In the process of developing the settlement service delivery model, it’s important to engage the whole community in ongoing dialogue in order to create a common understanding and community ownership of the project.
Positive dialogue and engagement among the key stakeholders, based on our core values, will help us better understand the challenges and opportunities faced by our diverse community.
Mississauga, ON (Feb. 24, 2010):More than 100 community leaders representing newcomer serving agencies and mainstream community organizations participated today in a workshop to learn about challenges and opportunities of collaborative leadership and its social impact.
Organized by Peel Newcomer Strategy Group (PNSG) in partnership with Peel Leadership Centre at Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, the objective of the workshop was to advance collaborative endeavours to address the complex and changing social needs of our communities.
Mississauga, ON (Nov. 19, 2009):Strengthening the organizational capacity of agencies serving newcomers is vital to deliver effective and sustainable services for our newcomers, says Evelyn Myrie, director of the Peel Newcomer Strategy Group (PNSG). While speaking at a funders’ forum at the Living Arts Centre, Myrie said, “Our ability to make Peel Region a centre of excellence for the settlement and integration of newcomers depends a lot on the capacity of the agencies.”
Advancing social innovation and out-of-the-box approaches to the settlement and integration of newcomers was the emphasis of the event’s keynote speaker, Stephen Huddart, Vice-President of the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.
FUNDING RESOURCES GUIDE FOR AGENCIES SERVING NEWCOMERS
Agencies Serving Newcomers are always seeking information about funding resources available for access through different funding agencies and foundations across Peel.PNSG under its capacity building project felt the critical need to develop a tool that will assist agencies serving newcomers to access funding information with ease. To meet this need, PNSG has developed a Funding Resource Guide that is handy and up-to-date. Agencies Serving Newcomers can utilize this guide as a quick reference tool to find resources available to access for their programs and services. Please click here to read the full guide ...
The University of Toronto School of Continuing studies, in partnership with The University of Toronto Mississauga and the Government of Ontario, is pleased to announce the launch of its innovative, new program "Pathways to Employment in Biotechnology" scheduled to commence in January 2010 for Internationally Educated Professionals who have a background in the life sciences and related engineering.
