Immigration Working Group

Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency

Call for Volunteer Members

The Immigration Working Group will consult with Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency (ADEDA) staff and board, in a volunteer capacity, to support ADEDA’s role in immigrant attraction, retention, integration and settlement navigation to the Annapolis Digby region.  The group will be comprised of 2-3 volunteer members with a 1 year (renewable) term.

Immigrants who are interested in serving on this group are invited to submit a Letter of Interest to the Settlement Navigator at ADEDA by 4:30pm, Friday, December 16, 2011.

A Selection Committee of the ADEDA Board will choose members of the Immigration Working Group based on a review process and selection criteria*.

Immigration Working Group Volunteer Members will have:

• completed the immigration process and be settled in the Annapolis Digby region;
• demonstrated knowledge of, and links to, local communities;
• willingness to share their immigration experiences with others;
• demonstrated experience as a paid or volunteer member of another similar working group;
• knowledge of the socio-economic characteristics of this region;
• ability to attend meetings on a quarterly basis.

*The Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency will actively manage and encourage diversity and inclusion within this group.

Please send Letter of Interest to:

Settlement Navigator

Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency

86 Atlantic Avenue, PO Box 271, Cornwallis, NS  B0S 1H0

Tel: (902) 638-3490

Fax: (902) 638-8106

E-mail: adeda@annapolisdigby.com

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