News & Notices

Waterloo Region  – The Immigration Partnership Council is pleased to announce eight new grants to private sponsorships groups and agencies supporting Syrian newcomers. New grants totaling $104,125 have been approved under the Immigration Partnership Fund for Syrian Newcomers, bringing total grant-making to $680,619. New grants include:
$17,625 to private sponsorship groups associated with St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, St. Marks Catholic Church, Waterloo North...
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Waterloo Region has always welcomed refugees. The Waterloo Region Landlords Welcome Refugees Award recognizes landlords that went above and beyond to provide affordable housing solutions for refugees in the last year.  
2016 saw a tremendous outpouring of community caring to and support for the resettlement of hundreds of Syrian refugee families in Waterloo Region. The winners of this award are a few of the amazing examples of this response.
The inspiring stories...
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Waterloo Region  – The Immigration Partnership Council is pleased to announce five new grants to agencies supporting Syrian newcomers. New grants totaling $126,200 under the Immigration Partnership Fund for Syrian Newcomers have been approved, bringing total grant-making to $571,933. New grants include:
$5,000 to a private sponsorship group led by Gary Petker and $20,000 to Reception House to ensure access to dental treatment for Syrian families.
$3,200...
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The Immigration Partnership, in partnership with organizations across the community, is accepting nominations for the “Waterloo Region Landlords Welcome Refugees” Award. The Award honours landlords who went above and beyond over the last year to provide affordable housing solutions for recent refugees.
The “Landlords Welcome Refugees” Award will be awarded at the 2016 National Housing Day celebration on November 17th 2016, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m....
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Waterloo Region  – The Immigration Partnership Council is pleased to announce two new grants to agencies supporting Syrian newcomers. New grants totaling $36,763 under the Immigration Partnership Fund for Syrian Newcomers were approved in July, bringing total grant-making to $445,733. New grants include:
$14,463 to the KW Multicultural Centre to enable settlement agencies and others working with refugees prevent domestic violence and inform Syrian refugees how...
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