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June 20, 2024

Handbook for Ukrainian Newcomers in Alberta 

Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta, Rural Immigration

This guidebook will discuss resources to assist Ukrainian newcomers with finding housing, employment, healthcare, education, and the next steps in settling successfully in their new home.

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June 20, 2024

Age-Friendly Action Plans in Rural Communities

Workshops & Training

In rural settings, fostering age-friendly environments is not just a choice; it's a necessity. By embracing age-friendly principles, rural communities can enhance quality of life, promote social cohesion, and drive sustainable development for generations to come. Our workshop is designed...

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June 20, 2024

Developing Affordable Housing Course- Releasing This Fall!

Housing, Workshops & Training

This Affordable Housing Course brings together tools and resources from across Canada that apply to anyone interested in the affordable housing development process. Each module is filled with interactive learning tools and can be completed at your own pace. The...

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June 20, 2024

Rural Employers’ Awareness on Diversity and Inclusion (READI) Toolkit

Inclusive Communities, Rural Employers’ Awareness on Diversity and Inclusion, Rural Immigration

To receive the guide, please click the button below and complete the following form. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and we’ll only use your personal information to administer your account and to provide the information you...

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June 20, 2024

Strengthening Community Capacity to Support Newcomers Toolkit 

Inclusive Communities, Rural Immigration

To receive the guide, please click the button below and complete the following form. We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy, and we’ll only use your personal information to administer your account and to provide the information you...

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June 20, 2024

Welcoming Inclusive Communities & Organizations

Consultation Research Strategy, Rural Immigration

Our team works collaboratively to identify challenges in welcoming newcomers, and develop training, policies, and resources to better attract, retain and settle newcomers in rural areas. How We Can Help Welcoming newcomers to rural communities and workplaces requires an understanding...

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June 19, 2024

In Our Hands

Rural Immigration

In Our Hands was a co-operative entrepreneurship (“co-opreneurship”) program that aimed to facilitate the development of co-operative enterprises that meet the employment needs and entrepreneurial aspirations of Canadian newcomers. The goal of the project was to support newcomers to Canada...

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June 19, 2024

Building Rural Capacity to Support Newcomers

Rural Immigration

This project, done in partnership with an immigrant-serving agency, provided a four-part virtual training to participants to help them better attract, settle, and retain newcomers into rural communities for the long term. Upon completion of the project, a toolkit was...

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June 19, 2024

Faith and Belief-Friendly Workplace Project

Rural Immigration

Based on a previous work of RDN and The Centre for Civic Religious Literacy (CCRL) in Temiskaming Shores and our dialogue with the Temiskaming Shores & Area Chambers of Commerce (TSACC), we learned that employers in the region have a...

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June 18, 2024

First Nations Housing & Houselessness Storytelling Tool Template 

First Nations Data Collection, Homelessness, Housing, Indigenous

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