Regina Immigrant Women Centre and Julia Hardy

winter survival skills: The group covered what to wear, how to check the weather forecast and emergency preparedness, according to CBC. RIWC Home Support Worker, Julia Hardy, ran the class. The Regina Immigrant Women Centre taught newcomers about what they'll need to survive the cold. She explained that winter survival skills are especially important for immigrant women physical and mental well-being. "Often the men are the ones who get out into the community, and who get jobs right away. She noted things that are common sense to Canadians are foreign concepts to immigrants. The women often become isolated," Hardy said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.