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Atlantic Immigration Summit Projects
Moncton, NB
Top five projects
Immigration Law 101
Women’s integration (Gender perspective to immigration)
Vendre la réalité et non le rêve: Définir ‘la réalité’
Foreign credential recognition & bridging programs
NB in NB (no BS in New Brunswick)
Channels for finding talent in IT
Youth inclusion project
Involvement & Volunteering
How can we empower newcomers to hold visible leadership position in our community
When is the last time I went out of my way to have a conversation with, connect with, a newcomer
Degree program in newcomer welcoming
Creating a multiculturalism sensitivity curriculum in schools
Responsibility & accountability
Neighborhood involvement
How might we create B2B network to share best practices?
IENs
How can we better attract + retain international students to graduation and beyond?
Rétention
Cross-cultural training for immigrants & recruiting communities & stakeholders & service providers
How training can help match labor market heads and immigration
St. John's, NL
Immigration for SME (Small, Medium Enterprises)
Fact Influencer
Retaining Newcomers in NL
How to prevent employee screening out based on nationalities?
Empowering Newcomer Immigrant/Refugee
Community Embrace Diversity
Immigration Francophone
Local Community Awareness
Arts & Culture Club
How can municipalities work together to make retention successful across the entire province?
Potluck arts experience Excuse to get together (Jams)
Collab between orgnizations
How do we connect employers and international students?
Awareness Implementation
Retention of International Students and Foreign Workers
Tombolo Festival-Keeping the Als room together annually
Moving beyond being new
Charlottetown, P.E.I
Technology can be an answer
Welcoming School Communities
Untitled
Workplace Safety
English Language Training
International Student Success & Support
Municipal Strategies Sharing Session
Music, Culture and Arts
Building your Island family
How can the Healthcare System leverage newcomers to address gaps within current system.
Multicultural Food Events
Real or perceived barriers for employers looking to hire a newcomer
What are the benefits of having a dedicated Multicultural space within your local community
Role of Human Rights Commission
Internet in rural PEI
Identity and Immigration
Affordable / Available Housing
ethno-linguistic group and minority languages
Arts as a gateway to inclusion and feeling at home
Promotional campaign for myth-busting and personal stories
Halifax, NS
How do we attract Workers/Immigrants to Rural Areas
Communication and Storytelling
Addressing underemployment / change of employment
Food security and immigration. (Its impact on Rural economies)
Inclusive language bias (unconscious)
Creating tomorrow's Nova Scotia - and inclusive Nova Scotia
Supporting immigrants or refugees facing oppression as minorities in their country of origin
How do we engage and Inspire our children?
New opportunities for work: Emerging Solutions attaching immigrants to meaningful work.
Universities Supporting International students
Sponsor Family Member
Inclusion Groups
Health Care
Myth Busting
Attracting Diverse Applicants
How can you become an ally to newcomers?
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Top five projects
The Moncton event occurred in May 2018. These 5 projects gained traction to move forward, but more are listed below.
  • Business-to-business networks to share best practices (Adrienne O’Pray)
    • NB Business Council, Conseil Economique du NB, Chamber of Commerces, PETL’s Immigration, Settlement and Multiculturalism branches will be coordinating a series of webinars targeted to businesses. Sections of these webinars will be delivered by business owners or heads of HR and are designed to help businesses navigate the immigration process for both skilled and unskilled workers, and mentor each other.
    • UPDATE: The NBBC conducted a series of webinars over the past year with solid attendance and feedback
  • HR Certification in Newcomer Welcome (Doug Robertson)
    • NBCC
  • Deepen language skills for international students to make settling in NB easier
    • Universite de Moncton & Mount Allison University
  • Academic research study on challenges faced by 2 groups: newcomers + business (Mikael Hellstrom, UNB Post-Doc)
    • Developing and sending out a survey directly to two groups: a) immigrants and refugees already in NB, and b) NB employers - with the goal of understanding the rules and regulations that have gotten in the way of hiring immigrants / refugees in NB.
  • Creating multiculturalism sensitivity programming in the schools (Atlantic Ballet)
    • Power of Inclusion program (might be interesting to intersect with Woven Cultures)
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