Webinars
Training in the comfort of your own home by qualified RSTP trainers, SAH members, and settlement providers will contribute to your knowledge base of Canada's refugee sponsorship programs.
Attendance of several regularly featured RSTP webinars are required by each Core Team as outlined below:
The following 2 webinars are required by the Team Lead plus one other core team member:
- Introduction to Canada's Refugee sponsorship Programs
- The Road from Schedule 2 to "Welcome to Canada": Preparing for Visa Office Interviews
Required training by each Core Team member:
- Managing Expectations in the context of Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR)
- Supporting Settlement and Integration
- Preparing for Month 13
- Sponsorship Ethics - 5 minute video to watch during a Core Team meeting
- Power Imbalance - 3 minute audio to listen to during a Core Team meeting
You will find current available webinars and their registration links below. You may also explore the RSTP site itself here.
This is one of the webinars that is required training by our SAH. The Team Lead and one or two others from the Core Team must attend this webinar that is available monthly.
Date: TBD
Time: 3:00 - 4:30 PM EST
This webinar will cover:
- the history & launch of PSR program
- Program evolvement over the years
- PSR as part of global resettlement efforts
To register for this webinar, a link will be made available here.
Managing Expectations in the context of Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR)
This is one of the webinars that is required training by our SAH. Every member of the Core Team must attend this webinar that is available monthly.
Date: TBD
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
This RSTP webinar will provide information on how to manage expectations when sponsoring refugees and how to manage the expectations of the refugees being sponsored. Kindly note that case-specific questions cannot be answered during this webinar.
For registration, a link will be made available here.
This is one of the webinars that is required training by our SAH. Every member of the Core Team must attend this webinar (available monthly).
Date: TBD
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT
This webinar will cover:
- sponsors’ responsibilities
- connecting with settlement services for newcomers
- ethical considerations in sponsorship
- managing expectations
- power imbalance
- ethical considerations
To register for this webinar, a link will be made available here.
This is one of the webinars that is required training by our SAH. Every member of the Core Team must attend this webinar that is available monthly.
Date: TBD
Time: 1:00 - 2:30pm EDT
This webinar will cover:
- when should sponsors start preparing for the end of sponsorship
- what to consider when preparing newcomers for the post-sponsorship period
- services available for sponsored newcomers after the sponsorship period
- evaluating the sponsorship experience. and
- the post-sponsorship relationship
To register for this webinar, a link will be made available here.
This is one of the webinars that is required training by our SAH. The Team Lead must attend this webinar that is available monthly, and then communicate the applicable content to the refugee before the Visa Office interview.
Date: TBD
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST
The interview with the Canadian visa offices (VO) abroad is the stepping stone towards granting permanent residence status for your sponsored refugees and bringing them to safety in Canada.