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How do we build communities where newcomers feel at home and thrive?
That question was at the heart of Pathways to Prosperity’s 12th Annual National Conference, where the Pictou County Partnership joined over 850 settlement professionals in Vancouver to explore innovative ways to support newcomers across Canada.
DOCUMENT: This guide supports new employees, especially those who are newcomers to Canada, in understanding the onboarding process, integrating into the workplace, and becoming familiar with the organizational culture.
DOCUMENT: This guide supports employers in creating inclusive workplaces through Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) strategies. It incorporates insights from the Pictou County Labour Mobility Pilot to help businesses integrate skilled refugees and other diverse talent into their teams.
DOCUMENT: This workbook has been created for employers to help guide you through the process of hiring a foreign national through either the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) or the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP).
DOCUMENT: To enhance knowledge and understanding among Pictou County employers and promote clear communication about immigration, the Pictou County Partnership has compiled a comprehensive list of common immigration terms and their definitions.
The Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) is an innovative federal economic immigration program that provides employers with access to new international talent pools of skilled refugees and displaced people.
The Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) offers multiple streams for eligible international talent who are looking to immigrate to Nova Scotia.
The Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) is a federal, employer-driven immigration program designed to help employers in Atlantic Canada attract and retain.
Some decisions we make for ourselves and our families, decisions that are best when looking ahead to the future, are not the easiest to move forward with. But when a choice presents great challenge or hardship, it’s often the clearest sign you’ve made the right one. Nour Alrefai knows what it takes to make the best decision for your family, even when it challenges you. Even when it might be the most challenging choice of your life, not because you’re unsure if it’s right, but because you know it is. In October of 2018, Nour’s husband, Mohammad Abu Kharoub, ended up leaving Syria for Pictou...
Coming to a new country with unfamiliar customs and a different language, alone and pregnant, was scary but not insurmountable for Bahati Hategekimana. Originally from Rwanda, Bahati came to Pictou County via Kenya as a as a skilled-refugee using the Economic Mobility Pathway Pilot (EMPP) about a year ago. Creating a new home wasn’t easy, she says. “There is initial excitement, especially for someone who is coming from a refugee background, so it was exciting to no longer be a refugee. And in that excitement, you forget that it was going to be hard. Then you get here and you realize that you...
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