Welcoming Week connects Guelph’s newcomers with native providers, new neighbours

Between Sept. 9 and 18, the Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership and other community organizations will be marking Welcoming Week.Between Sept. 9 and 18, the Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership and other community organizations will be marking Welcoming Week.

Local groups are coming together to celebrate some of Guelph’s newest residents.

Between Sept. 9 and 18, the Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership and other community organizations will be marking Welcoming Week, “an annual opportunity that brings new and long-time residents together to celebrate diversity and connect newcomers to Guelph with local programs and services” according to a post on the City of Guelph’s website.

Through 26 different free events – a mix of in-person and online – participants will be able to better know what community supports are available, meet government leaders, take part in workshops on finding employment or starting a small business, and celebrating the success of newcomers.

“We’re excited to be able to facilitate Welcoming Week this September,” Leen Al-Habash, project manager of the Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership, states in the post.

“The feeling of community is universal, and so are the gestures that build it. By extending a hand during Welcoming Week, Guelph is acting on equity-building for newcomers in a way that celebrates diversity.”

Funding for Welcoming Week comes via money from Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada.

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