Eyob Naizghi, longtime executive director of MOSAIC, will be stepping down from his role with the Vancouver-based immigrant-serving agency at the end of June 2018. In tribute, MOSAIC has established a new scholarship for refugee women called the Eyob G. Naizghi Scholarship Award. The $5,000 award will be granted annually to a refugee woman leader […]
Read moreJune 2018 Portuguese Heritage Month (Canada) and Filipino Heritage Month (City of Toronto) 1 Gawai Dayak (Malaysia) is a day of celebration for the rice harvest. 1 Children’s Day (Laos) is a day to celebrate children, the future of tomorrow. 1 Independence Day (Samoa) marks the day Samoa became independent from New Zealand. […]
Read moreThis Saturday, June 9, you can be Polish for a day at the Mississauga Polish Day festival. The city’s annual Polish cultural festival offers a full day (from noon to 11 p.m.) of music, dance, an art studio, film screenings, traditional food (think sausages, pierogies, cabbage rolls, sauerkraut and more!) and children’s village at Mississauga Celebration […]
Read morePlanning on coming to the Canadian Immigrant Fair in Toronto this Thursday, June 7, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre? It’s going to be an important event for any newcomer looking to further their career or integration in Canada. From hiring employers to settlement services to post-secondary institutions, you will find information that you need […]
Read moreVancouver-based immigrant serving agency SUCCESS has turned 45. For its longstanding service, Senator Mobina Jaffer, MP Jenny Kwan, Senator Yonah Martin, Minister Harjit Sajjan, Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, MP Alice Wong and Senator Yuen Pau Woo co-hosted a delegation from SUCCESS at an event on Parliament Hill last week. Named SUCCESS on the Hill, the lunch […]
Read moreDo you watch any programming on OMNI Regional TV? Then you might be interested to know this national multicultural/multilingual TV service is facing an upcoming licensing renewal. Currently, it has mandatory carriage on the basic service of all television distributors. “This has allowed us to provide programming to over 40 different ethnic groups in over […]
Read moreCanadians are being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis at startling rates, and this weekend Crohn’s and Colitis Canada is hosting its 23rd annual Gutsy Walk on Sunday, June 3, to fundraise for research, programming and advocacy. “I will be joining over 23,000 Canadians from across the country walking in Crohn’s and Colitis Canada’s […]
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