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Monday, January 05, 2009
How would you get up the web presence of a local campaign group?
This is the beginning of a great online discussion answering the question: What sort of strategy should a small, volunteer run, campaigning group use to be seen on the web? Useful for settlement agencies thinking of using Web 2.0 technology.
Integrating Immigrant Families in Emergency Response, Relief and Rebuilding Efforts
This U.S. report offers a framework for how local governments can incorporate limited English proficient (LEP) residents into the emergency planning process, increase their preparedness, and develop communication capacity in key public agencies.
Sunday, January 04, 2009
6th Annual Internationally Educated Professionals (IEP) Conference
Your IEP clients can now register for this free conference online. It is a full day program with sector specific sessions, networking opportunities with employers and a marketplace of agencies, regulatory bodies and employers. February 20, 2009.
Toronto CD Institute Call for Workshop Proposals
"We Make The Road By Walking" is a 3-day conference of workshops, open discussion forums, social events, and cultural exchange within a framework of learning from the past, understanding the present, and creating the future. Deadline: January 30, 2009.
How To Avoid The Social Media Time Suck
An excellent, if tongue in cheek, article about how to avoid getting lost on internet/social media tangents and how to ensure that your rss/blogging/facebook, etc. practices stay focused on your work.
Saturday, January 03, 2009
People for Education - New Online Community
Making excellent use of current Web 2.0/Social Media technology, People for Education has created this new online community. Chat, discuss, watch videos/pictures, read blog posts, and more.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Call for artists - writers - photographers - videographers: Toronto Multicultural Website Project - What represents your ethnic identity?
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is now accepting original artwork, photo essays, short video productions and text-based articles of relevance to the many different ethnic group populations in Toronto - Deadline: March 1, 2009.
New Metropolis Research
New reports includ: Bridging the Common Divide: The Importance of Both "Cohesion" and "Inclusion"; Parents and Teens in Immigrant Families:Cultural Influences and Material Pressures; Francophone International Health Graduates and more.
Meet the TechSoup Canada Team
Beginning on January 30, 2009 TechSoup Canada will launch. Find out more about the team behind the new site, Canadian TechSoup Stock program and more.
CIC Settlement funding allocations for 2009-10
View a comparison of settlement funding allocations for the provinces and territories outside of Ontario and Quebec for fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10. Funding for Ontario is provided under the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement(COIA).
Study: Immigrants' education and required job skills - 1991 to 2006
Established immigrants - those who had lived in Canada for between 11 and 15 years - had more difficulty finding jobs reflecting their educational attainment in 2006 than they did in 1991.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Conference Proceedings - ISAP Conference 2008 - Building Canada's Future: The Role of the Settlement Sector in Ontario - Plenary Sessions
The purpose of this conference was to increase the skill-set of those working in the settlement sector through professional development workshops. View presentation slides/video from Conference Plenary Sessions.
Conference Proceedings - ISAP Conference 2008 - Building Canada's Future: The Role of the Settlement Sector in Ontario - Breakout Sessions
The purpose of this conference was to increase the skill-set of those working in the settlement sector through professional development workshops. View presentation slides/information from Conference Breakout Sessions.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Understanding Internet Usage Among Broadband Households: A Study of Household Internet Use Survey Data
This study shows that there are differences among Canadian broadband users, challenging the widely held notion that broadband adoption in and of itself somehow means that users are ready and willing to become full participants in the information society.
Expanding Dental Services For Low Income Children
The Children in Need of Treatment (CINOT) program currently provides emergency dental care to low-income children from birth to age 13. As of Jan 1, 2009, the program will be expanded to reach children up to age 18.
