Services for Endorsed Employees and Designated Employers under the AIP.
Please note: Our offices are closed as we follow the best advice of public health authorities to minimize the threat of COVID-19. ANC staff remain available to answer questions and help you. Contact them by e-mail; follow-up discussions can be by e-mail, phone, or videoconference. International students, temporary foreign workers, and others who are in Canada under temporary permits should e-mail Sophia Solomon. Permanent Residents with settlement or other questions can e-mail Sonia Krajewska. AIP employees seeking settlement plans can contact Zack Noel.
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
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
Online Immigrants’ Guide to Services and Resources in Newfoundland and Labrador
Available here.
IRCC Resources:
- Before You Arrive in Canada provides pre-arrival information for those immigrating to Canada.
- 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.
Watch this Space!
Coming soon: toolkits, podcast links and more!
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
Register for the Summit here!
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:
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
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).
Please note that because of COVID-19 CAEL testing is now administered online; find out more information at the website below.
CAEL Testing
The ANC is the only official Testing Centre in Newfoundland and Labrador for the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) Assessment.
The CAEL Assessment is a computer-based test designed to measure the English language proficiency of students planning to study in Canadian post-secondary institutions.
For more information, please visit this website or contact:
The ANC is registered with Paragon Testing Enterprises as the only Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program (CELPIP) Testing Centre in Newfoundland and Labrador.
CELPIP Testing is administered monthly at the ESL Training Centre in St. John’s (148 Elizabeth Ave).
For more information, please visit this website or contact:
