Canadian Immigrant Women's Association

Canadian Immigrant Women's Association CIWA supports immigrant and refugee women, girls and their families.

Our service areas include:

- Settlement and integration services
- Literacy programs
- Language training programs
- Bridge to work programs
- Employment support
- Programs for mothers with babies
- In-home support
- Family conflict counselling
- Parenting programs
- Youth programs
- Civic engagement services
- Crime prevention education
- Emergency housing
- Customized programs for seniors
- Health education programs
- Computer training programs
- Volunteer opportunities
- Legal services
- Tax clinic
- Childcare support
- Community development initiatives
- Home visitation programs

We have partnered with Wellbeing at Work World for the Canada Summits 2026.The summits bring together HR leaders and wel...
10/13/2026

We have partnered with Wellbeing at Work World for the Canada Summits 2026.

The summits bring together HR leaders and wellbeing professionals from across the country. Sessions cover AI in HR, equity in wellbeing, and work-life balance, with time to meet people doing this work in other organizations.

Our community gets 50 percent off tickets with the code CIWA50.

๐Ÿ“… Toronto: October 20
๐Ÿ“… Calgary: October 22

Register for Toronto: https://wellbeingatwork.world/summit/wellbeing-at-work-summit-canada-2026-toronto/

Register for Calgary: https://wellbeingatwork.world/summit/wellbeing-at-work-canada-summit-2026-calgary/

Use code CIWA50 at checkout.

CIWA offices will be closed on Monday, October 12, for Thanksgiving Day.This season, we are grateful for the immigrant w...
10/13/2026

CIWA offices will be closed on Monday, October 12, for Thanksgiving Day.

This season, we are grateful for the immigrant women and families who enrich our communities, our dedicated volunteers, and the partners who help us create opportunities and build a stronger Calgary.

Thank you for being part of our community. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We look forward to welcoming you back when our offices reopen on Tuesday, October 13.

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at CIWA! ๐Ÿ’œ

CIWA offices will be ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation....
09/30/2026

CIWA offices will be ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, in recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

On Orange Shirt Day, CIWA honours the rich histories, languages, and cultures of Indigenous Peoples who have cared for this land for generations. It is a day to learn, reflect, and strengthen our commitment to reconciliation by building bridges between communities.

We encourage everyone to take this opportunity to listen, learn, and stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities.

Offices reopen and programs will resume on Thursday, October 1.

CIWA hosted a dynamic Networking Breakfast Meeting on September 29, 2026 at CIWA office, bringing together highly skille...
09/30/2026

CIWA hosted a dynamic Networking Breakfast Meeting on September 29, 2026 at CIWA office, bringing together highly skilled immigrant women from diverse professional backgrounds!

They represented 6 training programs: ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ฝ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ, ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—  ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€.

The event was incredibly productive and our clients had the opportunity to connect with ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€.

A heartfelt thank you to our amazing business partners for supporting our clients at the networking breakfast meeting!

Do you own a small business? Or do you want to start one?Come to the Immigrant Business Expo. It is free.This is a one-d...
09/28/2026

Do you own a small business? Or do you want to start one?

Come to the Immigrant Business Expo. It is free.

This is a one-day event for newcomers and refugees. You can talk to experts, ask questions, and meet other business owners.

At the expo, you can:
โ€ข Join workshops
โ€ข Listen to a panel of experts
โ€ข Hear a main speaker
โ€ข Visit the marketplace and pick up business resources
โ€ข Get help at the small business clinic
โ€ข Meet other business owners

This year we will talk about AI, new technology, and how they can help your business.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday, October 3, 2026
โฐ 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Calgary Central Library, 800 3 St SE
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/immigrant-business-expo-calgary-tickets-1999394203886

CIWA is hosting this event with , , and New Horizons Media Inc.

We are ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ who came out for Casino Days on September 16 and 17.We were even more fortunate ...
09/25/2026

We are ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ who came out for Casino Days on September 16 and 17.

We were even more fortunate to have six volunteers who came back for both days.

What a great weekend. The funds raised will go straight to supporting our clients.

Thank you from everyone at CIWA.

09/23/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ?

๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ก๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ธ, SHRM, Regional Human Resources Manager in the hospitality industry, shares what helps candidates stand out, and how ๐—–๐—œ๐—ช๐—”โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€-๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ prepare participants for real workplace opportunities.

Delivered in collaboration with SAIT, this 12-week program includes:

โœ”๏ธ ๐Ÿ– ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™˜๐™˜๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ
โœ”๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ-๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š
โœ”๏ธ ๐™€๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™—-๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™˜๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ

๐Ÿ“… Next intake starts September 28
๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—™๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—”๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—˜!

Watch the reel to hear directly from an industry expert and apply today.

More information and registration at the link: https://ciwa-online.com/employment-services/job-training/hospitality-training-program/

Meet Naisha, one of CIWAโ€™s amazing youth volunteers!Naisha volunteered with the iGLOW Cultural Summer Camp, where she he...
09/22/2026

Meet Naisha, one of CIWAโ€™s amazing youth volunteers!

Naisha volunteered with the iGLOW Cultural Summer Camp, where she helped participants feel welcome, build confidence, and create new friendships.

Her kindness, leadership, and initiative made a meaningful impact throughout the summer.

โ€œ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™œ๐™š. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ก๐™จ๐™ค ๐™—๐™š ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.โ€

Through volunteering, Naisha strengthened her leadership and communication skills while becoming a positive role model for other youth.

Thank you, Naisha, for making a difference at iGLOW Summer Camp! ๐Ÿ’œ

CIWA announces that our ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป, will be leaving the organization to return to Ontario a...
09/21/2026

CIWA announces that our ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป, will be leaving the organization to return to Ontario and pursue a new professional opportunity.

During her time with CIWA, Paula has led with compassion, purpose and a deep commitment to advancing opportunities for immigrant and refugee women, girls and their families. Her leadership has strengthened CIWAโ€™s programs, partnerships and community impact, while positioning the organization for continued success.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—œ๐—ช๐—” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ While we are sad to see her leave, we wish Paula every happiness and success in the future.

As CIWA looks ahead, our Board of Directors has begun the search for the organizationโ€™s next Chief Executive Officer.

Please join CIWAโ€™s Board of Directors and staff in thanking Paula for her leadership and wishing her all the very best as she begins her new chapter. ๐Ÿ’œ

Thinking about starting a business in Canada or ready to grow yours?Join us at the 2026 Immigrant Business Expo โ€“ Calgar...
09/18/2026

Thinking about starting a business in Canada or ready to grow yours?

Join us at the 2026 Immigrant Business Expo โ€“ Calgary, a FREE one-day event bringing newcomer and refugee entrepreneurs together to learn, connect, and find resources to help start, grow, and manage a small business in Canada.

Explore practical workshops, expert insights, business resources, a marketplace, a small business clinic, and networking opportunities.

This yearโ€™s theme, The Future of Small Business: AI, Automation, and Digital Innovation, will explore how technology is shaping entrepreneurship and creating new opportunities for small businesses.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday, October 3, 2026
โฐ 10:00 a.m.โ€“4:00 p.m.
๐Ÿ“ Calgary Central Library | 800 3 St SE
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ FREE

The event is co-hosted by CIWA, Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, Calgary Public Library, and New Horizons Media Inc.

Register through the link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/immigrant-business-expo-calgary-tickets-1999394203886?aff=CIWA

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