Premier award honours ISSofBC for refugee resettlement efforts
January 5, 2018
ISSofBC is honoured to share the 2017 Premier’s Innovation and Excellence Award with the BC Ministry of Jobs, Trade and...
Read MoreRefugees enjoy quintessential Canadian culture, skating in Vancouver’s Rogers Arena
December 29, 2017
Roughly 40 ISSofBC refugee clients were introduced to Canada’s favourite pastime, as they hopped over the visitor’s bench to skate...
Read MoreWomen’s support program celebrates graduation of new community leaders
December 16, 2017
Immigrant Women’s Peer Support Program (IWPSP) celebrated the Facilitation and Leadership Training graduation of 23 women from 14 different countries...
Read MoreLearning in Action in Tri-Cities wraps up
December 7, 2017
ISSofBC students and volunteers in the Tri-Cities shared their favourite outings and time spent with their partners during Tuesday evening’s...
Read MoreUN Ambassadors get first-hand look at ISSofBC Welcome Centre
November 14, 2017
United Nations Ambassadors from 11 countries including Canadian Ambassador Marc‐André Blanchard visited ISSofBC Welcome Centre this morning to learn about...
Read MoreLINC student and survivor of Hiroshima tells her story in Squamish
October 25, 2017
One-time ISSofBC LINC student Sachi Rummel recounted her personal experience of surviving the Hiroshima atomic bomb and delivered a message...
Read MoreStart2Sew graduates guaranteed employment at premier clothing and sporting goods company
October 18, 2017
ISSofBC celebrated the first graduation ceremony of the Start2Sew training and employment program which included employment offers for graduates at...
Read MoreIRCC Minister visits Welcome Centre to announce changes to Citizenship Act
October 17, 2017
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Ahmed Hussen announced new requirements to obtaining Canadian Citizenship allowing for more flexibility to...
Read MoreISSofBC Welcome Centre receives 2017 AMSSA diversity award
October 5, 2017
ISSofBC Welcome Centre was selected by AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC) to receive this year’s...
Read MoreSeven bursaries awarded in 2017 AGM
September 28, 2017
Seven bursaries were awarded to ISSofBC clients at the September 21st Annual General Meeting held at the ISSofBC Welcome Centre....
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