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Training for Employment Support Services

The professional development e-learning course Training for Employment Support Services is designed to provide you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to understand and address the needs, challenges and opportunities for newcomers seeking employment. Ultimately, the goal of this course is to prepare learners to provide excellent employment-related services, support, referrals and advocacy to immigrants, refugees and all/any migrants, by understanding the big issues that impact migrant communities in the areas of employment, developing a critical analysis, and learning about promising innovative practices.

Use CLEO's Guided Pathways in Family Law to ask for an order in family court

CLEO has a new Family Law Guided Pathway to help people fill out a draft of Form 25 - Order (general). A party to a family court matter can use Form 25 to write out the terms of the order they want the judge to make. For example, the order could include terms for child and spousal support.

Solidarity Between Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous Peoples: A Focus on Gender-Based Violence

OCASI/Initiative to end Gender-Based Violence is pleased to open registration for the upcoming self-directed online course on:

Trauma and Violence Informed Approach (TVIA)

This FREE self-directed online course will provide settlement workers and social service providers with opportunities to learn fundamental principles, basic concepts and evidence-based approaches to serve people with experiences of trauma and violence. It will also provide opportunities for learning about self-care, and organizational and community building to address vicarious trauma and systemic trauma and violence.

Mental health therapy is not 'one size fits all': Expert on how to find the right treatment

Natasha O'Neill CTV News Published Jan. 23, 2023

One in four Canadians have been experiencing high levels of anxiety, a study by Mental Health Research Canada says.

As more people interact with mental illness, options on the best way to treat conditions can become overwhelming.

Dr. Candice Monson, a professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and CEO of Nellie Health, says each illness and person need to be treated differently.

New census data shows top original languages spoken by Mississauga residents

Steve Pecar insauga January 16, 2023

There are now more residents in Mississauga whose mother tongue is not one of Canada’s official languages.

The latest data released by Statistics Canada (StatCan) shows that combined, 328,130 people in Mississauga now list languages other than English or French as their mother tongue.

English and French combined are listed by 326,820 residents as their original languages.

Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 2

The course is intended for managers and service providers to more effectively serve LGBTQIA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual) immigrants, refugees, and newcomers.

Changes to EI sickness benefits

On December 18, 2022, the Canadian government increased the number of weeks that workers can get Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits. Workers who started their claims on or after December 18 can get up to 26 weeks of benefits. For claims started before that date, workers can get up to 15 weeks.

Serving Youth in Newcomer Communities

The Serving Youth in Newcomer Communities (SYNC) course will engage participants from across Ontario who are working with newcomer youth through a series of interactive modules. The course will build on essential foundational concepts and take an anti-oppressive, youth-centred, trauma-informed approach to better equip service providers working with newcomer youth populations.