Provides a range of free services to newcomers (including immigrants, refugees, and refugee claimants) intended to help them learn about, settle, and integrate into their new community. Settlement services include peer support, accompaniment and home visits, i...

Offers recreation activities, services, and resources for youth ages nine to 24. Youth Drop-In provides a fun, safe, and social environment where youth can relax, learn, develop skills, make positive social connections, have access to community resources and b...

Provides free legal representation and advice to low-income refugee claimants, immigrants, and people without legal status. Among other services, it will take on complex and/or time sensitive refugee claims, appeals and cases of systemic importance. Priority i...

Connects permanent residents, temporary foreign workers, immigrants, refugee, and refugee claimant job seekers with services that meet both their employment and settlement needs. Provides information about BC's job market, guidance and support on settlement-re...

Provides training for immigrant and refugee youth ages 14 to 24 to become peer facilitators and community leaders. Trains youth to deliver youth-driven support services at partnering host organizations (such as schools, community centres, and neighbourhood hou...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in Vancouver who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, Ukrainians who have arrived in Vancouver through the CU...

Offers a nine-month pre-employment program for immigrant, refugee claimant, or naturalized women who are interested in the tech field. Provides eight weeks of classes and five to 10 weeks of part-time coding and design classes, including introduction to web de...

Provides services to refugees, and to displaced Ukrainians under Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET), who have experienced trauma as a result of torture, political violence, or other traumatic event. Provides trauma-focused one-on-one and...

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...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers who are not eligible to receive services from federally funded programs. Program serves refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nominees who are n...

Aims to help newcomers succeed in Canada. Helps immigrants and refugees from diverse ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds by providing educational, social, emotional, economic, and other support services. Services include information and referral, settlement ...

Provides culturally sensitive services to adult immigrant and refugee women who have experienced or are at risk of abuse, violence, or threats. Services include information and referral, advocacy, peer/lay counselling, court accompaniment, and form completion ...

Provides public access to books and other materials, free computer and internet access, print (25 cents per page), scan (free), and fax services, and programs for infants, children, teens, and adults. Programs include virtual computer literacy classes, English...

Free summer day camp for recently arrived refugee children ages six to 12. Program includes English language practice in the morning and sports, games, arts, and crafts in the afternoon. Aims to help children gain the language skills and other tools they need ...

Provides training to refugee women with intermediate level English who are interested in entering the early childhood education field. Participants develop their English skills, and gain child care training with a trauma-informed approach, FoodSafe and first a...

Provides workshops in digital literacy for low literate adults and newcomers. Training addresses digital skill development for employment, privacy literacy, critical literacy for social media, and digital media for parents. Trained volunteers provide internet ...

Distributes weekly healthy food hampers and care packages to families with children living in a low-income bracket or on social assistance; service available by direct delivery or pick-up at food hub locations in Burnaby (Journey Home, 10:30 am to 1 pm Thursda...

Provides early childhood development and family-focused settlement support for refugee children up to age six and their caregivers. Through home-based visits, supports refugee parents to have fun with their children, learn about their development, and access o...

Home-based parenting support program provides newcomer immigrant and refugee parents/caregivers of children ages birth to six with support and information about parenting in a Canadian context, including access to resources and services. Play-based early child...

Supports the social and economic integration of newcomers in North Vancouver and West Vancouver, including refugee claimants, temporary foreign workers, post-secondary international students, provincial nominees who are not yet permanent residents, and recentl...

Volunteers ages 19 and up share their knowledge and experience of living on the North Shore by providing information about local resources, services and programs to new immigrants through a variety of group activities. Volunteers must be a North Shore resident...

Offers free, government-sponsored Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) for newcomers to Canada, age 17 or older, who are approved for permanent residence. Classes ranging from literacy to advanced level are available mornings, afternoons, or eve...

Settlement workers provide new immigrants with information about living in Canada to help them become comfortable in their own community. Meets with newcomers individually and in workshop settings in North Vancouver and West Vancouver; sessions are held throug...

Provides settlement services for immigrant and refugee students in North Vancouver and West Vancouver attending Kindergarten to Grade 12, and their families. Helps students and families adjust and integrate into community, home, and schools. Services include s...

Youth settlement programs assist immigrant youth with specific information and orientation needs for their age group, ages eight to 12, and 13 to 18. Through Settlement Workshops, utilizing games, art, and other activities, youth are able to express their uniq...