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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Dear Sponsors,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">RSTP would like to invite all interested sponsors and settlement staff in the Cape Breton region to attend a RSTP Month 13 workshop taking place in Sydney, Nova Scotia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Date: <b>Friday, August 10, 2018</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Time: <b>9:30 am – 1:30 pm</b> (refreshments provided)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Location: New Dawn Centre for Innovation, 37 Nepean Street, second floor, Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1P 1J2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Description: <b>What to consider in helping newcomers prepare to be off-sponsorship</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:#002060">Ethical considerations of the sponsor’s role<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:#002060">Support during and beyond the sponsorship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="color:#002060">Support available to newcomers post-sponsorship<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">Please register by contacting RSTP Atlantic Trainer Laura Hambleton by email
<a href="mailto:lhambleton@rstp.ca"><span style="color:red">lhambleton@rstp.ca</span></a> or phone 902-406-8736.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#002060">Laura<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#006FC9">Laura Jill Hambleton,</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:gray"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#757B80">Atlantic
 Trainer | Refugee Sponsorship Training Program</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#757B80">Located at: Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#757B80">Suite 2120, 6960 Mumford Road, Halifax, NS, B3L 4P1</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:16.5pt;background:white"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#757B80">Tel: 902.406.8736
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#006FC9">|
</span></b><b><u><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue">lhambleton@rstp.ca</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#006FC9"> |  </span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#212121"><a href="http://www.rstp.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">www.rstp.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.rstp.ca/en/special-initiatives/blended-vor-program/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="623" height="207" style="width:6.4895in;height:2.1562in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D41F58.21483370" alt="sah bag final"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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