Resource collection

Visitor visas, visitor records, and electronic travel authorizations

Connecting Ottawa has an information sheet for frontline workers who support clients with visitor visas, visitor records, and electronic travel authorizations.

Message Guide: Building Public Support for Immigrants and Refugees

This Message Guide is intended to help you create and share messaging that will win over Canadian public opinion in support of newcomers. This Message Guide is intended to help you create and share messaging that will win over Canadian public opinion in support of newcomers.

Refugee Hearing Preparation: What to Expect and How to Prepare

This toolkit is a comprehensive guide to the refugee hearing (before, during, and after), how to prepare, and what to expect. It also includes an extensive additional section with resources available to refugee claimants.

Violence familiale et femmes immigrantes : identifier, comprendre et se protéger

Enregistré le 04 décembre 2025

Ce webinaire interactif vous permettra d'apprendre à reconnaître les signes de la violence, à évaluer le risque d'actions qui peuvent entrainer la mort et à savoir comment réagir.

Vous pourrez :

• mieux connaître vos droits ;
• vous familiariser avec les protections prévues par la loi notamment en...

Refugee claim process video series

The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) has produced 5 videos that are part of the IRB Ready Tours series.

The videos explain the refugee protection process and how to prepare for a hearing with the Refugee Protection Division.

Guide for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers Crossing the Canada-U.S. Border

Haven: The Asylum Lab has produced a toolkit for LGBTQI+ people in the United States who are thinking about seeking asylum in Canada. The toolkit includes information on:

• the asylum process
• the Safe Third Country Agreement
• things to think about when seeking asylum
• a list of legal and community services

Migrant Health Issue Brief

Immigration status is a key but often overlooked factor shaping health in Canada. And migrants face significant barriers to care and protections. The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health has released a brief on migrant health that:

• examines the impacts of immigration status on daily living conditions and health

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Pathways to Permanent Residence: Caregivers and Construction Workers

FCJ Refugee Centre delivered a webinar called Pathways to Permanent Residence: Caregivers and Construction Workers. The webinar discusses new temporary policies, who’s eligible, and how to apply.

Family and immigration law resources

The South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario (SALCO) has legal information resources on family law, immigration, and legal supports. They're available in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, and Bengali.

Supporting LGBTQI+ refugee claimants in Canada

Recorded on June 11, 2025

Refugee claims based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics have specific challenges.

This webinar aims to help community workers better understand the difficulties LGBTQI+ people face in making refugee claims and what they can do to support them.

The webinar explores:...