Nina is a CIWA alumna. While she attended the Career Services for Foreign Trained Professionals program, Nina assisted the Administrative Department as part of her practicum training. She was then as a Receptionist after her graduation. Being a former client herself,...
Meet Miharu. She is the Program Instructor for Childcare Training Pathway Program at CIWA. Miharu started her journey with CIWA 10 years ago as an Education Assistant for the Childcare Training for Low Literacy Immigrant Women Program. In 2013, she transitioned...
Rong Wu was born and raised in China. Prior to arriving to Montreal in 1999, she received a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and worked in the engineering field. Her young family relocated to Calgary in 2005, when her child was only 6 months old. Rong...
Meet Fatima. She currently volunteers for CIWA’s Youth Mentorship Program. Fatima Warraich was born in Pakistan. Her parents moved to Calgary when she was a child in search of better opportunities for their little family. She is currently studying Biological Sciences...
When Larissa initially arrived in Canada in 2006, she accessed employment counselling at CIWA. She then took an employment training program at Centre for Newcomers and completed her practicum with CIWA’s Finance Department. After completing her training in 2007, CIWA...
