Helpful resources

Websites:

• Faith and Settlement Partnerships Resource Packet -36eba7_ae771d7a607141d781479736f6228043.pdf36eba7_ae771d7a607141d781479736f6228043.pdf
• Service provders for newcomers in Canada - Service Providers under IFHP in Canada.pdf
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - www.unhcr.org
• Refugee Sponsorship Training Program - www.rstp.ca
• Language classes - LINC
• Volunteer - services
• Ontario - www.settlement.org
  • Employment - Job Search websites.pdf
  • Hamilton Newcomer Services newcomer_services_in_hamilton_-_a_guide_for_service_providers.pdf
  • https://refugeportal.wordpress.com/other-resources/hamilton-specific-resources/
• Manitoba- www.ircom.ca, www.mansomanitoba.ca, www.immigratemanitoba.com
• Alberta - https://www.alberta.ca/settle-in-alberta.aspx?utm_source=redirector
• British Columbia - www.issbc.org
  • BC Medical Services Plan

Documents:

• First_Days_Guide_EN.pdf
• Health coverage (website: IFHP) in Ontario: Health-Care-Coverage_Ontario_-updated-August-2017.pdf
• Ontario Disability Support Program: ODSP-Eligibility-for-Refugees-in-first-12-Months.pdf
• 1951 Geneva Convention: rights of refugees

City specific resources:

• Hamilton, ON  -
  • YMCA Immigrant Services: Newcomer information
  • Wesley Urban Ministries: www.wesley.ca
  • Newcomer Health Centre: www.newcomerhealth.ca
• Vancouver, BC - 
  • Settlement services: www.sosbc.ca

Literature:

• Strangers in the Kingdom: Ministering to refugees, migrants, and the stateless by Rupen Das and Brent Hamoud
• You Welcomed Me by Kent Annan
• The Other Face of God by Mary Jo Leddy
• Foreign to Familiar by Sarah A. Lanier
• Seeking Refuge: On the Shores of the Global Refugee Crisis