This year’s Welcoming Week takes place from September 13 – 22. CIWA joins Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, along with many other organizations across Canada, in celebrating our strengths and differences as we create a community where everyone feels included and valued!
About Welcoming Week
Welcoming Week is an annual campaign and celebration to showcase the movement of communities striving to be more welcoming places for all, including immigrants.
About Welcoming International
Welcoming International is an initiative that consists of several programs: the Welcoming International Alliance of peer national networks supporting local actors to advance immigrant inclusion at the community level across the world, local-to-local learning exchanges, and technical assistance to national institutions on welcoming standards and strategies. Learn more at welcominginternational.org.
Join CIWA in Building Welcoming Communities
This welcoming and beyond, engage in a wide range of opportunities that not only help build welcoming communities, but also support newcomers to feel at home and contribute locally.
There are several ways you can support: