Immigrant Centre helps new Manitobans connect with a new home, participate in Canadian life and adjust to new surroundings. The Centre’s free and low-cost programs and services help immigrant’s start a new life in Manitoba that is both enjoyable and rewarding.
To see a huge selection of articles, videos and online discussions about immigration, including many stories about immigrants in Manitoba, visit The Globe and Mail website at http://www.theglobeandmail.com
"The Immigrant Answer - Why Immigration is Vital to Canada's Future Prosperity", is part of The Globe and Mail's "Time to Lead" sections, an ongoing series of stories and discussions on issues that matter to Canadians.
A former Winnipeg restaurant owner, Jung Won Choi, convicted of employing immigrants without proper work permits, has been ordered to pay $12,000 in donations to charities that work with newcomers to Canada and Manitoba.
Choi was ordered to pay fines of $6,000 each to Welcome Place and Immigrant Centre.
On Tuesday March 20th, the Immigrant Centre was honoured to welcome the new Minister for Immigration and Multiculturalism, the Honourable Christine Melnick.
Each and every one of the nominees in the Charity and Not-for-Profit categories of the Spirit of Winnipeg Awards, including Immigrant Centre, were winners this year. All the guests at the gala dinner were surprised and moved when Boss Guitar Works, a nominee in the Not-For-Profit category, handed out amazing custom made guitars to be auctioned off for charity.
For more information about volunteering at the AEC please click here: http://www.icmanitoba.com/volunteer-access-english-centre
On Thursday January 19th, Immigrant Centre Executive Director, Linda Lalande, and Board President, Keith Solmundson, were invited to attend the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Members Luncheon, where it was announced that for the second year running Immigrant Centre has been chosen as a finalist in the Spirit of Winnipeg Awards.
If you are from Africa, or interested in learning more about the African community here in Winnipeg, you need to buy a copy of The Winnipeg Free Press on Wednesday, January 18th. The Free Press plans to publish a special Africa-themed issue and the newspaper's Editor, Margo Goodhand, explained why in a November editorial.
Whether you have lived in Winnipeg for 10 days or 10 years, it has so many secrets for you to discover. To view, comment on, or post your own photos of our beautiful and suprising city, visit http://beautifulwinnipeg.posterous.com/
Happy New Year and Happy New Newsletter from all of us at Immigrant Centre! We hope you enjoy it, and as always please let us know if you have any ideas for future editions of Kaleidoscope by emailing Vicki Sinclair at vsinclair@icmanitoba.com. Click here to read the January 2012 Kaleidoscope.
On Tuesday March 20th, the Immigrant Centre was honoured to welcome the new Minister for Immigration and Multiculturalism, the Honourable Christine Melnick. During her tour of all three levels of the centre, the Minister dropped in on the Access English Centre, where she talked enthusiasti
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