The Mentorship/host Services will match new immigrants who have been in Canada less than three years with established community volunteers who will help the newcomers adjust to life in Canada and learn about Canadian ways and norms.  Volunteers will be Mentors and Canadian friends/extended family to newcomers. They will lend support, help with language barriers and introduce newcomers to their new community.  With the friendship and support of volunteers, newcomers will feel welcome in their new country.  This experience gives both the volunteer and the newcomer the opportunity to make a new friend and to learn about another culture and language.

Other services include:

• Information sessions on various aspects of Canadian society or to provide practical guidance in specific areas of interest/concern.
• Coordinated group activities (social, multicultural and recreational) and field trips to educational and historical sites.
• Opportunity to meet socially and practice their English with others
• Outreach to isolated immigrant seniors sessions.

For more information, contact Dorina Germinario (Program Coordinator) at 780-474-8445 (ext. 232) or at dgerminario@shawbiz.ca.