Refugee Women’s Network | The Ismaili Canada
Refugee Women’s Network

The Refugee Women's Network helps refugee and new immigrant women become a vibrant part of Canada’s economic and social development growth.

What is the Refugee Women's Network?

Refugee Women’s Network helps women through their settlement by providing sustainable skills to enable them to support their families, to advocate for their children and to support aging family members. They help assess language abilities, provide language programs, prepare participants for formal education, provide financial support for training and development, and help participants become part of the Canadian fabric as self-sufficient contributors culturally, socially, economically and developmentally.

Who is eligible for these programs?
  • Immigrant women
  • Above the age of 18 
  • Residing in the Greater Toronto Area

Learning Lab

English is a crucial tool for women to help settle in their communities. Being able to communicate proficiently enables women to advocate for their children, speak to their doctors about their care and provide them with opportunities to upgrade their education.

Proficiency in English is a significant empowering tool which will change the life of a woman from being withdrawn and afraid to empowered and an advocate. The confidence motivates refugee and immigrant women to upgrade their education and pursue higher education.

An educated woman can help provide for her family and feel like a contributing member both to her family and to her community.

Women Helping Women

Women Helping Women allows women to connect with other women who are newcomers and are facing challenges through their settlement. This session is offered online via Zoom. 

The opportunities for networking give refugee and new immigrant women an environment to share their hopes and fears in a safe space. It also empowers women to know they are not facing the journey alone. Knowing you have the support to guide you through resettlement can give a woman the confidence she needs to become successful.

Together we can help them find access to supportive programs and help them adjust to their new community. 

All sessions are confidential.

Education and Training & Development

Women arriving to Canada with a professional designation must retrain to re-qualify in Canada. This can be burdensome for many to not being able to practice their profession in their new country and leads them to be disheartened and depressed. For some, they will have to learn English before they can begin their retraining.

Investing in a woman's future is investing in her family's future. It changes her life as she becomes a role model to her children, breaking the cycle of dependency and poverty. She will inspire her children to reach for their potential.

Completing skills-based training programs will ensure qualified training leading to a rewarding career, helping her to support her family, financially, emotionally, and become a confident, empowered member of the economic fabric.

Learn more about the Refugee Women's Network!

Please email to register for any of these amazing programs! Be sure to let them know you are part of the Future Ready Initiative community. 

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His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Council for Canada

49 Wynford Drive Toronto, Ontario M3C 1K1 CANADA

Tel: +1-416-646-6965

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