To ensure that newcomers receive consistent, accurate and culturally sensitive settlement services, the Association provides translation and interpretation during the early stages of settlement.

If you are interested in being a translator or interpreter, please download and complete a Translator Application.

You can also download the Personal Service Contract for Interpreters.

For more information, please contact (709) 722-9680 or information@ancnl.ca

Please find below some important information for those interested in working as a translator or interpreter for the Association for New Canadians:

General Conduct:

Translators and interpreters shall behave with courtesy, discretion, and provide high-quality services to assist the client requiring services.

Competence:

Translators and interpreters shall only undertake work which they are competent to perform. If at any time while delivering services the translator/interpreter believes that she/he is unable to competently translate documents or interpret the content of the meeting/proceedings, she/he shall inform the service provider immediately.

Accuracy and Efficiency:

Translators and interpreters shall take all reasonable care to faithfully and accurately interpret or translate what is stated, with concern first for meaning and secondly for style, without any paraphrasing, omission, explanation, embellishment, giving of advice, or expressing of opinion, etc.

Impartiality/Avoidance of Conflict of Interest:

Translators and interpreters shall be objective and impartial at all times. They shall avoid any real, potential, or apparent conflict of interest in relation to any matter for which they are providing services. If she/he becomes aware of any conflict of interest in the course of providing translation/interpretation services, she/he shall immediately notify the service provider. (examples of a conflict of interest include but are not limited to the following situations: a) the client you are interpreting for is a member of a ethnic group which people from your ethnic group are currently in conflict with, b) you hold negative ideas about the persons’ background, c) either you or the client are uncomfortable with the other, d) you do not wish to communicate their opinion during the session, e) you or someone you know is in conflict with the client, etc)

Confidentiality:

Translators and interpreters shall keep confidential all information gained while providing services for all clients. They shall not under any circumstances, discuss, report on, or give an opinion to any person concerning any situation she/he has come to know about in the context of providing translation/interpretation services for clients. The content of any document, meeting or proceeding will not be discussed outside of that particular meeting or context.

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.

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.

Diversity Summit 2020 – 1. Guest Speaker, Catharyn Anderson

Diversity Summit 2020 – 2. Panel Discussion: Promoting Anti-Racism in our Communities

Diversity Summit 2020 – 3. Panel Discussion: Multiculturalism in Businesses and Communities

Diversity Summit 2020 – 4. Guest Speaker: Carey Majid

Diversity Summit 2020 – 5. Panel Discussion: Celebrating Immigrant Entrepreneurs

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

If you have participated in our workshops
or simply wish to engage in further learning on topics within our Public Education, Welcome to the Resource Portal.

– CONTENT COMING SOON –

• Intro to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
• Promoting Anti-Racism
  • Anti-Asian Racism, Covid-19 & Racism
  • Anti-Black Racism
• Business Case for Diversity
• Culturally Inclusive Hiring
• Culturally Inclusive Workplaces
• Canadian Workplace Norms for Newcomer Employees
• For Educators (K-12 School)
• For Healthcare Practitioners
• Supporting Immigration in Rural NL

Contact us

Main Office:

• Phone: (709) 722-0718
• Email: diversity@ancnl.ca

Western Newfoundland:

• Phone: (709) 634-2792
• Email: dbrown@ancnl.ca

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.

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). 

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.

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.

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