial skills. The Newcomer Kitchen went on for two years and now it offers short-term training opportunities in food handling and kitchen safety.<\/p>\n

Thunder Bay<\/h3>\n

In addition to being a part of the Rural Northern Immigration Program, Thunder Bay has put forth a\u00a0job search engine<\/a>\u00a0that is meant to connect immigrants to employers in the Northeast region of Ontario. The\u00a0Thunder Bay Multicultural Association<\/a>\u00a0focused on attracting immigrants by helping employers hire foreign workers.<\/p>\n

Toronto<\/h3>\n

Cities of Migration also gave a nod to Toronto-based organizations, though the major urban centre does not have trouble\u00a0attracting immigrants<\/a>. However, some initiatives that came from the city have sparked momentum in rural communities. The Newcomer Kitchen, for example, was inspired by\u00a0Toronto\u2019s Newcomer Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0and the #HamiltonForAll was modelled after the #TorontoForAll campaign.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s Scadding Court Community Centre started\u00a0Business Out of the Box<\/a>, which provides an opportunity for low-income aspiring entrepreneurs to launch their business out of shipping containers.<\/p>\n

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Also, the\u00a0Toronto District School Board<\/a>\u00a0took inner-city teachers on\u00a0community and faith walks<\/a>, with the goal of unpacking biases and teaching them about their multicultural students. The walks provide an opportunity for cultural education and learning through lived experience.<\/p>\n

Windsor<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0WE Value Partnership<\/a>\u00a0program offers a number of online tools to connect newcomers with local service providers. Settlement advisors from the YMCA of Soutwestern Ontario will work with new Windsorites to create a customized settlement plan to help them succeed in the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Success stories out of Ontario provide glimpses into how small communities can attract and retain newcomers. Immigrants tend to go …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":171654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","mauthors-shelby-thevenot","mauthors-government-of-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268631,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268618\/revisions\/268631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}