| Promoting welcoming communities where immigrants can fully participate and are included in their community
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This newsletter connects newcomers and service providers to community resources, events and initiatives that support their inclusion and participation in the Tri-Cities.
Please share with your teams and networks.
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Opening the door to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada As one of many events to commemorate the new National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, The Tri-Cities Seniors Action Society (TCSAS) presents Opening the Door to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada on September 30th from 10am to 12pm (PT).
Derek Thompson - Thlaapkiituup, of the Ditidaht First Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island, will present this dynamic educational workshop. Opening the door to
Truth and Reconciliation is an expression of wanting to understand our individual and collective roles in the redress between Indigenous peoples - First Nations, Métis and Inuit - and Canadians. This event is also the second to last event in TCSAS week-long event for the International Day of Older Persons on October 1.
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Orange Shirt Day: Honouring the Children Tk‘emlúps te Secwépemc of Kamloops has called on people across BC, Canada and even the world to join them on Sept. 30 at 2:15 pm to honour all the missing children of former residential schools. Gather with us and sing to honour those children. There will be arts and crafts available. Please wear your masks and gather safely.
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From Structural Racism To Personal Practices: Embodying Anti-Oppression For Reconciliation The Taking Action! Lecture series launches this fall with speaker Dr. Eva Jewell, Research Director for the Yellowhead Institute and Assistant Professor at Ryerson University.
The first Taking Action! lecture will provide participants with insight on how racism is a design element of settler colonial states like Canada. Canadian citizens (and those subjected to its power), unwittingly carry
behaviours that reify the structure, which can become personal stakes in a settler colonial system that continues to harm Indigenous peoples, Black people, and racialized peoples more broadly. Knowledge of the structure without behavioural change can lead to apathy and immobilization so this lecture encourages the personal embodiment of anti-oppressive practices as preparation for reconciliation.
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Photo by Danny Lines/Unsplash
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Past and Present: A Conversation about Race in BC (Coquitlam Public Library – City Centre Branch) A five-part speaker series to educate participants on how to better understand the struggles of everyday society. Each 90-minute session will focus on a particular cultural group. You can participate in each of these events either in person or via Zoom.
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Indigenous Peoples
Wednesday, October 06 6:30 - 8:00pm | The first session in the speaker series. You will learn about the history of the Kwikwetlem First Nation and other Indigenous Peoples in BC, including their experiences, the legal rights they had, discrimination they face, residential schools and the lasting impacts. We will also discuss the current situation.
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Early Immigrants
Wednesday, October 27 6:30pm - 8:00pm | The focus for the second session is on the Early Immigrants in BC, specifically focusing on Chinese, Japanese and Punjabi immigrants. You will learn about their year of arrival and why they came, what industries they worked in when they arrived, and what experiences they dealt with, including legal rights and discrimination.
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Sessions 3,4, and 5 The focuses for these sessions will be: Black History; Human Rights, Systemic Racism & Discrimination under B.C.'s Human Rights Code; and Community Conversations, respectively. More information on their website and we will also include these events in the newsletter for the month they are in.
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| Coquitlam Library Personal and Community Safety Series
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Photo (L-R): Photo by Sora Shimazaki; Photo by Sora Shimazaki/Pexels;Photo by Phil Hearing/Unsplash
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Photo (L-R): Photo by 🇸🇮 Janko Ferlič; Photo by SHVETS production; Photo by Christina Morillo/Unsplash
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Photo (L-R): Photo by Larm Rmah/Unsplash; Photo by Raamin Ka/Pexels; Photo by Marcel Strauß/Unsplash
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 | Multicultural Women’s Peer Support Group (ISS of BC)
October 7 6:30 – 8:30 PM | If you are a newcomer woman interested in making new friends, sharing your experiences with others and gathering information on services and resources join this support group.
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Photo by LinkedIn Sales Solutions/Unsplash.com
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Teenage Parenting Workshop: A Neuroscience Approach
ISS of BC, October 2 @ 11:00am to 12:30pm | Get some tips on how to handle being a parent of a teenager. Provided on Zoom in Persian. To register, email Zohreh
at zohreh.kondori@issbc.org.
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Financial Literacy & Investment Planning Free Korean Webinar Series
Session 1: October 12 @ 10:30am to 12:00pmPresented by ISS of BC with Steve Park as the speaker. Learn about Canadian financial literacy and systems/taxation, how to best use tax-advantaged accounts, and other financial investment/planning matters. For registration, email
isabel.lee@issbc.org
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Session 2: October 19 @ 10:30am to 12:00pmPresented by ISS of BC with Steve Park as the speaker. Learn about taxation on mutual fund, ETF, and other investment funds; and the differences Korean and Canadian estate planning. For registration,
email isabel.lee@issbc.org
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Creating Inclusive Workplace Policies & Strategies
October 14 (Thurs) | 3:30 - 4:30 pm | In this workshop, organizations will learn about key components and strategies to building inclusive policies and how to embed inclusion into practice. The workshop will use intersectionality and equity, diversity and inclusion lenses in developing policies and embedding practices. This workshop will be facilitated by Ismaël Traoré, PhD, who is a racial diversity, equity and inclusion educator, researcher and specialist. At the heart of his work is cultural and organizational change through evidence-based practices. He is interested in issues of power and privilege, cultural competency, and multicultural organizational development. Dr. Traoré has co-produced a documentary with Dr. Lisa Watt titled “Hamilton‘s Ugly Underbelly: Racism” (2015). This educational film documents contemporary forms of racism, activism, and
community healing in Hamilton, Ontario. For more information on other workshops during the Workplace Inclusion Forum,
visit https://www.inclusioncharter.ca/wif-2021-events
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Photo (L-R) Tim Douglas; Cottonbro/Pexels.com
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Career Prep Workshops – Preparing for Job Interviews
October 14, 2:00pm to 3:30pm | Join this online presentation where you will learn basic strategies to answer interview questions. With the assistance of a Career Advisor you will get information that will help you structure answers and place your skills at a higher level! All job seekers are welcome.
