The Library Settlement Partnerships program, a three-way partnership between Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), settlement services providers and public libraries, has been introduced to 11 communities in Ontario.

The program, funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, helps newcomers to those communities to access information about housing, transportation and employment opportunities through their local public libraries.

The libraries, such as the ten participating ones in the Ottawa region, will provide information referral and other settlement services to immigrants.

In the Kitchener-Waterloo area, where there are five participating public libraries, a recent information session on Canadian citizenship was held. While adult newcomers were attending the session, special programming for their children was also held at the library.