Welcoming Week in Saskatoon will run for 10 days and have several events highlighting culture in the community.
One in four Canadians were born outside the country, and Saskatoon is taking part in a country-wide, multi-day event to welcome newcomers to the Great White North.
Jasmine Calix, a coordinator with Immigration Partnership Saskatoon, said events will be running across the city as part of“The idea behind this is to have a community-based approach to help integrate newcomers to our city,” Calix said.Immigration Partnership Saskatoon is federally funded through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada and Calix said Saskatoon is one of the many Immigration Partnership locations across the country.
Calix said immigrants often leave behind a lot when they come over to Canada, and Welcoming Week is a way for immigrants and other residents to come together to feel like they are part of the same community.
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