2025.03.13 to 2025.03.15, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
E2 - Workshop - Panel Presentation / Atelier - Présentation d’un pane Yonge, Conference Center, street level
Promoting Access to Services and Supports for Temporary Foreign Workers in Ontario
- The Neighbourhood Organization’s Worker Support Services (WSS) Program provides support to temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in collaboration with agencies across Ontario by:
• Helping TFW access accurate information & services including health, legal, & social services in their communities.
• Increasing education & empowering TFW to exercise their rights while in Canada.
• Supporting increased social, civic engagement & participation of TFW in their communities. This session will present findings from an external evaluation of the WSS program, conducted
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by the Association for Canadian Studies and Metropolis Institute, to determine its effectiveness & the extent to which it empowers migrant workers.
● Jennifer Rajasekar , Manager of Newcomer Support Services, TNO
● Paul Holley , Research Director, Association for Canadian Studies & Metropolis Institute
Westin Harbour Castle
Toronto
Canada
General relevance - all sectors
Policymakers, Researchers, and NGOs/community groups/solidarity networks
Canada, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, Nova Scotia, and National relevance
French and English
