Services for Endorsed Employees and Designated Employers under the AIP.
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
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.
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).
Settling in Canada provides information on services available to newcomers in various locations across Canada.
On June 25, ANC held its annual Diversity Summit as a virtual event under the theme: Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism in Businesses and Communities in Newfoundland and Labrador This event was a pan-provincial forum designed to explore the contribution that diversity plays in supporting the sustainability of businesses and communities throughout the province. Drawing upon lived experiences, the Diversity Summit 2020 focused on advancing intercultural understanding by promoting the value and importance of multiculturalism, anti-racism, and inclusion.
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
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.
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.
