Immigrant's Employment Support

Integration assistance for newcomers.

• Welcoming, installation and integration.
• Support with administrative procedures.
• Intercultural rapprochement.
• Community awareness.
• Group activities.
• Objective integration session.
• Intercultural twinning.
• ICI-Santé: link between immigrants and the healthcare system, social services and the community network.
• Interpreter bank.

Accompaniment with settling in the region.

• Information and networking workshops.
• Helping immigrants find employment.
• Regionalization of immigration, exploratory visit, conference on the region.

• Information sessions on harassment at work, rights and recourses, non-traditional jobs, equality in the workplace and recognition of skills and qualifications.
• Personalized follow-up and accompaniment during job search in non-traditional fields.
• Accompaniment of immigrant women in their process of inclusion in the job market.
• Referral and counselling service for women discriminated against at the time of their hiring or at work.

Support, listening and referral service in education directing those who request it to the best training offers, throughout Québec, according to their needs.

• Referrals to training establishments that offer classes and programs matching learning needs.
• Answer questions about Pre-secondary courses, French courses, Upgrading your French, language skills, training (DVS, AVS, STC, etc.), Secondary cycles 1 and 2, College and university-level studies (ACS, DCS, certificate, Bachelor's degree, etc.), Distance learning, Lifelong learning (customized courses, language classes, computing courses, professional development, etc.), Recognition of acquired learning and competencies, Comparative evaluation (equivalence) of foreign diplomas, Student financial aid.

Intervention, prevention and support services aimed to enhance quality of life.

• Mental heath support.
• Counselling for families, couples and individuals.
• Financial education.
• Support groups and customized workshops for parents.
• Employment: professional training, employability workshops and job search assistance in partnership with Services Québec.
• Employers: assistance to find qualified candidates with specialized skills.
• Immigration: support for newcomers with integration activities and employment assistance.

• Reception and orientation of newcomers.
• Job search assistance.
• Career guidance.
• Resume writing assistance.
• Punctual psychosocial and material support, referral.
• Arabic lessons for children.
• Conferences on legal issues.
• Varied trainings and conferences.
• Social and cultural activities, celebrations.
• Field trips, outings.
• Promotion of Algerian culture.
• Promotion of intercultural understanding.

Organization targeting socioprofessional development and autonomy to facilitate job market and school integration.

• Services to individuals: job search, integration to Québec's job market, career orientation, full potential discovery, trainings, business pre-startup, project development, etc.
• Services to businesses: meeting potential candidates, coffee-meetings, luncheon conferences, employment evenings, bank of candidates, staff recruitment, job posting and job fair.
• Room rentals.
• Service d'Accueil et de Formation en Immigration pour le Roussillon (SAFIR): assistance with the integration of newcomers, group training for civic engagement, etc.

Organization targeting socioprofessional development and autonomy to facilitate job market.

• Services to individuals: job search, integration to Québec's job market, career orientation, full potential discovery, trainings, business pre-startup, project development, etc.
• Services to businesses: coffee-meetings, luncheon conferences, employment evenings, bank of candidates, job posting and job fairs.

* Information and referral. * Objectif Intégration (OI): intensive or part-time integration courses, in person or by distance learning, covering the history of Quebec, the job market, etc.

• Help with integrating immigrants and workshops on settling in.
• Job search assistance: CV writing, cover letters, job search information sessions, mock interviews.
• Part-time francization courses.
• Social activities: end-of-year party, sugar shack and summer picnic for members.
• Swearing-in of documents.

• Accompaniment during employment procedures: short term professional orientation, help with job search.
• Welcome and setting in: allows immigrants living outside of the territory to move elsewhere.
• Accompaniment for enterprises: raising awareness of cultural diversity to the business entrepreneurs of the area.

Support, training, and professional integration primarily for newcomers and internationally trained health professionals

• Information sessions.
• Coffee meetings.

Support for internationally trained physicians

• Guidance on integrating into the Canadian healthcare system
• Help with preparing for official Medical Council of Canada (MCC) exams
• Mentoring service provided by experienced professionals
• Access to educational tools and preparation activities

  Springboard programs in employability and training aimed at integrating newcomers into the job market

• Introduction to the profession of patient attendant (PAB).
• Social hairdressing integration program.
• Office automation integration program.

  Support for nurses

• Assistance in preparing for the professional order exam.

• Integrana program for newcomers: welcoming and guidance, job search assistance.
• Humanitarian projects in Africa.

* Tax clinic.

Help and support to newcomers in need.

• Welcoming and integration, information and orientation.
• Housing search assistance.
• Legal advice on immigration matters.
• Job search support.
• Support for the establishment of families in rural areas.
• Referral to appropriate resources.

• Francization.
• Literacy workshops: reading, writing, calculating, communication.
• Thrift store.
• Socioprofessional integration through workshops, training, coaching, mentoring.
• Distribution of basic necessities.

Support for newly arrived immigrants.

• Information and orientation.
• Assistance with accessing health services.
• Personalized meetings: assessment of integration, orientation, and follow-up needs.
• Assistance with integrating into community life in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and the host society.
• French language courses.
• Basic computer training.
• Intercultural twinning.
• Social activities and workshops for children, teens, and families.
• Job search assistance.
• Legal information service on immigration.
• School supplies.
• Volunteer opportunities.

Information on the credential recognition process.

• Directories and information on studying and working in Canada and abroad.
• Tools for evaluators.

• Agrippez-vous and Transformez-vous programs: 13-week theoretical courses and 8-week practical training upgrade for agribusiness and agronomy professionals of immigrant origin.
• Post-training job search support.
• PASI: program offering skills evaluation, the implementation of an action plan, advice, referral and support in exploration, job search and settlement steps in rural areas.

Welcoming of newcomers.

• Information and guidance.
• Accompaniment, support, settlement and integration assistance.
• Assistance with forms.
• Individual and group psychosocial support.
• Part-time French courses.
• Training to integrate the work force.
• Administration of oath.
• Family activities.
• Espace parents: parenting skills workshops in the context of immigration.
• Intercultural pairing.
• Tax clinic.

Welcoming and support

• Welcoming and assistance for newcomers' settlement.
• Information and referral.
• Assistance with administrative procedures, family reunification, permanent residence and sponsorship applications.
• Intercultural pairing.
• Southeast Asian women's club: knitting, physical exercise, meditation, French workshops, etc.

Seniors

• Abuse prevention.
• New horizons: activities for seniors.

Education

• French course: beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
• French and English conversation clubs.
• Interpretation and translation.
• Computer introductory courses.

Employment

• Job search assistance: information on the job market, individual assistance, skills assessment, preparation workshop, search for internships in companies.
• Academic and professional guidance.

Community action

• Social development partnership.
• Cultural outings.
• Collaboration.

Professional integration program for immigrant women aiming to train them to support newly arrived immigrant families in their mother tongue.

• Program in three components: accompaniment of immigrant families, socio-professional integration and citizen involvement.
• Training on various topics: intercultural communication, school system functioning, labor standards, community and public resources in the neighbourhood, etc.
• CRIC certificate of training as an agente de liaison communautaire.
• Non-remunerated internship.