Events

This class explores using light bands and alternative fitness styles like yoga and qi gong to engage in a low-impact body workout. It will increase your cardiovascular and muscular endurance.  Registration is required. To learn more and to register, please contact seniors@accessalliance.ca

Newcomers and other seniors share experiences and learn from each other while designing crafts, making jewelry, knitting, and painting pottery. To learn more and register, contact seniors@accessalliance.ca

Socialize and connect with fellow newcomer seniors while playing bingo. To learn more and register, contact seniors@accessalliance.ca

The program offers 2SLGBTQI+ newcomers who are eligible to work in Canada weekly employment-focused workshops, designed to: Improve essential life skills, networking, and job searching; Prepare for job or post-secondary education applications; Educate on workers' rights and workplace health and safety, addressing the precarious work conditions many have experienced; Enhance understanding of the Canadian labour […]

Nesting Grounds are weekly community arts workshops to support the mental well being of newcomer community members of all ages. It brings arts and mental health practice together to promote sustainable techniques for mental well being. Everyone is welcomed! To register, please click here.

This class goes through breathing exercises and promotes awareness of the body and mind. Tai Chi forms are used to warm-up the body and promote awareness of breath. Participants are guided through mindfulness meditation and full body stretches. To learn more and register, contact seniors@accessalliance.ca

 The program supports internationally educated researchers to connect with peers, connect with researchers and explore research opportunities to work at in Canada through biweekly virtual coffee chats and one yearly virtual conference with speakers talking about their work and research experience. Contact TalkToUs@accessalliance.ca for more information. https://immigrantresearchers.ning.com/home

This class goes through breathing exercises and promotes awareness of the body and mind. Tai Chi forms are used to warm-up the body and promote awareness of breath. Participants are guided through mindfulness meditation and full body stretches. To register and to learn more, contact seniors@accessalliance.ca

If you’re pregnant and want to learn all that there is to know about pregnancy, please join us each week at our drop-in CPNP Group.  Access Alliance Dietitians and Unison Health & Community Services cover all the topics you need to know to make your pregnancy as healthy as possible. All sessions take place over […]