Mental Health First Aid @ CFN
Members of CFN’s Settlement Team recently took part in Mental Health First AID Training. One in four Canadians experience mental health...
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Nov 22, 20181 min read
Family Violence Prevention Month
The facts are simple and concerning. Today Alberta has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the entire country...
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Sep 19, 20181 min read
Alberta Minister of Culture & Tourism to be Keynote Speaker @ PNT LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Confer
The Prairie & Northwest Territories (PNT) LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference will take place Monday September 25th and Tuesday...
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May 18, 20181 min read
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia @ CFN
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) is celebrated around the world on May 17th each year to bring...
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May 8, 20181 min read
CFN Recognizes Mental Health Week
This May 7th through the 13th turn up the volume for CMHA Mental Health Week and get loud for mental health. One in five Canadians live...
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May 7, 20181 min read
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia
The Centre for Newcomers and the United States Consulate General Calgary will be holding a celebration of the International Day Against...
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Mar 15, 20181 min read
CFN & I Love First Peoples
CFN recently joined individuals, schools and community groups across Canada by adopting the I Love First Peoples (ILFP) gift-filled...
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Mar 8, 20181 min read
International Women's Day
With the World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report findings telling us that gender
parity is over 200 years away - there has...
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Feb 22, 20181 min read
Black History Month - A Legend of the Canadian West
The story of John Ware is truly amazing, a freed slave who made his way north to establish a ranch in what became Alberta; so much so he...
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Feb 16, 20181 min read
Black History Month - One Night in New Glasgow
Black rights activist Viola Desmond, who was jailed for defiantly sitting in the "whites only" section of a New Glasgow, Nova Scotia film...
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Feb 1, 20181 min read
February is Canada's Black History Month
Alberta has become the fourth province in Canada to proclaim February as Black History Month. In December 1995, the House of Commons off...
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Jan 31, 20181 min read
Let's Talk Day @ CFN
"I'm good" is most often the phrase of choice when someone asks how we're doing, but rarely do we take the time to check in with...
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Jan 30, 20181 min read
Canada Pride Conference to Feature CFN Speaker
Fierté Canada Pride is a non-profit national association of Canadian Pride organizations that was founded in 2004. Powered by volunteers...
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Jan 22, 20181 min read
Calgary Women's March 2.0
Over the weekend, a crowd of thousands surrounded city hall as Calgarians showed their support for the second annual Women’s March. The...
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Jan 16, 20181 min read
CFN CEO Spokeswoman for 2018 Women's March
This weekend is time for another show of solidarity here in Calgary with the Calgary Women's March. The first march was held on Jan...
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Dec 7, 20171 min read
CFN Clients Fill Shoeboxes For I Love First Peoples
This week, CFN clients from our Canadian Business Essentials for Accountants Program took some time to fill several shoeboxes for the I...
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Oct 24, 20171 min read
CFN Salutes United Nations Day
N Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. With the ratification of this founding document by the...
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Sep 22, 20171 min read
PNT LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference Speakers
The Prairie & Northwest Territories (PNT) LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference will take place Monday September 25th and Tuesday...
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May 3, 20171 min read
Refugee Awareness Orange Ribbon Campaign
CFN would like you to join us in honouring the courage, strength, and determination of refugee women, men and children in Calgary. June ...
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Apr 3, 20171 min read
April is Volunteer Month @ CFN
April 23 to 29 is National Volunteer Week in Canada, but here at CFN we are dedicating the entire month of April to the hard work and...
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