The BC Refugee Hub provides users information about refugees that are arriving to British Columbia, the latest reports and publications, statistics and factsheets, and a resource centre with a variety of information.
To assist and empower individuals and refugee-serving organizations to help in the resettlement process, ISSofBC in partnership with the Province of British Columbia have created this online resource hub.
April 15, 2019
ISSofBC GAR Bulletins: Learn more about the thousands of Government Assisted Refugees ISSofBC has welcomed in over 45 years of serving newcomers to BC. Statistics on […]
April 10, 2019
ISSofBC is encouraging education for refugee youth and newcomers to Canada with nine bursaries of $1,000 each. Newcomers and refugee youth have until June 30, 2019 […]
April 8, 2019
MOSAIC will be holding a 4 days series of employment workshops for refugee claimants at Surrey Newcomers’ Centre. Dates: Tuesday April 16, Thursday April 18 time:10am-2pm […]
April 4, 2019
Refugee Rights Day is celebrated each year in Canada on April 4th. It is an opportunity to bring attention to the advances made in the protection of […]
April 2, 2019
Arrival Advisor is a free mobile app that helps refugees and immigrants in British Columbia find information and services to plan their settlement journey. Designed alongside […]
March 29, 2019
The Attorney-General, the Association of Legal Aid Lawyers and the Legal Services Society announced this morning an agreement to avert the withdrawal of legal aid services […]
Success Stories
February 23, 2019
ISSofBC and Vancity have reimagined what financial services mean by bringing banking to community. Vancity offers bank account starts and financial literacy to refugees and immigrants […]
May 16, 2018
This second video by the BC Refugee Hub spotlights successful refugee entrepreneurs residing in British Columbia. Tayybeh, which is the Arabic word for “delicious” and “kind,” […]
Events
April 8, 2019
MOSAIC will be holding a 4 days series of employment workshops for refugee claimants at Surrey Newcomers’ Centre. Dates: Tuesday April 16, Thursday April 18 time:10am-2pm […]
April 4, 2019
Refugee Rights Day is celebrated each year in Canada on April 4th. It is an opportunity to bring attention to the advances made in the protection of […]
March 20, 2019
Annual Resource Fair for Refugee Claimants on Saturday, April 6, 2019, at 11:30 am at the Guildford Recreation Centre. The event is in partnership between Options […]