New Name New Location New Year

Guelph - The Guelph and District Multicultural Centre is very pleased to announce their move to a new location at Unit 4 and 5, 926 Paisley and Imperial Road as a part of expanded services being offered to people new to Canada. In addition to language assessment and settlement services, child care will be offered while parents receive services, and additional settlement workers are hired to address Guelph’s growing immigrant population. “We are thrilled to be in our new location, and able to expand our services to Guelph Wellington.” says Roya Rabbani, Executive Director of the new entity. “The Board decided it was also time to change the name of the agency to Immigrant Services Guelph Wellington to reflect our work in the community.” Currently one in five of Guelph’s citizens come from outside Canada, which is above the national average. This number is expected to continue to grow with Guelph’s expected overall population increases.

11:00am - noon Immigrant Services displays, including community partners, to show the programs we are offering in house and in the community.

Noon-1pm Ribbon cutting followed by bar-b-q lunch. Simple lunch of hamburger and hot dogs

Representative, City of Guelph

Liz Sandals, MPP Guelph Wellington

Frank Valeriote, MP Guelph Wellington

Representative, Citizenship Immigration Canada

Representative, Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Ontario

1pm-2pm Entertainment: cultural dances and music from the Multicultural Festival

Guelph is known as “Canada’s most caring community”. Now maybe we will be known as “Canada’s most welcoming community” as well.