The Settlement Agency Award was introduced in 2018 to recognize the amazing work immigrant settlement agencies are doing to help newcomers integrate and succeed in Canada. This year, too, they invited nominations from across the country and the nominated agencies were posted for an online voting process. 

Hundreds of nominations were received, from which 75 finalists were shortlisted by a diverse judging panel of past winners. The 25 winners were chosen based on a combination of nationwide online voting and judge’s scores.

The COVID-19 crisis has shown the world that we are all interconnected despite race, culture or country of origin. During these challenging times, these prestigious national awards remain a symbol for diversity, resilience and the importance of coming together as Canadians. With the inclusion of this year’s 25 winners, a total of 300 newcomers have been honoured for their incredible contributions and achievements in Canada.

“What an amazing year for the awards! We’ve had a record number of votes cast totalling more than 72,000 — which is a true testament to the important contributions immigrants make to this great nation of ours, and the need for us all to celebrate positive stories in these challenging times,” says Sanjay Agnihotri, Director, Canadian Immigrant magazine.

About Kanwar Dhanjal

CEO/President – Just Instrumentation Inc.

Moved to Canada in 2007 and started Just Instruments Inc. in 2008. Successfully running the company in the sector of instrumentation in Canada and has been achieving growth every year. An entrepreneur and a highly experienced technocrat from India with vast experience in the field of industrial instrumentation and automation, providing full service of sales, repairs, calibration & automation solution for process control instrumentation. Providing a state of the art control and automation solutions with honesty, integrity and creativity.

The program was supported by title sponsor Royal Bank of Canada.