Interested in sponsoring refugees as a Group of Five?
The Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) is organizing a workshop.
Participants will be able to get information on:
Eligibility and admissibility requirements for refugees being sponsored
How to identify an acceptable proof of refugee status
Creating a group synergy when sponsoring a refugee can be quite difficult.
To help you get there, Islington United Church is organizing a workshop.
Participants will be able to learn:
How to build trust
Reduce conflict
Create a positive team workshop
Date: Saturday, 22nd of February, 2020
Escaping a country ravaged by violence is already a difficult process.
Now add having to live with HIV to the equation.
To help you understand that, Better Than Ted: Talking HIV Research is organizing a conference.
Participants will get to understand better xenophobia and serophobia (fear of people living with HIV) and how this makes the experience of refugees living with HIV more difficult.
Date: Wednesday, 19th of February, 2020
What are the different program options to sponsor a refugee?
This is a question that the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) intends to answer through its webinar.
Attendees will be able to get an overview of:
The application process
Recent updates and changes to processing
Who can be included in an application package
Now that you have received the Notice of Arrival Transmission (NAT), it is time to prepare for the arrival of the refugee you sponsored.
To make sure that you have everything set to welcome them, the Office for Refugees Archdiocese of Toronto is organizing a workshop.
During this workshop, sponsors will be able to get the last preparatory information necessary to be ready for arrival and pick up at the airport.
Date: Tuesday, 18th of February, 2020
Now that you have received the Notice of Arrival Transmission (NAT), it is time to prepare for the arrival of the refugee you sponsored. The Office for Refugees Archdiocese of Toronto (ORAT) is organizing a workshop to help you get ready before the D-day.
Cultural Connectors is changing the ESL landscape by introducing the use of sound and the fundamentals of trauma-informed tutoring as a more holistic approach. Here is an overview of this innovative project.
It can take some time before grasping your responsibilities as a private sponsor towards the refugees that you are sponsoring.
To help you get there, the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program 9RSTP) is organizing a webinar.
Attendees will be able to get:
A recap of the sponsors’ settlement and financial responsibilities under the PSR program
A review of the FAQs on post-arrival financial support
Month 13 is a turning point in the private sponsorship experience.
After all, it marks the end of the financial commitment that sponsors had toward the refugees they sponsored.
However, before getting there, it is important to prepare the refugees for what lays ahead.
The Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP) is organizing a webinar to help you prepare.
The following topics will be covered:
How do you make sure that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is kept in the loop while life happens? This will be the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program’s (RSTP) main webinar theme.
