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Starting March 31, 2025, the WelcomeOntario.ca website will no longer be updated. After more than 9 years of supporting privately sponsored refugees content will soon move to Settlement.Org for refugees and private sponsors and SettlementAtWork.Org for sector information.
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  • Rainbow Flag

    Mar 12, 2024 7 min. read

    How do we Create Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Refugees?

    LGBTQIA+ people represent a large, but often invisible, part of immigrant and refugee communities. Immigrant and refugee organizations have an obligation and responsibility to provide relevant, effective, and appropriate services to these immigrants and refugees, who are often marginalized within multiple communities.
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  • Mar 04, 2024 5 min. read

    How do we serve refugees with in/visible disabilities?

    The settlement process is particularly challenging for newcomer refugees with disabilities. This is because our communities and workplaces often have barriers that make things more complex for people with disabilities. Learning to welcome and serve them is an ongoing process.
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    Jun 09, 2023 4 min. read

    What is the Settlement Support Connection project?

    Settlement Support Connection (SSC) is a project of the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program (RSTP). It connects refugees sponsored by any sponsoring group with settlement workers trained to better understand the dynamics of the private sponsorship of refugees.
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  • Jun 24, 2021 1 min. read

    Video - Your first two weeks in Canada

    This video provided by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will help newcomers get ready for their new life in Canada. It will explain some of the things they should…

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