Links

Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies
The Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) is the parent organization of ISCC and is comprised of 20 member organizations from 8 communities across Alberta that serve more than 14,000 immigrants and refugees annually
www.aaisa.ca

InformAlberta
InformAlberta's provincial on-line directory of publicly funded and/or not-for-profit community, health, social, and government organizations and services is maintained by the InformAlberta Partners – health regions and community information & referral services across Alberta.
www.informalberta.ca

Bow Partnerships Resource Map
Bow Partnerships Resource Map identifies the various resources and services (assets) available in communities within Calgary Bow – Region Three, and Social Atlas maps that provide demographic data designed to assist in planning and decision making.
http://geosolutions.golder.ca/bowpartnership/

Career Connect
Calgary Economic Development, along with the Talent Pool Development Society and Alberta Employment and Immigration, has launched Career Connect, an online tool for immigrants and employers to find job training support and resources in Calgary.
www.calgarycareerconnect.com

The Link Podcasts
The Link is a two-hour daily radio show aimed at connecting new immigrants to Canada and Canada to the world.
www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/33191

The Employer’s Roadmap
The Employer’s Roadmap is a tool for employers, human resources professionals, recruiters and managers in small to medium-sized enterpris0es interested in hiring internationally trained workers
http://www.credentials.gc.ca/employers/roadmap/index.asp

The Working in Canada Tool
The Working in Canada Tool can help newcomers to Canada make well-informed decisions about where to live and work by producing a report that contains information on job descriptions, wages, skills, language training and job opportunities tailored to their needs.
http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/welcome.do?lang=en&template=fcro

GDP: Measuring the Human Side of the Canadian Economic Crisis
Following Zoran, the owner of a car detailing shop in Calgary, and Edgar, a Filipino working for Zoran through Canada's temporary foreign worker program. Zoran immigrated to Canada quite a while ago and established his business, and recently hire Edgar, a Filipino temporary worker new to Canada. The film follows their relationship and looks at the shared experiences of two immigrants building their own paths in Canada, with the backdrop of current economic uncertainty. GDP http://gdp.nfb.ca/story/106/zoran-edgar-co

Zoran, Edgard & Co is part of the NFB's groundbreaking online documentary project, GDP: Measuring the human side of the Canadian economic crisis http://gdp.nfb.ca. Updated with new photo essays and short films daily, the site is following stories in over a dozen communities across Canada, presenting an immediate look at how we are living through the economic crisis.

The website is also interactive: You can join the growing country-wide conversation by adding your comments or uploading your own photos and short videos.  You can also follow the GDP project on Facebook or Twitter, or via the NFB Newsletter (links available on the website gdp.nfb.ca.)