A Christmas for Every Child

This initiative aims to bring the magic of the holiday season to newly arrived families in Calgary.

You can make a real difference in a child’s life:

🤝 Sponsor a child: $50 for a personalized gift
🎁 Sponsor a family: $100 for a Christmas basket
💫 Flexible contribution: Every amount is valuable and helps make this season special for our families.

Christmas Together: Ornaments and Celebration!

The Portail de l’Immigrant Association (PIA) invites you to a fun workshop where you can create your own decorations and learn how to harmonize colors and styles for the festive season.

English Conversation Circles

The Portail de l’Immigrant Association (PIA), in collaboration with the Further Education Society, invites you to join our English Conversation Circles starting November 6, 2025.

Intercultural Parenting Workshops

How do parenting styles differ around the world? What impact do various international parenting practices have on children’s development?
If questions like these interest you, join this series of workshops offered by PIA in collaboration with CIWA.

Tutoring is back to support young learners in their academic journey!

Through personalized guidance, students will be able to strengthen their knowledge, develop effective study strategies, and gain confidence to succeed at school.

When: From October 20 to December 8, 2025 — on Tuesdays and Fridays or Saturdays.

Who: This program is open to students from Grades 1 to 12 attending schools within the Conseil scolaire FrancoSud.

Register your children today and offer them academic support in French!

The extracurricular program is back!

Registration for extracurricular activities is now open. This year, the activities will take place:
— on Tuesdays at École de la Source,
— on Wednesdays at École Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys and École Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix,
— on Thursdays at École de la Mosaïque.

Don’t wait — register your child now so they can learn while having fun!

Mentoring Program “Allies for Success”

The Immigrant Association Portal (PIA) invites students from École de la Rose Sauvage to participate in the mentoring program “Allies for Success”, which aims to support their school and social integration through personalized guidance and tailored support to help them thrive and succeed.

New program: Intercultural Pairing!

We are looking for mentors for our intercultural pairing program!
If you are interested in becoming a mentor and sharing your experience with a newcomer, sign up now!

Radio-Canada Workshops

Led by Radio-Canada experts, this workshop offers young participants an immersive experience in the world of audiovisual production. They will have the opportunity to experience journalism firsthand, develop new skills, and discover what happens behind the scenes in the media industry.
Date: Saturday, October 18, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: PIA offices: 830, 840 7 Ave SW

Clinique juridique

The PIA organizes and offers you the first legal consultation free of charge every 2nd Tuesday of the month by the Alberta Center for Legal Information and every last Thursday of the month by the lawyer Maître Christelle Malongue, Barrister & Solicitor.

Counseling service

PIA offers professional counseling services (specialized advice) to individuals: adults and young people.

Calgary Francophone Youth Center (MJFC)

Are your teens enrolled in the PIA Youth Program?
Our program provides a multicultural place to gather, help, support, mentor and coach Calgary youth.
We offer a range of creative and educational activities where teens can explore, discover or develop their natural talent according to their interests.
As a bonus, this space allows young people to create new friendships!

The Immigrant Association Portal (PIA)

• is a francophone organization located in Western Canada
  offers a range of programs and services for Francophone and Francophile newcomers
  collaborates with various entities to offer services tailored to customer needs

  ALL MEMBERSHIP FOR BETTER INTEGRATION

You are a Francophone woman who has recently arrived in Calgary and/or its surroundings and who wants

rencontrer d’autres femmes
participer aux activités récréatives et éducatives en français

You are a parent who wants

inscrire ses enfants dans une école francophone
voir ses enfants participer aux activités en français (parascolaire, tutorat, camp d’été…)

You are a young person who wishes

• discover a privileged space for meeting and conviviality
  meet other young people to discuss in French
  set up projects between young people