PHL Consulate General in Calgary Partners with Immigrant Services Calgary to Provide Assistance to Filipino Migrants and Workers

(From right to left): Ms. Elma Fadri, Settlement and Employment Counselor; Mr. Ho-Man Chan, Director Settlement/Integration Department; Philippine Consul General Julius Torres; Ms. Krystyna Biel, Chief Executive Officer; Ms. Wendy Auger, Director Mosaic Family Resource Centre, and; Ms. Sheila Tarrosa, Cultural Officer, Philippine Consulate Calgary

19 March 2018 CALGARY – Philippine Consul General to Calgary Julius D. Torres met with Ms. Krsytyna Biel, Chief Executive Officer and officials of the Immigrant Services Calgary on February 23 to discuss ways to assist newly arrived Filipino immigrants and Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

The Immigrant Services Calgary, which was established in 1977, is a comprehensive settlement agency in Canada that helps immigrants/newcomers and their families settle and integrate into Canadian society. They offer English language training, education programs, and family and youth support programs.

Ms. Biel expressed the Immigrant Services Calgary’s readiness to partner with the Philippine Consulate in its assistance-to-nationals program by way of providing newly arrived immigrants and workers with information on Canadian labor and migration laws, including financial literacy seminar and helpful tips to help them cope with life in Canada.

Consul General Torres invited the Immigration Services Calgary to provide resource speakers for the Post Arrival Orientation Seminar (PAOS) for newly arrived Filipino workers in Canada, which the Consulate organizes in cooperation with the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Vancouver.

Consul General Torres suggested the possibility of featuring the website of the Immigration Services Calgary, www.SettlementCalgary.com, with the Consulate’s website, www.calgarypcg.org, to help the former disseminate information on the services that are available to Filipino migrants and workers in Alberta and Saskatchewan. END

For more information, visit www.calgarypcg.dfa.gov.ph.