2020 Snapshot: Our Member Highlights

Here’s how our members worked together in 2020 to create a welcoming and inclusive community.


💡 We supported the community’s response to COVID-19.

  • Developed, translated, and shared critical health and safety messages in the Bow Valley’s top languages, by working with settlement providers, the health sector, employers, churches, municipalities, and more

  • Helped connect many organizations to meet urgent community needs, including providing culturally appropriate foods

  • Sourced computers for English language students to continue learning online

  • Provided supported computer access for locals applying for income support

  • Helped local businesses to navigate layoffs and recalls, considering the additional needs of foreign-born workers

 

📣 We amplified the voices of local immigrants and newcomers.

 

📝 We adapted services to meet all locals needs.

  • Secured over $200,000 in funding for critical support for pre-beginner and remote English language learners and new supports to help make newcomers’ first jobs in the Bow Valley a first step towards success in Canada

  • Trained dozens of leaders in communicating effectively using Plain Language

  • Made on-demand interpretation available at Town of Banff’s help desk

  • Adapted settlement workshops and information for francophone newcomers

  • Launched Nature for Newcomers and Bear Spray Safety

  • Launched a new language and life skills class designed specifically for foreign-born youth

 

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