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Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think having a representative come every second month or so so that people from the whole area could come to ask questions and volunteers who are teaching ESL and that type of thing could get a little bit of training would really help. They feel pretty left out, I would say. I

April 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Andy Foster

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, definitely PTSD and other problems from their coming from backgrounds like that have has caused problems. It's hard to focus on studying English when you have no way to get help with that first. Yes. We've definitely had that experience where it's hard for students to focus

April 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Andy Foster

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. Having more programs available for people when they come, letting them know they have psychotherapists and the like whom they can go to for the first year—in smaller towns, people often don't even know that's available for them—and translators and interpreters, for su

April 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Andy Foster

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We actually are staying away from the government funding, because of the fear of what's going to happen next year. We have found other ways to get our funding.

April 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Andy Foster

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for your question. Yes, in 2017 we applied and had no problems. Then in 2018, because as Christians we couldn't sign the attestation for our church, because we couldn't agree with that. It was frustrating for us as well, because our newcomers actually had the same mora

April 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Andy Foster

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. I noticed her right away because she was wearing a head scarf, and in our small hockey town you didn't see that very often. I walked over and said hi. Over the next few weeks, my husband and I started to talk with her and her husband, and we quickly found

April 3rd, 2019Committee meeting

Andy Foster