Immigrant Integration, Staff, Stories
Perfect Strangers In her homeland of Colombia, Claudia was a lawyer with a busy career and family life. Everything changed when she immigrated to Canada with her husband and young son in 2009. Unable to speak English and without her family and friends, she found...
Immigrant Integration, Stories
In less than two years, Hevin has made great strides. From a young refugee starting school in a new country and a new language to a dedicated student receiving a major Award of Excellence at her Abbotsford secondary school, she’s risen above the challenges life has...
Events, Immigrant Integration, News
On June 19th, over 200 English Language students attended the first annual Celebration of Learning awards ceremony at the Matsqui Auditorium. The adult students are a part of our Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) and Access2English programs. The LINC...
Funding, Immigrant Integration, News, Youth
The provincial government has granted us $75,000 to help South Asian female youth who are at high risk of becoming involved in criminal activity or those who are currently involved in youth crime or gang activity. This initiative will help us to help local South Asian...
Events, Immigrant Integration, News
On Friday, we held our sixth annual Ladies’ Night, bringing together more than 200 immigrant and refugee women for a celebration in honor of International Women’s Day. “Our clients look forward to this event all year,” said Community Connections coordinator Andrea...
Events, Immigrant Integration, News
Visit the Cultural Diversity Awards website to submit a nomination and find out more about the next awards night on March 14th, 2019. The 15th Annual Fraser Valley Cultural Diversity Awards were held on Friday, March 2, 2018 at the Quality Hotel & Conference...
