Job Search Workshops for Newcomers (JSW)

Application packages, guides, handbooks, reporting forms, research and publications related to JSW-funded agencies.

Related Web Sites

Job Search Workshops (JSW) Program for New Immigrants
The JSW web site has information about the program for participants and a staff area for facilitators.

Recommended Reading

CIC Communications Protocol - 2008
Recently, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) sent a letter to all agencies they fund, outlining a new Communications Protocol that has been incorporated in recent contribution agreements signed with CIC.

CIC Deadline for March 2009 Payment Claims
The March 2009 "Service Provider Report and Advance or Payment Claim" must be received by the CIC office you normally deal with no later than 10 a.m. on April 7, 2009. Documents available in English and French.

CIC Toronto Operations Slippage Report
These forms will become part of the regular monthly process, and they must be submitted each month along with the claim, statistical and narrative reports.

CIC: Memo on Regionalization of the Administration of Settlement Programs
This letter, concerning the regionalization of settlement program administration, was recently emailed to Executive Directors of all service providing agencies funded by CIC for settlement programs. [PDF Format, 60kb]

JSW Administration to be Transferred to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)
The administration of the Job Search Workshops (JSW) projects will be transferred to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Settlement Directorate, Operations Unit in October 2004.

Local CIC Offices Across Ontario
As of March, 2008, most of the ISAP, LINC and Host program administration has moved from one centralized Toronto office to nine regional offices.

SNAP Vol. 4 / #2 - Spring 2008 - Settlement Delivery Expansion: Transition Almost Complete
As reported last July in SNAP, the administration of CIC's Settlement Programs was to be moved into local CICs across Ontario. The transition is almost complete!