Presented by Coquitlam Public Library in partnership with WorkBC Centre.
| Career Prep Workshops – How to Network
November 16, 2:00pm to 3:30pm | Also in the same series as Preparing for Job Interviews. Learn the importance of networking your way to a successful job search, as well as strategies to create connections face-to-face and through LinkedIn.
Presented by Coquitlam Public Library in partnership with WorkBC Centre.
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Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants – Construction and Engineering
ISS of BC will hold two virtual info sessions about the Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants. This session is for those with Construction or Engineering work experience trying to return to their field in BC. The relevant occupations include: Construction Managers, Civil Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, and Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Will be held on Zoom on Oct 19, 6:00 to 7:00pm.
| Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants – Trained Technology Professionals
ISS of BC. Nov 2, 6:00pm to 7:00pm | If you have 1-3 years pre-arrival work experience in 1 of the 4 occupations below and want to return to work in your field in BC, you may be eligible for Career Paths. Occupations include: Computer Network Technicians, Information Systems Analysts & Consultants, Software Engineers & Designers, Computer Programmers & Interactive Media Developers.
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| Digital Skills Upgrading for Job Seekers Aged 55+
October 18 - November 5, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | 3 Weeks of free Online Group-Based Skills Training on career planning, job search skills, digital skills, essential skills, soft skills, job maintenance skills, and workplace health, safety and wellness.
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 | Na’tsa’maht Shqwaluwun, One Heart, One Mind
Vancouver Island University Online | The Integrated Learning Series, titled “All My Relations” is designed to share promising practices and teachings that are emerging from the programs and activities run by the Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement. Sharing the teachings they have received from Indigenous learners, communities, learning partners, and families is a way to be accountable to these groups and honour the responsibility to be transparent and authentic while working together. Many workshops offered for the 2021-2022 academic year. More information
here. The workshops coming up the soonest are EleV Learning Dialogues throughout 2021-2022 and EleV – Taking Flight Together occurring on October 20 @ 11:30am – 1pm. Register for the Learning Dialogues by
emailing Heather.Burke@viu.ca
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 | Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education
University of British Columbia Online | A 6-week open online course, starting September 30th. This course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work we do in classrooms, organizations, communities, and our everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous peoples. Register
here by clicking on the Register button at the top right side and then creating an edx account if you don’t already have one.
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Photo by Ivan Bertolazzi/Pexels.com
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COVID-19 Journal Archives The Port Moody Station Museum is inviting you to submit your Covid-19 pandemic journal. Send in your stories, dreams, journals, pictures, and photos. These submissions can be in other languages as long as there is a translation, which S.U.C.C.E.S.S. will assist in providing. This will be a great way for immigrants to engage with Canadian culture and it would also be a beautiful way for anyone else to learn what
immigrants have to offer to Canadian society and culture. If your submission is already in English just send it
to info@portmoodymuseum.org but if it requires translation first send it
to suzanne.fox@success.bc.ca and we will find the right person to translate it.
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Ioco Ghost Town Day Festival The Port Moody Heritage Society will be giving tours of the Ioco Townsite on Saturday, October 2nd. This is a free tour but you will need to register on Eventbrite. There will be three starting times 1:30,2:30 and 3:30pm. The guided tour will be followed by the Ioco Ghost Town Festival on October 3rd from 12pm to 4pm, at Ioco Road and 1st Avenue. It will look a bit different this year
with a focus on performers throughout the day and all PHO guidelines will be followed.
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Photo by Alina Vilchenko/Pexels.com
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City of Coquitlam Environmental Sustainability Plan Coquitlam is now hoping the public can come forward with its ideas, thoughts and input on how they'd like to see the city's environment preserved for the future. A draft environmental sustainability plan (ESP) has been set and is seeking feedback on if it provides a flexible outlook on the community's expectations. A pop-up event will be held on Oct. 6 at the Coquitlam Public Library – City Centre Branch from 3 to 7 p.m.
Interested residents can also review the ESP online and participate in the survey up until Oct. 15 on the city's website.
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Port Coquitlam Community Centre Grand Opening Head to downtown Port Coquitlam on Oct 2nd to celebrate the opening of a brand new Port Coquitlam Community Centre with an afternoon of live music and performance, food trucks and local craft beer, and a variety of free recreation activities. Everyone welcome and PHO guidelines will be followed. The TCLIP will have a table so come say hi!
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Settlement 3.0 Project: Innovation is in our DNA This report comprises PeaceGeeks‘ final recommendations to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) regarding the Settlement 3.0 Project.
| Immigrant Retention in New Brunswick This report explores whether the Government of New Brunswick's current policies on immigration are effective or need to be altered and examines retention rates of immigrants arriving in New Brunswick and which factors influence these rates.
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| Many employers failing to follow through on DEI plans: Report
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Canada invests $100 million to support newcomers‘ integration.
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| Taking the Long View: Options for Inclusive Post-Pandemic Labor Markets
| More than 3,000 Evacuees Arrive in Canada from Afghanistan
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| Immigrant nurses in B.C. say language proficiency tests a barrier to practice
| IRCC holds Parents and Grandparents Program 2021 sponsorship lottery
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For additional immigrant and settlement related resources, visit our website
www.tricitieslip.ca
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Share your event or initiative with us! News items featured in the e-newsletter are sourced, provided to us by our partners or accessed through open data sources. To include your news and events in our next update, please email
the TCLIP Team.
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