Employer talk reveals hiring secrets to over 100 job seekers
November 30, 2016
Over one hundred job seekers attended the Employer Talk and Hiring Event to learn secrets to getting hired and how...
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Over one hundred job seekers attended the Employer Talk and Hiring Event to learn secrets to getting hired and how...
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Through the eyes of ISSofBC’s Mohammed Alsaleh, Welcome to Canada highlights the front-line work of ISSofBC staff and the lives of refugee...
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Close to 200 ISSofBC clients looking to further their education met with an array of representatives from public and private...
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Newcomers had a chance to sit in the mayor’s chair Wednesday and learn the ins and outs of the City...
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Close to 60 Arabic speaking Syrian youth gathered together for an inaugural consultation September 17 to share their experiences of...
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ISSofBC held its first Annual General Meeting (AGM) in the Welcome Centre Thursday awarding a record number of four newcomer...
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ISSofBC welcomed the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge along with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau as part...
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ISSofBC has opened a new site near Metrotown providing Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) classes in addition to...
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It is graduation day in the Tri-Cities for over 50 immigrant and refugee kids who completed a six-week ISSofBC summer...
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ISSofBC cut the ribbon at Welcome Centre with an open house celebration including live performances, an exhibit, children’s theatre, tours,...
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Tri-Cities held the 5th annual LINC Picnic in Celebration of Canada Day at Blue Mountain Park in Coquitlam with more...
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Over 130 refugee job seekers connected to potential employers Tuesday during ISSofBC’s 2nd Learn and Hire event at the Vancouver...
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Athletes running in the BMO Vancouver Marathon May 1 were well hydrated during the 42.2 kilometre race thanks to a...
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ISSofBC’s CEO Patricia Woroch attended the Correctional Service Canada’s National Ethnolocultural Advisory Committee (NEAC) meeting Ottawa in March to discuss...
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ISSofBC staff share experiences working with newcomers in a student led documentary “Nation of Immigrants: Welcoming Canada’s Newest.” Five grade...
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Vancity’s Catherine Ludgate (centre) presented the cheque at ISSofBC Drake Street to a group of Syrian refugee women participating in...
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Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship John McCallum (4th from left) and ISSofBC CEO Patricia Woroch (3rd from left), with...
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Over 200 jobseekers attended the ISSofBC Hiring Fair Tuesday, connecting with employers from various industries such as IT/Telecommunications, Healthcare, Customer...
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Learn more about the communities they are resettling in Metro Vancouver and BC in our Refugee Readiness Fund Newsletter. We...
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the #WearYourButton photo contest! Check out the winning selfie from ISSofBC LINC staff...
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