Settlement skills

Training resources

Skills for Change
http://www.skillsforchange.org/programs/index.html
Programs and services in the areas of employment, ESL instruction, computer training, information and training and settlement services.

Immigrant Settlement Counselling: A Training Guide
http://atwork.settlement.org/sys/atwork_library_detail.asp?passed_lang=EN&doc_id=1003507
This guide reflects a growing awareness over the last decade that settlement work is a profession demanding specialized expertise. Dimensions of settlement work, tools that can be used to train workers to be effective settlement counsellors, and a guide for those who want to develop programs for settlement counsellors or other human service workers.

The EMPIRICAL Initiative
http://atwork.settlement.org/sys/atwork_library_detail.asp?passed_lang=EN&doc_id=1003508
The acronym EMPIRICAL, stands for the "Educational and Media Partnership on Immigration and Refugee Issues for Computer-Assisted Learning" - a comprehensive academic programme on migration issues.

Health Care in Canada
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/default.asp?mn=1.9&id=190&pagesize=1&sfield=MenuId&search=9
Health care in Canada is publicly funded by both the Federal and Provincial Government. It ensures that all residents of Canada are provided with necessary basic medical care based on need, not ability to pay.
Culturally Responsive Resources
http://www.attachmentacrosscultures.org
This project of the St. Joseph's Women's Health Centre in Toronto answers to the need to inform and educate community-based agencies across Canada on the value of supporting and promoting cross-cultural attachment practices in their everyday programming and responsiveness to families with young children. Available in several languages.
Banking in Canada
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/default.asp?mn=1.3&id=190&pagesize=1&sfield=MenuId&search=3
Bank accounts and banking.

Consumer and Legal Information
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/default.asp?mn=1.5&id=190&pagesize=1&sfield=MenuId&search=5
Information about the many choices that are available when shopping and purchasing services such as telephone, internet, and automobiles. Know your rights as a permanent resident of Canada and Nova Scotia, and how to obtain legal assistance if you require it (i.e., when buying a house etc.)

Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
http://www.ocasi.org/index.php?catid=92
Hosts practical projects that create access to social, economic and political participation of newcomers in Ontario. Description of specific projects to provide needed services to sector workers, create collaborative initiatives and enhanced access to professional development and skills development across our sector.

New Beginnings Online (Nova Scotia)
http://www.misa.ns.ca/WhatsNew/NewBeginningsOnline.htm
A distance education program to facilitate the labor market integration of newcomers in small centers and rural communities in Nova Scotia. Two year project designed to assist newcomers to integrate into the Nova Scotia labor market.

CORE Skills Training Program
http://www.catholicsocialservices.ab.ca/services/service.asp?RECORD_KEY%5Bservice%5D=id&id%5Bservice%5D=53 Training and on-the-job work experience in the health care industry for immigrants and refugees. Available in Edmonton, Alberta.

Skills for Change eLearning Online Courses (for-fee-program)
http://www.skillsforchange.org/sfcelearning/index.html
Financial management for small business certificate, Customer service certificate, cross cultural training, Workplace and personal skills certificate, Basic finance, Interpreting financial statements, Telepro Online Program, Introduction to PCs, Microsoft Office 2003

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