Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC)

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• BC Refugee Hub

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  Online resource hub assists and empowers both individuals and organizations in the refugee resettlement process.

  Online resource hub assists and empowers both individuals and organizations in the refugee resettlement process. Provides information and resources to support refugees and refugee claimants living in BC; includes publications and statistics on all refugee categories, training resources, toolkits, and information on community services.

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  • bcrefugeehub.ca

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  • Vancouver, BC

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• BC Services and Assistance for Humanitarian and Vulnerable Newcomers (BC SAF HAVN)

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  Provides free settlement, employment, language, housing, and counselling support to asylum seekers, refugee claimants, and other humanitarian newcomers who are not eligible for federal settlement programs but need wraparound support to settle into their new communities, practise their English, and find work and housing.

  Provides free settlement, employment, language, housing, and counselling support to asylum seekers, refugee claimants, and other humanitarian newcomers who are not eligible for federal settlement programs but need wraparound support to settle into their new communities, practise their English, and find work and housing. Refugee claimaints can access settlement and immigration information, orientation, and referrals; claims submission support, and assistance completing non-immigration forms; English-language assessment and formal language training; housing search and support; short-term non-clinical counselling; psycho-social trauma counselling; customized employment counselling, job skills support, labour market and workplace rights and responsibilities information, and short-term training (such as FoodSafe or first aid); legal navigation; and 2SLGBTQI+ support. Asylum seekers (who have not made a claim for protection like a refugee claimant) can access help with their initial integration into society, including settlement and immigration information, orientation, and referrals; claims submission process support, and assistance completing non-immigration forms; community connections and informal language practice; short-term non-clinical counselling. CUAET visa holders and other humanitarian newcomers can access psycho-social trauma counselling. Serves residents of Burnaby and Vancouver. Funded by Ministry of Municipal Affairs as a BC Services and Assistance for Humanitarian and Vulnerable Newcomers (BC SAF HAVN) program.

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  • issbc.org/our-programs-and-services/bc-safe-haven-program

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  • 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants - Vancouver

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  Helps unemployed and underemployed skilled immigrants find employment that uses their pre-arrival skills, experience, and education.

  Helps unemployed and underemployed skilled immigrants find employment that uses their pre-arrival skills, experience, and education. Eligibility criteria include permanent residency within the previous ten years or a protected person; a minimum of one year of work experience in construction, engineering or technology, or one year of work experience in a regulated occupation, or two years of pre-arrival experience in an unregulated occupation prior to coming to Canada. Individuals between the ages of 19 to 30 only required to have 1 year of pre-arrival experience in an unregulated occupation. Eligible applicants must have an intermediate to advanced level of English language proficiency, and must be unemployed or underemployed. Services include guidance on evaluating credentials and obtaining licences to work in BC, job search support, access to funding for additional skills training, work placement opportunities, and mentorship. Program offered in Vancouver and also online and at additional locations: Burnaby, New Westminster, and Prince George. Online info sessions offered from 12 noon to 1 pm every Tuesday. Vancouver office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. Funded by Government of Canada and British Columbia as a Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants program.
  

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  • www.issbc.org/our-services/career-paths-skilled-immigrants-regulated-unregulated

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  • 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Employment Services - Coquitlam (Lincoln)

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  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC.

  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC. Services include soft skills training, support to requalify for regulated professions, job search support, BC labour market information, interview preparation, and mentorship. Solid Start 360 offers individual career counselling, job search support, group workshops, referral to partner employers, and mentorship for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. B-Hired offers job search training for newcomers ages 16 to 29 who are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons with intermediate to advanced English language skills. Serves Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

  Website

  • issbc.org/programs-services/find-work

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  • 240A-3020 Lincoln Avenue
    Coquitlam, BC, V3B 6B4

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• Employment Services - Maple Ridge

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  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC.

  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC. Services include soft skills training, support to requalify for regulated professions, job search support, BC labour market information, interview preparation, and mentorship. Solid Start 360 offers individual career counselling, job search support, group workshops, referral to partner employers, and mentorship for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. B-Hired offers job search training for newcomers ages 16 to 29 who are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons with intermediate to advanced English language skills.

  Website

  • issbc.org/programs-services/find-work

  Address

  • 110-22638 119 Avenue
    Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 4L1

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• Employment Services - New Westminster

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  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC.

  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC. Services include soft skills training, support to requalify for regulated professions, job search support, BC labour market information, interview preparation, and mentorship. Solid Start 360 offers individual career counselling, job search support, group workshops, referral to partner employers, and mentorship for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. B-Hired offers job search training for newcomers ages 16 to 29 who are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons with intermediate to advanced English language skills. New Westminster office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

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  • issbc.org/programs-services/find-work

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  • 280-610 Sixth Street
    New Westminster, BC, V3L 3C2

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• Employment Services - Vancouver

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  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC.

