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It’s a month marking a painful history and the rise of resistance and resilience.Every February, Black History Month honours and amplifies the voices of Black Canadians and their communities.Calgarians are among the many celebrating those of African descent, who have greatly enriched Canada’s cultural diversity, compassion and prosperity.
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Hundreds of TIES students recently got a timely lesson in meal planning, dignified food access, safe food storage and climate change thanks to Green Calgary. The Immigrant Education Society hosting two sessions of “Spill the Beans”, presented by Green Calgary’s Carolyn Kury de Castillo, to several in-person and online language classes. The students, many of whom have been in Canada a very short time, were especially excited to learn about how to get affordable, good food and incorporate them into their own cooking.
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TIES began offering the Empowering Youth through Employment (EYE) program in 2016, with the influx of Syrian refugees. The initial run of the program was targeted towards supporting Syrian Refugee youth (up to 30 years old). It has since served close to 400 youth participants.
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Walk into Little Beginnings Urban Oasis Childcare Centre and it will feel like you’ve walked into another country. Several countries, in fact.“If you step in any of our classrooms you will hear at least five to seven languages,” Childcare Centre Manager Raghda Abouelfetouh says.
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TIES (The Immigrant Education Society) is helping connect hundreds of EAL (English as an additional language) instructors – from coast-to-coast and beyond – with its 3rd annual For the Love of Literacy Conference on Jan. 25, 2025.
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TIES (The Immigrant Education Society) celebrated the holiday season and the end of 2024 with a festive flair! From a food drive to a turkey giveaway, toy donations to holiday parties, TIES along with its generous staff and business partners helped make this holiday season a memorable one.
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The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) celebrated a year of collaboration with valued colleagues, volunteers, and business partners at the TIES Grow Together Holiday Party. The event, which was attended by 145 staff, 51 business partners and several board members, was a chance to celebrate a very rewarding year full of success stories.
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The Immigrant Education Society (TIES) has won the grand prize in the2024 Field Law Community Fund Program coming in tops in Legal Literacy Education!TIES was up against a number of worthy competitors and is ecstatic to have been crowned the winner, adding the judges were incredibly impressed with the proposal.
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We acknowledge that we are gathered on the ancestral and traditional territory of the Blackfoot Nations of the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai First Nations; the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations, comprised of the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations; and the Tsuut’ina First Nation. The City of Calgary is also homeland to the historic Northwest Métis and to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government, Métis Nation Battle River Territory (Nose Hill Métis District 5 and Elbow Métis District 6).
