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  • Peer Networking: Inspiring Immigration Journey

    Join us for an inspiring conversation with a SOPA client who successfully navigated the challenges of settling in Vancouver. Learn about their immigration journey, career path, lessons learned, and tips for newcomers building a new life in Canada

  • Peer Networking: My Manitoba: Focus on Winkler

    Join a former SOPA client - a fellow newcomer in Winkler, who is now an employment facilitator, to learn about what the city has to offer and how to dive into your job search journey in southern Manitoba. Winkler is the fourth largest city in the province, an industrial centre with deep roots in agriculture.

  • Peer Networking: Job Search in the Age of AI

    Learn how AI job search tools and trends are changing the job application process in Canada. Explore growing jobs, in-demand skills, and the skills employers may value in the future. You’ll also have an opportunity to discuss the benefits and challenges of using AI in job applications and gain practical ideas to help you prepare for a changing Canadian labour market.

  • Peer Networking: Working Women – Staying Visible

    Taking a career break or rebuilding your professional life after moving to Canada? Connect with other newcomer women and explore practical ways to stay professionally visible while navigating motherhood, relocation, career changes, and new beginnings.

  • Peer Networking: Share Your Success: Manitoba Nurses

    This is an inspiring session featuring a panel of successful internationally educated nurses, who will share their journey in navigating licensing process, adapting to Canadian workplace culture, and finding employment opportunities that shaped their career paths in Manitoba.

  • Peer Networking: A SOPA Client’s Journey to Success in Canada

    What is it really like to start a new life and career in Canada? Hear directly from SOPA client Danny Rubbo about his experience settling in British Columbia — the challenges, lessons learned, career journey, and practical tips he wishes to share with other newcomers preparing for Canada. Bring your questions and learn from someone who has been through the newcomer journey.

  • Peer Networking: Manitoba Employment Standards & Rights

    Planning to work in Manitoba? Canadian workplace standards, responsibilities, and workers’ rights may be different from those in your home country. Hear from a former newcomer who now works in workplace safety and gain practical information to help you better understand your rights and what to expect in a Manitoba workplace.

  • Peer Networking: From Client to SOPA Volunteer

    Curious about volunteering with SOPA and how it could support your newcomer journey? Hear firsthand from former SOPA client and current volunteer Fisolami Sodeinde as she shares her experience—from getting started to giving back to the newcomer community. Discover how volunteering can help you gain Canadian experience, build connections, share your skills, and develop a stronger sense of community in Canada.

  • Peer Networking: Francophones in Manitoba

    Planning to settle in Manitoba and looking for support in French? Join this conversation circle with former SOPA clients who now support French-speaking newcomers as employment and immigration counsellors at CDEM and Pluri-Elles. Hear about their own immigration journeys, learn practical job search strategies, and discover services available to help Francophones build connections and settle successfully in Winnipeg.

  • Peer Networking: My City- Calgary Connections

    Moving to Calgary or curious about what life in the city is really like? Join former SOPA client Oluwatomisin (Tomisin) Tijani as she shares her personal experience of making Calgary home, what she enjoys about the city, and what she has discovered along the way. Connect with others who are new or preparing to move to Calgary, bring your questions, and get a newcomer’s perspective in a casual and welcoming space.

  • Peer Networking: Share Your Success – Manitoba Physicians

    Are you an internationally educated physician preparing for your career in Manitoba? Join an inspiring panel of internationally educated physicians as they share their experiences building their careers in the province. Hear firsthand about navigating the licensing process, exploring employment opportunities, adapting to Canadian workplace culture, and the lessons they learned along the way. Bring your questions and gain practical insights from professionals who have been through the journey themselves.