Free 2-Hour Clinical Training for Iranian Therapists

Refugees and Trauma: Understanding and Supporting Resilience

Refugees are vulnerable and may experience post-traumatic stress because of their circumstances. However, their stories also demonstrate strength and resilience. This webinar explores the stages of regulating and resolving the impacts of trauma, as well as protective steps for enhancing helper wellbeing.

This webinar is free for all to attend!

This training will assist participants in increasing their capacity with effective and actio

Racial trauma and the experiences of systemic oppression have a significant impact on individuals and communities. Migration is a compounded factor, which can separate individuals from their natural processes, communities, culture, and identities. Grief is intertwined with racial trauma in unique ways that can impact healing and heighten experiences of racialized trauma.

This webinar will focus on human trafficking of newcomers to Canada. It will discuss the needs, gaps and guidelines for intervention through the lens of the Support, Empower, Access (SEA) Project from the Association for New Canadians (ANC) in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Presenter's bio:

Session d’automne : du 30 octobre au 11 décembre 2023

Le cours en ligne sur la santé mentale des immigrants et des réfugiés est un cours gratuit d’autoformation sur la santé mentale de cette population qui met l’accent sur les groupes à risque. Visitez le site web pour plus d’information.

Inscrivez-vous ici.

Registration for CAMH’s Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Leadership Course is now open!

The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project, funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, is offering a culturally-sensitive, trauma informed course for service providers supporting the mental health of Yazidi refugees. This free, evidence based course for settlement, social and health service providers will increase knowledge on:

Within this webinar, Dr. Sarah Funnell - Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education, Faculty of Medicine, uOttawa and an Assistant Professor in uOttawa's Department of Family Medicine with a cross appointment to the School of Epidemiology and Public Health - will provide the audience with a discussion that critically analyzes and explores root causes of Indigenous health inequity and recognizes the strengths in Indigenous communities, including that culture is healing.

CICMH is currently working to create a toolkit on supporting international students. We are looking for interested individuals who may want to contribute to the creation of this toolkit, or who may want to review the completed toolkit.

If this project interests you, please provide your contact details in the following survey by December 22nd: www.surveymonkey.com/r/B5KWX29

Are you a newcomer to Canada 15-30 years looking for work? WE CAN HELP!

Join our information session about how newcomer youth age 15-30 can start working and get ready for the workplace in Canada! Also  join to learn how working in Canada may be different from where you come from!

Join this virtual information session for more on our upcoming fall Cohort in St. Catharine's where we will present a variety of workshops on the follow topics

Resume Building

Interview Skills

Canadian Workplace Culture

Job Search Skills

Labor Laws

Navigating Immigration Law to Support Racialized Clients and Others

May 2, 2022 @ 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET

Presented by: Shalini Konanur, Executive Director & Lawyer, South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO)

Are you a newcomer to Canada? Or a service provider working with newcomers and refugees?

Promising Practices in Accessing Virtual Mental Health: Supporting Refugees during COVID-19 is a national research project funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Ministry of Health.

Have you ever wondered if immigrating to Canada impacts a person's gambling behavior? Or maybe you've asked yourself how systemic inequity has impacted gambling trends? Perhaps you've even wondered how gambling awareness programming can be tailored to fit the needs of a specific community?

This webinar will highlight an innovative program at Mount Carmel Clinic in Winnipeg, MB that builds bridges, strengthens relationships and honors the uniqueness and commonalities between newcomer and Indigenous groups. Join us to learn how this program facilitates an inter-cultural dialogue to debunk certain myths and stereotypes about Indigenous and newcomer groups, and creates a safe space that values diversity, inclusion, mutual rapport and acceptance.

Participants will learn:

This webinar is a partnership between the Alliance for Healthier Communities and CATIE.

Register now!

On behalf of Dr. Michaela Hynie, Dr. Branka Agic & Dr. Kwame McKenzie and the research team for Promising Practices in Accessing Virtual Mental Health: Supporting Refugees during COVID-19 :

You are invited to participate in a 10 minute anonymous online survey about mental health services for refugee newcomers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Salvation Army Immigrants & Refugee Services is looking for volunteers 

OBJECTIVES: To provide language skill training to assist immigrants and refugees in the process of settling in Canada.

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Verbal and written fluency in English
• Willingness to help newcomers
• A TESL certificate would be an asset
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Good organizational skills, self-motivated, and have the ability to work independently
• Some experience teaching adults

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On behalf of Dr. Michaela Hynie, Dr. Branka Agic & Dr. Kwame McKenzie and the research team for Promising Practices in Accessing Virtual Mental Health: Supporting Refugees during COVID-19 :

You are invited to participate in a 10 minute anonymous online survey about mental health services for refugee newcomers during COVID. We are interested in hearing from: