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Collaboration and Growth During COVID-19: The Care for Newcomer Children Program’s Journey
In a time of social distancing, ISANS’ Care for Newcomer Children (CNC) Program has embarked on a journey of collaboration, innovation, flexibility, and growth. CNC is a program that has…
Read MoreImmigration: It’s our strength, it’s our story.
ISANS has developed a series of resources to empower newcomers and community members to have conversations about immigration. Please read and share these materials, and encourage engagement on these issues to help us build a community where all can belong and grow.
Read MoreAnnual Report 2018-2019
ISANS is proud to launch Pathways to Possibility – our 2018-2019 Annual Report website. Each newcomer’s journey is unique, and ISANS provides the pathways towards possibility to help them achieve…
Read MoreImmigration key to Nova Scotia future
ISANS CEO Jennifer Watts spoke to CBC’s Information Morning to talk about the results of an Angus Reid poll on immigration, attitudes and economics of immigration in Canada, and newcomer…
Read MoreAnnual Report 2017-18: A Welcoming & Inclusive Province
ISANS Annual Report 2017-18, A Welcoming & Inclusive Province, shares stories of volunteers who generously give their time and energy, not only to ISANS programs, but to help create welcoming…
Read MoreOn World Refugee Day, we celebrate Canada’s leadership for refugees and look for more
From the Canadian Council for Refugees The Canadian Council for Refugees marks this World Refugee Day by celebrating the lives saved when we open our doors and our hearts to…
Read MoreVideo: I Am Today
Marwa Harb’s face lights up when she talks about the people she has met since arriving in Canada as a refugee from Syria. Topping her list – Prime Minister…
Read MoreGrowing Canada’s future economy an ‘impossibility’ without immigration
From Canadian Immigration Newsletter, by Stephen Smith, May 30, 2018 When it comes to the future of immigration to Canada, it’s no longer a question of “why immigration” but “how…
Read MoreFour myths about Canada’s border crossings
From the Ottawa Citizen, May 14, 2018 Michelle Rempel, Conservative immigration critic, tweeted recently that the media was finally writing about “illegal border crossings” after she had been raising it…
Read MoreThe People Imperative: Strategies to Grow Population and Prosperity in Atlantic Canada
The People Imperative consists of two reports released to mark the first of PPF’s three-year project to support the Atlantic Growth Strategy. Volume 1 is the research story, summarizing literature and research from academics, local organizations, think tanks and governments and focuses on what attracts immigrants to Atlantic Canada…
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