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June 25, 2024

Entrepreneurship, building and new beginnings are only a few words that come to mind when thinking of the newcomer journey. And while no two newcomers’ stories are the same, resilience and hope have always been part of the story. A story that MAGMA is honoured to be part of.

Inspired by a welcoming community and guided by the principles of diversity and inclusion, MAGMA continues to be committed to supporting newcomers and setting them up for long-term and sustainable success.

Thank You to all those who took the time to attend the MAGMA Re-Envisioned: One Year Later event and to all our community partners in building stronger communities. Together, we continue to tell the story of a welcoming community that we are proud to call home.

Annual Humanitarian Award

MAGMA would like to congratulate the first re- cipients of the Annual Humanitarian Award which was celebrated at the MAGMA Re-Envisioned: One Year Later event; Marie-Claire Muirhead and Regine Lura.

Initiated by four past MAGMA board members; George Wybouw, Nicole Druckman, Mike Timani, and Jack Haller, the award celebrates two community volunteers every year and aims to highlight the importance of volunteer work in building more diverse, inclusive and equitable communities.

Passionate about multiculturalism and inclusion, they decided to create the award to honor and commemorate the great memory of Dr. Naren Srivastava and James (Skip) Talbot; two former Presidents of MAGMA Board of Directors and true believers in the power of diversity and humanitarian work which reflected in their decades-long volunteering and dedication towards a vibrant community.

The Annual Humanitarian Award 2024

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Angela MacMichael, MAGMA Language School Manager

MAGMA’s Language School is looking forward to welcoming back students for the Fall/Winter term! August 16th was our last day of the Spring/Summer term. Teachers held Student Conferences the week of August 19-23rd in which students get to sit down one on one with their teacher and receive action-oriented feedback on their language learning progress. Teachers highlight to students their strengths and areas for improvement. Additionally, teachers review student portfolio binders with their learners and recommend them for advancement to the next level if they have collected the necessary evidence or encourage them to continue with their learning into the new term by collecting more evidence over the coming months. This “evidence” is completion of Canadian Language Benchmark aligned real world tasks/assessments that show their ability to apply the language in a practical way.

Our Student Achievement Ceremony will be held on September 3rd and we can’t wait to congratulate all students for completing the term!

Thank you, Teachers, for all your hard work and dedication to your learners!

New Classes & Spaces

This fall we have 34 classes offered to newcomers to Can- ada (mornings, afternoons and evenings: in-person, blend- ed format or online) from Foundational Literacy to CLB 8. Included is the 4th cohort of our highly successful and in demand Childcare Assistant Training Program as well as the 2nd cohort of our Start Up classes (beginner and intermediate levels) for non-Permanent Resident clients. Additionally, we will continue to offer two levels of informal English Conversation Circles and the Francophone International Student Retention Program. Programs are funded by IRCC and the Government of NB.

Our newly renovated classrooms now located on the 3rd and 4th floors of 22 Church Street allow us to increase our student capacity numbers. In the past, class size was limited to 12-13 students per room; our new space allows for up to 20 students per room.

“Un grand merci à nos enseignants pour leur travail acharné et leur dévoue- ment envers leurs apprenants !

This makes room for us to offer classes to over 500 students from our previous 380 spaces. More space means less wait times for students to access language training to help newcomers achieve their goals. These new classrooms are large, brightly lit with natural light, and welcoming spaces. We also have a new IT Lab with 20 new computer stations for learners to work on computer skills and to work independently on their language learning. Teachers now have more private spaces to conduct language assessments in newly allocated resource rooms and a Teacher Resource Room Library to help them to access books, tools and materials for lesson preparation.

Language Teachers have been working on a team project of writing Teaching Standards. Small working groups have been formed and teachers have been collaborating on creating documents focused on desired teaching standards for each CLB level. Expected completion date is late September. Action plans have also been submitted by teachers that will be used over the new term in their coaching sessions with their PBLA Leads in our teaching practice of Portfolio Based Language Assessment implementation.

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Everyone’s Festival – A Vibrant Tomorrow.

Alison Frise, MAGMA Managing Director & MOSAÏQ Festival Chair of Entertainment

After almost a year of planning (yes we start planning within a month of the festival ending!), we are so excited to present MOSAÏQ Festival 2024 in a matter of days!

Each year, we aim to be innovative while keeping the traditional tried and true “what works” of MOSAÏQ Festival which is now in its 19th year. As the Greater Moncton area has grown and includes more and more diversity and multiculturalism, we are excited to make room for new partners, new performances and new food.

The biggest change this year is that we have opted to move the festival to a Saturday and Sunday event wherein prior years it has been held on Friday and Saturday. We recognize that MOSAÏQ Festival is really a draw for families to come out together, participate in our Family Zone activities, watch some live music and dance, as well as enjoy food from all over the world.

Our kickoff this year is the Parade of Nations on Saturday morning in Downtown Moncton. We are so grateful for the participation of our local ethnocultural associations and community partners, as they show up in full force to proudly represent their cultural pride through traditional dress, music and dance- all along Moncton Main Street to Riverfront park.

Our concert event will be Saturday evening and we couldn’t be more excited to welcome Sophie Lukacs, Wolf Castle and the Olympic Symphonium as well as our headliners Halifax and South Africa’s Neon Dreams. Without purposefully knowing it at the time, a theme has emerged in this year’s lineup, which apart from being diverse musically- showcases a positivity, ingenuity and drive that I hope inspires and brings joy to our MOSAÏQ audience. (please visit our playlist on Spotify to find your MOSAÏQ Festival 2024 groove)

“The combination of community, diversity and fun along the Riverfront is truly something special and we can’t wait to welcome you to MOSAÏQ Festival 2024!

Also, new to the Saturday lineup, we are really excited to collaborate with United Colours of Fashion -UCOF as they present their Fall Festival 2024 in Moncton at the festival. The theme is “Threads of Unity ; Weaving stories Through Stitches, which will showcase the rich tapestry of cultures, stories and fashion – that make up our community!

Our MAGMA tent this year will host a Human Library in collaboration with the Moncton Public Library. The unique activity offers the opportunity for anyone to “read” a human book who would share their success story. This gives everyone a chance to get to know one another and to understand the background stories of how immigrants have arrived and settled in New Brunswick.

Additionally, the tent will be welcoming Blacklantic’s Clinton and Hilary on site doing a live podcast and covering MOSAÏQ Festival 2024 performances and events. Please follow them on Instagram @blacklantic as they work to amplify Back East Coast voices through podcasts, playlists and other mixed media innovation!

Throughout the weekend there will be MOSAÏQ ethnocultural village, which is both educational an entrepreneurial, with items for sale from all over the world. And of course, food vendors! Anthony Bourdain has been quoted “I think food, culture, people and landscape are all absolutely inseparable” and I think we agree. A really simple way to experience another culture, is to try their food.

I could write about MOSAÏQ Festival at length, but I absolutely encourage you to come out and experience it for yourself and invite your friends and neighbors. As always, performances and Family Fun Zone activities are free and open to everyone!

The combination of community, diversity and fun along the Riverfront is truly something special and we can’t wait to welcome you to MOSAÏQ Festival 2024!

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