Service
Self-Employment for Newcomers
Provided by YMCA BC - Lower Mainland Region
25 other services offered by this agency.
Self-Employment for Newcomers
A free in-person, 10-week training program for immigrants and other newcomers age 19 and older to become a small business owner. Participants will learn about business plan development and Canadian business practices through one-on-one coaching and group workshops as well as learn about digital literacy and receive ESL (English as a Second Language) support. Registrants must have permanent resident status, be a convention refugee, or in Canada under CUAET (Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel), have been living in Canada for less than five years, and be un- or under-employed. Serves Metro Vancouver. Funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
Website
Contact
- Program Assistant (cell): 604-767-8099
- Robert Lee YMCA: 604-689-9622
- Email: YGV-SEForNewcomers@bc.ymca.ca
Address
- Vancouver, BC
Mailing Address
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Robert Lee YMCA, 955 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y2