We are here every step of the way. We have orientation sessions to help you navigate all the services you need. Support workers to ensure your children succeed in school and many programs that will connect you to a welcoming community!
The Kids First program works with families and their children from pregnancy through to 3 years old. It focuses on child development, parent-child relationships, and parenting skills.
The Orientation Services for Newcomers (OSN) program supports newcomers to meet their settlement needs, gain knowledge of life in Canada, understand how to access IRCC/non-IRCC funded programs, and adapt/ integrate into the community. OSN offers programming that collaborates and incorporates newcomer, indigenous and Canadian perspectives in regular services.
The Resettlement Assistance Program (RAP) helps newly arrived government-assisted refugees (GARs) resettle in Regina. Our Settlement workers provide support and essential services for the immediate needs of refugees.
Our Settlement Support Workers in Schools (SSWIS) program is a free school-based outreach program. It connects newly arrived families to services and community resources to promote settlement and encourage student achievement in schools. SSWIS workers help build positive and open communication between family, school, and community.
The Welcoming Community for Newcomers program is a free program that helps newcomer individuals or families become familiar with their community and establish supportive social networks. The program aims to help newcomers become thriving members of their community, meet new people in Regina feel welcome and at home in Regina.
The Translation and Interpretation Program (TIP) works with volunteer interpreters to provide interpretation services to newcomers with limited English proficiency. Volunteer interpreters help break language barriers for immigrant and refugee newcomers.
The Newcomer Welcome Centre is a place where newcomers (immigrants, temporary residents and refugees) can access information, assessments and other supports to help them make a more successful transition to life in Regina.
A new project designed to support Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) affected by COVID-19 is now active across the Prairie Provinces. The aim of this Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) funded project is to establish a coordinated approach to meet the unique needs of TFWs, with a particular focus on those employed in the agricultural sector and its related industries.
All newcomers begin to rebuild their life, and many succeed. But some, especially refugees, find it particularly challenging to adapt to their new community. Meeting new people and participating in the community makes it easier to “feel at home”.
