New to Canada? Build friendships and find community in your new home

Alongside finding a job and building a life for yourself and your family, making friends is an important part of settling into Canada. Having people you can rely on, whether […]
National Volunteering Week: A guide for newcomers who want to volunteer in Canada

As a new arrival to Canada, you have probably heard your fellow immigrants advising you to take up volunteer roles as part of your job search. This might sound strange […]
Optimize your career success in Canada with networking, mentoring, and volunteering

You might be familiar with networking, mentoring, and volunteering, but are you actively leveraging them in your professional journey as a new immigrant in Canada? Read on to learn how […]
Immigrant take: Komal on how networking, volunteering helped her find a job in Canada

Komal Parekh learned about the importance of networking and volunteering when she attended Planning for Canada‘s pre-arrival sessions. After moving to Canada, she applied all of her learnings in her […]
Volunteering in Canada as a new immigrant: Introduction and benefits

Doesn’t giving your time for a good cause feel extremely satisfying? Volunteering impacts the community in so many positive ways, from activities as simple as mowing a neighbour’s lawn to […]