This program matches volunteer tutor hosts with immigrant seniors who want to learn basic English and/or improve their English language skills. We also offer computer tutoring and the literacy side of health. For example: reading and following a prescription label.
We offer a variety of group events, (multi-cultural events, legal and/or health related workshops) to help seniors with their understanding of the Canadian experience, and life in Canada.
In collaboration with Bow Valley College, the YWCA, and Calgary Public Library, this program provides excellent training opportunities for all volunteer tutors.
Matching immigrant seniors with trained volunteers for weekly meetings to:
For more information on the services or volunteer opportunities, please contact the Senior Connections Program at 403.290.5756.
Program Coordinator at 403.290.5756
Email:Â sbasnet@ccisab.ca
We acknowledge Calgary and area as Treaty 7 territory. We acknowledge the Treaty 7 nations; the Piikani, Siksika, Kainai, Iyarhe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina First Nations. We acknowledge the ancestral territory of Siksikaitsitapi, the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the home of the Métis Nation of Alberta—Region 3. We are all treaty people.
In partnership, we empower immigrants and refugees to successfully settle and integrate in our communities.
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