Events
AMSSA and its member agencies and stakeholders organize public community events, workshops for newcomers to Canada as well as professional development training, workshops, seminars and conferences for (re)settlement, language training diversity and inclusion sector employees.
Community events and workshops which are continuous are listed below the calendar. Click here to view Ongoing Community Events
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Webinar #3: Operation Ukrainian Safe Haven: Innovative Practices – LIPs, Community and Smaller Centres | Opération havre de paix pour les Ukrainiens : pratiques innovantes – PLIs, communauté et petits centres
March 30 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Settling Newcomer Ukrainian Families – Innovative Practices Webinars
As part of the Government of Canada’s response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada introduced new immigration streams for Ukrainians who want to come to Canada temporarily or permanently.
From January 18 to February 13, 2023, Operation Ukrainian Safe Haven administered a questionnaire nationally for submissions to understand the projects and initiatives that organizations and stakeholders undertook to welcome displaced Ukrainians to Canada and share their learnings and innovative practices. 69 organizations and stakeholders provided submissions highlighting their projects and initiatives nationally. The results of this consultation on innovative practices is accessible on the website of the operation at https://ukrainesafehaven.ca/innovative-practices. The projects requested focus on three theme areas:
- Housing
- Employment
- Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs), Community Building & Smaller Centres
We would like to invite you a series of webinars to hear from a select number of organizations who have participated in welcoming and settling newcomer Ukrainian Families nationally. Each webinar will focus on a theme area and organizations will share about their project, the outcomes and key learnings and we will have time for a Q&A session with our speakers.
March 30, 2023
11:00 am – 12:30 pm PST / 2:00 – 3:30 pm EST
Speakers:
- Kids Help Phone
- Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR)
- Punjabi Community Health Services
Register in advance for this webinar:
https://amssa-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_34j25OZAT4qCyoCIEy2MuA
If you have any questions, please contact Bahar Taheri at btaheri@cissa-acsei.org
Établissement des familles ukrainiennes nouvellement arrivées — Webinaires sur les pratiques innovantes
Dans le cadre de la réponse du gouvernement du Canada à l’invasion à grande échelle de l’Ukraine par la Russie, Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada a introduit de nouveaux volets d’immigration pour les Ukrainiens qui veulent venir au Canada de façon temporaire ou permanente.
Du 18 janvier au 13 février 2023, l’Opération havre de paix pour les Ukrainiens a envoyé et géré un questionnaire à l’échelle nationale, afin de comprendre les projets et les initiatives que ces organisations et intervenants ont entrepris pour accueillir les Ukrainiens déplacés au Canada et de faire circuler les leçons apprises et pratiques innovantes. En tout, 69 organisations et intervenants ont fourni des soumissions faisant valoir leurs projets et leurs initiatives. Le résultat de cette consultation sur les pratiques innovantes est accessible en anglais sur le site web de l’opération à l’adresse : https://ukrainesafehaven.ca/innovative-practices, la version francaise sera mise à jour dans les jours qui viennent. Les projets demandés portent sur trois domaines thématiques :
- Le logement
- L’emploi
- Les Partenariats locaux d’immigration (PLI), développement communautaire et petits centres.
Nous aimerions vous inviter à une série de webinaires pour écouter un nombre choisi d’organisations qui ont participé à l’accueil et à l’établissement de familles ukrainiennes nouvellement arrivées au niveau national. Chaque webinaire sera axé sur un thème particulier et les organisations parleront de leur projet, des résultats et des leçons importantes à retenir. Nous aurons du temps pour une période de questions avec nos intervenants.
Webinaire no 3 : Opération havre de paix pour les Ukrainiens : pratiques innovantes — PLI, développement communautaire et petits centres | Operation Ukrainian Safe Haven: Innovative Practices – LIPs, Community and Smaller Centres
30 mars 2023
11 h 00 – 12 h 30 HNP / 14 h 00 – 15 h 30 HNE
Intervenant.e.s :
- Ligne téléphonique Jeunesse, J’écoute
- Vancouver Island Counselling Centre for Immigrants and Refugees (VICCIR)
- Punjabi Community Health Services
Veuillez vous inscrire d’avance à ce webinaire :
https://amssa-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_34j25OZAT4qCyoCIEy2MuA
Si vous avez des questions, veuillez les adresser à Bahar Taheri, à btaheri@cissa-acsei.org
Ongoing Community Events/Programs
YWCA Afghan Women’s Employment
YWCA Metro Vancouver
January 2022 – Ongoing Intake
YWCA Single Mothers’ Support Groups
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
September 2022 onwards
REACH PROGRAM
Douglas College
Youth Employment Support Service (YES²) Program
Progressive Intercultural Community Services
Job Search & Personal Development Workshops For Newcomers With Disabilities
Progressive Intercultural Community Services
Employment Support for Youth Newcomers
Progressive Intercultural Community Services
H.E.A.L Employment Program
DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
E-Connect for Temporary Foreign Workers in BC
ISSofBC
S.A.H.A.R.A Program
DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
LEADS Program
WorkBC Vancouver Midtown
12 Steps Addiction Recovery
Muslim Food Bank and Community Services
Thursdays- Online
Women Self-Defense
Muslim Food Bank and Community Services
Fridays 9:30 – 11:30 am
Addiction & Mental Health Recovery
Muslim Food Bank and Community Services
Sundays 7:30 pm
ASPIRE Toastmasters Club
Muslim Food Bank and Community Services
Tuesdays 7 pm
Daily Food Distribution
Muslim Food Bank and Community Services
Everyday 5:30 pm
Saturday Youth Leadership Program
Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House
Saturdays 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm