Newcomers to Canada benefit from Library Settlement
Partnerships
The
Library Settlement Partnerships (LSP) program is a partnership between
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, public libraries and newcomer settlement
agencies throughout Ontario. Settlement workers provide newcomers with
information on how to find a job and access to library resources to launch their
new lives in Ontario. Media are invited to tour the newly renovated Thorncliffe
Branch Library in Toronto and interview newcomers who have benefited from the
Library Settlement Partnerships program. Photographs and video are permitted.
WHEN: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: Thorncliffe Branch Library
48 Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto, ON
For further information on CIC programs please visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca
Media contacts:
Bina Siddiqi
Media Relations, Ontario Region, Citizenship and Immigration Canada
(416) 954-7868
Edward Karek
Media Relations, Toronto Public Library
(416) 397-5925
Bina.Siddiqi@cic.gc.ca |