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Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) Supports

Services for Endorsed Employees and Designated Employers under the AIP.

Updated April 14, 2021

Please note: We continue to follow the best advice of public health authorities to minimize the threat of COVID-19. Our staff is at work in our offices throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

We remain available to answer your questions, prepare settlement plans, and address other concerns.

As we continue to follow strict COVID-19 protocols, please contact us to make an appointment before coming to an office. Please use your usual contact information if you are already a client, or use the information below to contact the office nearest you.

 

SUPPORTS FOR EMPLOYEES

The Association for New Canadians works to support the long-term needs of endorsed employees and their families under the Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) program by providing:

  • Information and orientations about life in Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the local community
  • Needs assessments and referral services
  • Assistance in completing applications for mandatory Provincial and Federal Programs (such as MCP, SIN, etc.)
  • Assistance in enrolling your children in school
  • Access to English as a Second Language Training (e.g. on-site, distance, outreach, etc.)
  • Employment and career services for your family members
  • Access to social and volunteer opportunities in your community
  • Access to health supports (e.g. locating a pharmacist, family physician, etc.)
  • Assistance in completing Permanent Residence (PR) applications
  • Training in Canadian workplace norms

All services are provided without cost to eligible clients.

 

SUPPORTS FOR EMPLOYERS

The Association for New Canadians supports the long-term needs of employers and business owners participating in the Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) program throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

To assist businesses interested in becoming designated employers under the AIP, or to assist those designated employers seeking to hire under the AIP, the Association provides the following supports:

  • Assisting employers in completing designation applications
  • Assisting employees in completing endorsement applications
  • Providing settlement supports to endorsed employees and their families
  • Providing employment and career services supports for endorsed employees’ family members
  • Assisting employees in completing Permanent Residence applications
  • Providing cultural competency training for employers
  • Providing workplace norms training for employees

These services are offered without cost to eligible permanent and temporary residents.

For more information, please contact:

St. John’s and the Avalon Region
aip@ancnl.ca
(709) 552-2262

Western Region
western@ancnl.ca
(709) 634-2656

Central Region
central@ancnl.ca
(709) 489-0235

Labrador West
labradorwest@ancnl.ca
(709) 944-7775

Happy Valley-Goose Bay
hvgb@ancnl.ca
(709) 896-8787

Forteau
forteau@ancnl.ca
(709) 931-2887

Clarenville
clarenville@ancnl.ca
(709) 466-7772

St. Anthony
stanthony@ancnl.ca
(709) 454-8406

 

 

Resources

Online Immigrants’ Guide to Services and Resources in Newfoundland and Labrador

Available here. 

IRCC Resources:

  1. Before You Arrive in Canada provides pre-arrival information for those immigrating to Canada. 
  2. Your First Two Weeks in Canada provides immigrants with an overview of key information for their initial weeks in Canada (e.g., importance of obtaining a Social Insurance Number, contacting a local settlement organization, and finding employment).
  3. Settling in Canada provides information on services available to newcomers in various locations across Canada.

Diversity Podcast

Global Frequencies

This Podcast is a new initiative for the Association for New Canadians (ANC). Global Frequencies is a
podcast devoted to embracing cultural diversity and ensuring newcomer inclusion in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

This Program is a partnership between ANC (Association for New Canadians and CHMR FM with funding from the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) – Atlantic Canada’s Opportunities Agency, and the Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism.

This show is broadcast at CHMR 93.5 FM at 7 PM, Every second Wednesday.

Listen also on

Google Podcast, Apple Podcast, and more! 

Episode 1 

Episode 2

Episode 3

Episode 4

Episode 5

Episode 6

Episode 7

Episode 8

Episode 9

Episode 10

Episode 11

Diversity Summit

For the past several years, the ANC’s Diversity & Public Education Division has hosted a Diversity Summit. This event remains an engaging and thought-provoking opportunity to build rich connections among businesses, immigrants, community groups, and citizens.

Promoting Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism in Businesses and Communities in Newfoundland and Labrador

 

 

Workshop Details

Our Workshops are designed to meet the needs of the individuals, organizations and teams we serve.

If you are interested in our training, we will do a needs assessment to access which topics you’d like to cover, to customize your training session.

From there, we can work with you to set time(s) and date(s) that are convenient.

We offer online training across the province. After COVID-19 restrictions lift, we will be reinstating our in-person delivery.

Pricing: Al of our sessions are free of charge to limit barriers to participation 🙂

For more information, please contact:

General inquiries:

Specifically, for Western Newfoundland:

Transportation

The ANC provides transportation to and from classes at the ESL Training Centre to eligible immigrants who demonstrate a need for the service. While transportation is available for all eligible immigrants who live more than two kilometers away from the ESL Training Centre, exceptions are made for those with special needs, disabilities, physician-documented illnesses, for those over 55 years of age, or for those with children under the age of five.

Transportation Policy:

  • Download an English copy here
  • Download a Spanish copy here
  • Download an Arabic copy here

Childcare Services

Childcare

The ANC offers on-site provincially-licensed childcare services to eligible immigrants enrolled in classes at the ESL Training Centre in St. John’s (148 Elizabeth Avenue). 

Assessment

Placement in all language levels is based on the Canadian Language Benchmarks Placement Test (CLBPT). The Adult Training Centre is the only certified CLB assessment centre in the province and provides English language assessment for eligible clients on-site in St. John’s (permanent residents only) and through remote assessment at its Corner Brook and Grand Falls-Windsor regional offices (for permanent residents, international students, temporary foreign workers, and their spouses).

The Centre is also a designated site for the CELPIP and CAEL assessments. Both are offered on a regular basis. For further information on theses assessments, check our CELPIP/CAEL tab.

For information on all ESL programs and assessments in St. John’s contact the ANC Adult ESL Training Centre, 148 Elizabeth Avenue.

  • Phone: (709) 726-6848
  • Fax: (709) 726-6841
  • Email: linc@ancnl.ca

For information on programs outside the St. John’s metropolitan area, contact the nearest satellite office.

CELPIP and CAEL

Updated March 3, 2021

Due to the current COVID-19 situation in St. John’s, CELPIP and CAEL testing is suspended until we can once again accommodate them safely.

 

The ESL Training Centre is a designated site for the Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) and the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) assessments. 

Click here to register on the CAEL website to complete the CAEL assessment.

Click here to register on the CELPIP website to complete the CELPIP assessment.

For more information, please contact the ESL Training Centre.