Resettlement Services

Help for Resettled Refugees 

We are one of 38 Resettlement Assistance Program service provider organizations in Canada. This is a 6-week program to assist newly arrived Government-Assisted Refugees (GAR's) with their resettlement process destined to arrive in Lethbridge.

Program activities can include:

• Meet newcomers at the airport
• Provide temporary accommodation and later assist in finding permanent accommodation
• Provide basic orientation to life in Canada
• Introduction to new community
• Review the rights and obligations of financial assistance
• Links to government programs and community services

Resources

How Canada’s refugee system works
Resettle in Canada as a refugee

Contact: Savanna Prociw
Email: SWortley@lfsfamily.ca
Phone: 403-320-1589
Service Location: 1107 – 2 Ave. A  North, Lethbridge, AB
Office Hours:
8:30 AM—4:30 PM
Monday—Friday, Closed Statutory holidays
Cost: No fee for this service

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Located on the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy, Lethbridge Family Services is committed to honouring the land from a place of knowing. We honour the Niitsítapi as both the traditional and current Land Keepers of this area, and we welcome all First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people who call Blackfoot territory their home. Lethbridge is part of Treaty 7 Territory and is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.

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