CFN Partners With IKEA
CFN is pleased to announce our partnership with IKEA to help them facilitate their nation-wide Refugee Employment Program here in...
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Jun 19, 20181 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign - A Canadian Story
The month of June is a time to support those who have been forced to flee their homes, their families, and their lives due to persecution...
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Jun 13, 20181 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign - A History of Refugee Day
For years, many countries and regions have been holding their own Refugee Days and even Weeks. One of the most widespread is Africa...
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Jun 11, 20181 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign - A Family Comes Home
At CFN, the month long Orange Ribbon Campaign throughout June brings awareness to the plight of refugees and to honour their strength...
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Jun 8, 20181 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign - Courage Under Fire
The month of June is a time to support those who have been forced to flee their homes, their families, and their lives due to persecution...
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Jun 4, 20181 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign - The Power of Three
The month of June is a time to support those who have been forced to flee their homes, their families, and their lives due to persecution...
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Jun 1, 20181 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign 2018
June 20th is observed as “World Refugee Day” to honour the courage, strength and determination of women, men and children who are forced...
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May 28, 20181 min read
June is World Refugee Month
This June CFN asks you to join us in wearing an Orange Ribbon to show your support for those who have been forced to flee their homes...
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May 16, 20181 min read
CFN CEO to Host Calgary Public Library Event - Homes: A Refugee Story
On Thursday May 24th a remarkable true story that provides an intimate view of the war in Syria and the refugee experience through the...
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Apr 26, 20181 min read
Nearly 30 Hired @ CFN-Starbucks Refugee Hiring Fair
Our second hiring fair of April took place yesterday and represents CFN's initial collaboration with Starbucks. In late 2017 Starbucks...
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Mar 23, 20181 min read
CFN Hosts Canada's First Ever LGBTQ Settlement Conference
March 20th and 21st saw Welcoming the Rainbow, the first-ever national LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference held right here in Calgary...
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Mar 21, 20181 min read
Starbucks Refugee Initiative @ CFN
Starbucks, the Seattle-based global coffee chain, plans to hire 10,000 refugees around the world, including as many as 1,000 in Canada...
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Jan 15, 20181 min read
CFN Partners with Calgary Sexual Health Centre
The Centre for Newcomers has partnered with Calgary Sexual Health Centre to offer settlement and peer support services specifically...
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Dec 18, 20171 min read
Families with Families @ CFN
In order to meet the demand of a larger influx of refugees accessing services at our Centre and respond to the offers of volunteer ...
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Nov 3, 20171 min read
One Million Newcomers to Arrive in Canada by 2020
CFN CEO Anila Lee Yuen recently appeared on CBCs Calgary Eyeopener to talk about Canada's immigration plans over the next 3 years...
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Oct 25, 20171 min read
This is CFN
The city of Calgary has come to know CFN over the last three decades; a key not-for-profit resource centre for the city's’s immigrants...
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Sep 27, 20171 min read
PNT LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference Comes to a Close
The Prairie & Northwest Territories (PNT) LGBTQ+ Newcomers Settlement Conference took place Monday September 25th and Tuesday September...
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Aug 28, 20171 min read
WelcomePack Canada @ CFN
Last Friday CFN handed out gift boxes from WelcomePack Canada to a number of clients here in YYC. WelcomePack Canada’s landmark annual...
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Jul 20, 20172 min read
Refugee Alberta @ AAISA
CFN has been a proud member of the Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA) since its inception and all of us here...
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Jul 1, 20171 min read
Orange Ribbon Campaign - Celebrating Refugees: Kim Thuy
Part 9 of our Celebrating Refugee Series takes us to Kim Thuy. A Canadian novelist born in Saigon, Vietnam. At the age of 10, Thuy...
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