Newcomers

Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA)

CIWA is a culturally diverse settlement agency that recognizes, responds to, and focuses on the unique concerns and needs of immigrant and refugee women, girls and their families. ​CIWA’s uniqueness is based on having a narrow gender related mandate, which has provided best practices in developing customized female focused initiatives. These initiatives always include children and their well-being as important outcomes of our engagement.

Centre for Newcomers

A key not-for-profit resource centre for Calgary’s immigrants and refugees of all nationalities to receive settlement and integration services and information. The Centre provides training programs and collaborative support services to promote full integration, cultural diversity, community participation, and citizenship, for more than 10,000 newcomers each year.

Calgary Local Immigration Partnership (CLIP)

A multi-sectoral partnership that is designed to help improve the integration of immigrants in the city as well as to strengthen the city’s ability to better integrate and address the needs of newcomers. CLIP brings together local stakeholders to develop a comprehensive strategy that will improve the integration of newcomers, while making Calgary an increasingly welcoming and inclusive city.

Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary 

Community based organization that facilitates the collective voice of Calgary’s ethno-cultural communities towards full civic participation and integration through collaborative action.

Calgary Catholic Immigration Society (CCIS)

A community leader with over 35 years of solid experience in the design and delivery of comprehensive resettlement and integration services to refugees and immigrants. They pride themselves in delivering these services through a dynamic multicultural, multilingual and multidisciplinary team of professionals, who collectively speak over 60 languages. This diversity enables them to provide clients and the community with optimum assistance. They have over 1,500 volunteers who devote their time to helping newcomers.

Immigrant Language and Vocational Assessment - Referral Centre (ILVRAC)

ILVRAC provides assessment and improvement of language skills through governmnet sponsored LINC and ESL programs. Information regarding how to upgrade their education and advance future educational goals is also provided.