#Refugee

Oct 18, 2019
1 min

CFN Partners With IKEA

CFN is pleased to announce our partnership with IKEA to help them facilitate their nation-wide Refugee Employment Program here in...

Jun 19, 2018
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign - A Canadian Story

The month of June is a time to support those who have been forced to flee their homes, their families, and their lives due to persecution...

Jun 13, 2018
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign - A History of Refugee Day

For years, many countries and regions have been holding their own Refugee Days and even Weeks. One of the most widespread is Africa...

Jun 11, 2018
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign - A Family Comes Home

At CFN, the month long Orange Ribbon Campaign throughout June brings awareness to the plight of refugees and to honour their strength...

Jun 8, 2018
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign - Courage Under Fire

The month of June is a time to support those who have been forced to flee their homes, their families, and their lives due to persecution...

Jun 4, 2018
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign - The Power of Three

The month of June is a time to support those who have been forced to flee their homes, their families, and their lives due to persecution...

Jun 1, 2018
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign 2018

June 20th is observed as “World Refugee Day” to honour the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced...

May 28, 2018
1 min

June is World Refugee Month

This June CFN asks you to join us in wearing an Orange Ribbon to show your support for those who have been forced to flee their homes...

May 16, 2018
1 min

CFN CEO to Host Calgary Public Library Event - Homes: A Refugee Story

On Thursday May 24th a remarkable true story that provides an intimate view of the war in Syria and the refugee experience through the...

Apr 26, 2018
1 min

Nearly 30 Hired @ CFN-Starbucks Refugee Hiring Fair

Our second hiring fair of April took place yesterday and represents CFN's initial collaboration with Starbucks. In late 2017 Starbucks...

Mar 23, 2018
1 min

CFN Hosts Canada's First Ever LGBTQ Settlement Conference

March 20th and 21st saw Welcoming the Rainbow, the first-ever national LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference held right here in Calgary...

Mar 21, 2018
1 min

Starbucks Refugee Initiative @ CFN

Starbucks, the Seattle-based global coffee chain, plans to hire 10,000 refugees around the world, including as many as 1,000 in Canada...

Jan 15, 2018
1 min

CFN Partners with Calgary Sexual Health Centre

The Centre for Newcomers has partnered with Calgary Sexual Health Centre to offer settlement and peer support services specifically...

Dec 18, 2017
1 min

Families with Families @ CFN

In order to meet the demand of a larger influx of refugees accessing services at our Centre and respond to the offers of volunteer ...

Nov 3, 2017
1 min

One Million Newcomers to Arrive in Canada by 2020

CFN CEO Anila Lee Yuen recently appeared on CBCs Calgary Eyeopener to talk about Canada's immigration plans over the next 3 years...

Oct 25, 2017
1 min

This is CFN

The city of Calgary has come to know CFN over the last three decades; a key not-for-profit resource centre for the city's’s immigrants...

Sep 27, 2017
1 min

PNT LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference Comes to a Close

The Prairie & Northwest Territories (PNT) LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference took place Monday September 25th and Tuesday September...

Aug 28, 2017
1 min

WelcomePack Canada @ CFN

Last Friday CFN handed out gift boxes from WelcomePack Canada to a number of clients here in YYC. WelcomePack Canada’s landmark annual...

Jul 20, 2017
2 min

Refugee Alberta @ AAISA

CFN has been a proud member of the Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) since its inception and all of us here...

Jul 1, 2017
1 min

Orange Ribbon Campaign - Celebrating Refugees: Kim Thuy

Part 9 of our Celebrating Refugee Series takes us to Kim Thuy. A Canadian novelist born in Saigon, Vietnam. At the age of 10, Thuy...

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