Contact a library settlement worker:

Eltag Elkhalifa (Arabic)
519 505 2538
Gaston Paredes (Spanish)
519 505 2497
Yoke Kennedy (Mandarin, Cantonese)
519 505 2542
Sherrie Thiessen
519 505 2643
Wasan Issa (Arabic, Kurdish)
519 505 2651
Fariba Kazemi Parsa (Dari, Farsi)
519 505 2516
Tea Buzadzic (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian)
519 505 4499

Library Settlement Program

New to Canada?

Your library has information for newcomers to canada. Visit the settlement worker in your local participating library to get information on:

Careers and Employment
Learning english or french
Housing for your family
Schools and education
Healthcare
The law
Immigration
And more...

Schedule

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Waterloo Public Library Main branch 35 Albert Street, Waterloo (View map)	10am-6pm Gaston	-	1pm-8pm Sherrie	-	10am-5:30pm Yoke	1:30pm-5:30pm Fariba
Waterloo Public Library McCormick Branch 500 Parkside Drive, Waterloo (View map)	-	11am-6pm Sherrie	-	1pm-8pm Yoke	11:30am-5:30pm Sherrie	10am-5:30pm Yoke
Kitchener Public Library Main branch 85 Queen St North, Kitchener (View map)	1pm-5pm Fariba 5pm-9pm Tea	1pm-9pm Gaston	10am-5pm Fariba	-	1:30pm-5:30pm Gaston	10am-4pm Gaston
Forest Heights Community Library 251 Fischer-Hallman Road, Kitchener (View map)	11:30am-8pm Eltag	9:30am-1:30pm Tea	5pm-8pm Gaston	1pm-5pm Fariba	2:30pm-5:30pm Wasan	9am-12:30pm Fariba
Grand River Library 175 Indian Road, Kitchener (View map)	-	11:30am-5pm Fariba	2pm-6pm Tea	-	1:30pm-5:30pm Tea	-

Project coordinator: Ana Luz Martinez. Tel: 519 745-2531 x130

This project was funded by the Government of Canada through

Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Hours of Operation:
Monday to Thursday
9am - 5pm
Friday
9am - 12pm
Closed Weekends & Statutory Holidays

102 King Street West Kitchener Ontario
Canada N2G 1A6

Tel: (519) 745-2531
Fax: (519) 745-5857

Interpreter Services
Tel: (519) 745-2593
*note: Interpreter services is often busy. Please leave name, number, language required and date service is required. Someone will call you back.