  Offers employment services for newcomers looking for support to build a career in BC. Services include soft skills training, support to requalify for regulated professions, job search support, BC labour market information, interview preparation, and mentorship. Solid Start 360 offers individual career counselling, job search support, group workshops, referral to partner employers, and mentorship for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. B-Hired offers job search training for newcomers ages 16 to 29 who are Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons with intermediate to advanced English language skills. E-Connect for Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) offers online skills training, job search support, and communication and conflict management skills from a Canadian workplace culture lens, and serves all of BC; in-person support available at Vancouver office.

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  • issbc.org/programs-services/find-work

  Address

  • ISSofBC Welcome Centre, 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Global Talent Loans Program

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  Offers financial assistance and support for internationally trained professionals living in BC.

  Offers financial assistance and support for internationally trained professionals living in BC. Services include information about recredentialing for a specific occupation; career opportunities (within a field or alternative career), as well as access to a low-interest loan for credential recognition process and/or alternative career or training activities. Also provides job search workshops and individualized sessions, follow-up job search support, and connections to other bridging programs, resources, employers, and mentors. Eligibility requirements include being a Permanent Resident, Canadian citizen, or persons granted refugee status in Canada and legally entitled to work in Canada; having completed post-secondary education outside of Canada; and seeking to have foreign credentials recognized and/or interested in an alternative career and training activities. Serves BC. Funded in part by the Government of Canada's Foreign Credential Recognition Program.

  Website

  • www.issbc.org/our-services/global-talent-loans-program

  Address

  • 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• ISS Language and Career College (LCC) of BC

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  Offers beginner to advanced English language training, including International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) preparation, as well as classes on specialized topics such as pronunciation, grammar, writing, and academic English.

  Offers beginner to advanced English language training, including International English Language Testing System (IELTS) and Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) preparation, as well as classes on specialized topics such as pronunciation, grammar, writing, and academic English. Also offers vocational diplomas in business, tourism, and leadership, as well as a Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) certification program. Co-op programs enable students to work in their area of study. Classes are available during the day and evening, on a part-time or full-time basis. Tuition fees are charged. Office hours are 9 am to 7 pm Monday to Thursday, and 9 am to 4 pm Fridays.

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  • lcc.issbc.org

  Address

  • 601-333 Terminal Avenue
    Vancouver, BC, V6A 4C1

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• ISSofBC Welcome Centre - Surrey

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  Provides settlement services, employment services, skills training, language instruction, and social connection for newcomers (immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants) in Surrey.

  Provides settlement services, employment services, skills training, language instruction, and social connection for newcomers (immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants) in Surrey. Houses a primary health care clinic, listed independently. Administration hours are 9 am to 5 pm seven days per week.

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  • issbc.org/locations/surrey

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  • 301-10334 152A Street
    Surrey, BC, V3R 7P8

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• ISSofBC Welcome Centre - Vancouver

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  Provides supervised, temporary accommodation for government-assisted refugee families and singles.

  Provides supervised, temporary accommodation for government-assisted refugee families and singles. Houses classrooms for language learning, a newcomer youth drop-in and resource centre, employment services, a licensed preschool, and meeting spaces. Also houses services by other community agencies. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

  Website

  • issbc.org/welcome-centre

  Address

  • 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Immigrant Women Peer Support Program (IWPSP) - New Westminster

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  Provides practical and social support for newcomer women who are permanent residents, refugees/protected persons, or naturalized citizens.

  Provides practical and social support for newcomer women who are permanent residents, refugees/protected persons, or naturalized citizens. Peer Support Group is a 10-week drop-in program offering settlement support, cultural learning, and community connections. Leadership and Facilitation program is a 14-week leadership and facilitation training to develop community leadership skills and offers opportunity to facilitate Peer Support Group program; must be ages 24 and older for this program and have English language level of at least CLB 4. Support groups address settlement challenges and help women develop new skills, make new friends, and learn about life in Canada. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm.

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  • issbc.org/our-programs-service/newcomer-women-support

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  • 280-610 Sixth Street
    New Westminster, BC, V3L 3C2

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• Immigrant Women Peer Support Program (IWPSP) - Vancouver

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  Provides practical and social support for newcomer women who are permanent residents, refugees/protected persons, or naturalized citizens.

  Provides practical and social support for newcomer women who are permanent residents, refugees/protected persons, or naturalized citizens. Peer Support Group is a 10-week drop-in program offering settlement support, cultural learning, and community connections. Leadership and Facilitation program is a 14-week leadership and facilitation training to develop community leadership skills and offers opportunity to facilitate Peer Support Group program; must be ages 24 and older for this program and have English language level of at least CLB 4. Support groups address settlement challenges and help women develop new skills, make new friends, and learn about life in Canada. Office hours are 9 am to 5 pm.

