Impact of Metropolis Canada’s 26th annual conference

This year, the theme is “Social Work Opens Doors”, with a focus on the essential work of social workers across many fields of practice and roles.

The conference encouraged us to imagine how a sector can grow, informed by professionals across Canada.

Danielle Ungara and Liz Okai will be representing CWICE on the panel on March 5, 2024, at 3–5 pm.

CWICE has been a nearly 25-year work-in-progress, and to understand where we are today, we have to know how we got here.

New pathways to permanent residency for current/former children in care

A delegation of Immigration Specialists from the Child Welfare Immigration Centre of Excellence (CWICE) attended the Annual Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) Fall Consultation in Calgary and the Anti Human Trafficking Forum, November 15 – 18, 2023.

As Ontario continued to see multiple mass migrations at the same time, we’ve experienced a drastic increase in the number of families needing services.

For us, 2023 was a year of significant advocacy, from the individual and family levels to community and national spheres.

I joined CWICE in October 2023, and am still amazed by the professionalism and knowledge that CWICE colleagues bring to the child welfare sector.

Honouring International Migrants Day

Zrinka Buric started the position of an Immigration Specialist in September of 2023.

CWICE is hosting two upcoming webinars that will explore the intersection between child welfare, immigration, settlement and border-related issues

Reflections of a Data and Research Coordinator with CWICE

Since CWICE launched its training, workers and foster caregivers have shared some of their experiences when working with children and youth in out-of-home care without immigration status and the challenges they faced before CWICE existed.

Bill S-235, An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, aims to provide Canadian citizenship automatically to non-citizen youth who have been in Canada for at least a year before leaving foster care.

CWICE stands alongside our many settlement colleagues, ready to support the new arrivals.