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How to Submit a PSR Application to ROC-O by Email

IMPORTANT CHANGES AS OF 01 Jan 2024 Applications for Private sponsorship are no longer submitted by email to ROC-O. Sponsors must use the Permanent Residence Portal to submit their applications. Refer to the RSTP’s PR Portal Training Video Playlist to learn how to submit your application. THE VIDEO BELOW DOES NOT CONTAIN UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION (2019) This webinar for Groups of Five,

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Past Webinar

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2019

Preserving and Improving the Mental Health of Refugees, their Sponsors and Supporters

(2019) In this webinar delivered by Klaus Gruber, he reviews what we understand about mental health and the threats and challenges to sound mental health as well as the contributions to resilience. Klaus also touches on what we mean by mental illness and what illnesses or disorders refugees might be most vulnerable to. 

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Video

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Past Webinar

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2019

When Helping Hurts – Reviewing Vicarious Trauma

(2019) In this webinar, Klaus Gruber shared information on the concept of vicarious trauma, how it affects us, and also presents ideas about how we can protect ourselves while helping those who are primary sufferers of trauma.  

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Past Webinar

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2019

Private Sponsorship of Refugees

The Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program (PSR) is a partnership program administered by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the people of Canada to extend Canada’s capacity to resettle refugees from abroad. No one is a refugee by choice A refugee is someone who has a well founded fear of persecution based on their race,

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Getting ready

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Infosheet

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2016

Refugee Sponsorship, Cultural Sensitivity and Communication: Communicating across Cultures

(2019) This webinar will provide refugee sponsors with information and tips on cross-cultural communication styles.  The following topics will be covered: dimensions of culture; aspects of cultural differences; visible and non-visible aspects of culture; individual and family dynamics; verbal and nonverbal Communication; differences within the “similarly perceived” cultures; the refugee experience;

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Video

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Past Webinar

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2019

How to Become a Sponsor

Private sponsorship of refugees to Canada is considered a group activity. Private sponsors make a humanitarian commitment of their personal time, energy, and often their money to assist an individual or a family in need of resettlement. Volunteering to assist refugees is a humanitarian commitment and a way of responding to the injustices in the world.

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Getting ready

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PDF

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Infosheet

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2016

L’histoire de Solien, du Congo

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Video

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Video

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2018

Sponsorship Agreement Holders (SAHs)

What is a Sponsorship Agreement Holder? A Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH) is an organization that has signed a Sponsorship Agreement with the Government of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and  Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This agreement allows the SAH to resettle refugees through the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) program.

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Getting ready

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Infosheet

Date:

2016

The Private Sponsorship of Refugees program: an overview.

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Video

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Video

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2018

Group of Five (G5)

What is the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program? The Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program (PSR) is a partnership program administered by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the people of Canada to extend Canada’s capacity to resettle refugees from abroad. In Private Sponsorship, Sponsorship Agreement Holders and their Constituent Groups,

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Topic:

Getting ready

Format:

PDF

Type:

Infosheet

Date:

2016