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  • issbc.org/our-programs-service/newcomer-women-support

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  • ISSofBC Welcome Centre, 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) - Coquitlam (Lincoln)

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  Provides free English classes for adult immigrants and refugees to help them gain the language and knowledge to start their new lives and settle in Canada.

  Provides free English classes for adult immigrants and refugees to help them gain the language and knowledge to start their new lives and settle in Canada. Must be a Permanent Resident of Canada and age 17 years of age or older. The English Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) classes incorporate English learning with topics such as housing, banking, and Canada's political system and laws, as well as communication in real life and Canadian culture. Classes include regular computer lab access. This location also offers conversation practice with an English-speaking volunteer for a LINC student at CLB 3 or higher. Placement of new students is determined by testing, administered by Surrey Language Assessment Centre. Serves the Tri-cities (Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody). Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

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  • www.issbc.org/service-types/linc-language-instruction-for-newcomers-to-canada

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  • 136–3030 Lincoln Avenue
    Coquitlam, BC, V3B 6B4

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• Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) - Vancouver

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  Provides free English classes for adult immigrants and refugees to help them gain the language and knowledge to start their new lives and settle in Canada.

  Provides free English classes for adult immigrants and refugees to help them gain the language and knowledge to start their new lives and settle in Canada. Must be ages 17 or older. and a permanent resident, approved for permanent residence, or have confirmation of convention refugee status. Offers English classes for Canadian Language Benchmarks level 1 to 4 that incorporate English learning with topics such as housing, banking, and Canada's political system and laws, as well as communication in real life and Canadian culture. Classes are offered in person and online. Placement of new students is determined by testing, administered by Vancouver Language Assessment and Referral Centre. This location also offers a licensed preschool for LINC students with children from 30 months to five years of age. Fee for service English language classes also available. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).

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  • issbc.org/tools-resources/register-for-linc-classes

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  • ISSofBC Welcome Centre, 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Settlement Program - Burnaby

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  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons.

  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. Services include support to help individuals and families adjust to life in BC, help accessing government public services, such as medical care and schooling, information and referral to community resources, form completion assistance, and interpretation and translation services. Offers targeted programs for immigrants, refugees, seniors, women, and youth. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm.

  Website

  • issbc.org/programs-services/get-settled

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  • 7355 Canada Way
    Burnaby, BC, V3N 4Z6

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• Settlement Program - Coquitlam (Lincoln)

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  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons.

  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. Services include support to help individuals and families adjust to life in BC, help accessing government public services, such as medical care and schooling, information and referral to community resources, form completion assistance, and interpretation and translation services. Offers targeted programs for immigrants, refugees, seniors, women, and youth. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

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  • issbc.org/programs-services/get-settled

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  • 240A-3020 Lincoln Avenue
    Coquitlam, BC, V3B 6B4

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• Settlement Program - Maple Ridge

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  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons.

  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. Services include support to help individuals and families adjust to life in BC, help accessing government public services, such as medical care and schooling, information and referral to community resources, form completion assistance, and interpretation and translation services. Offers targeted programs for immigrants, refugees, seniors, women, and youth. Hours are 9 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday.

  Website

  • issbc.org/programs-services/get-settled

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  • 110-22638 119 Avenue
    Maple Ridge, BC, V2X 4L1

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• Settlement Program - New Westminster

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  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons.

  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. Services include support to help individuals and families adjust to life in BC, help accessing government public services, such as medical care and schooling, information and referral to community resources, form completion assistance, and interpretation and translation services. Offers targeted programs for immigrants, refugees, seniors, women, and youth. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

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  • issbc.org/programs-services/get-settled

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  • 280-610 Sixth Street
    New Westminster, BC, V3L 3C2

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• Settlement Program - Vancouver

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  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons.

  Provides settlement assistance for permanent residents, individuals selected to become permanent residents, and protected persons. Services include support to help individuals and families adjust to life in BC, help accessing government public services, such as medical care and schooling, information and referral to community resources, form completion assistance, and interpretation and translation services. Offers targeted programs for immigrants, refugees, seniors, women, and youth. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday.

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  • issbc.org/programs-services/get-settled

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  • ISSofBC Welcome Centre, 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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• Volunteer Connections Program

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  Newcomers to Canada have the opportunity to share their skills and learn new skills through volunteering.

  Newcomers to Canada have the opportunity to share their skills and learn new skills through volunteering. Local residents are invited to share their time, skills, and knowledge; gain new experiences and obtain references; build social and professional networks; participate in free workshops and field trips; and increase connection in the community. Volunteers will be asked to complete a criminal record check. Complete online form to express interest in the program. Serves Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, New Westminster, Richmond, Surrey, and Vancouver.

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  • issbc.org/join-us/volunteer

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  • 2610 Victoria Drive
    Vancouver, BC, V5N 4L2

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