employment
November 5, 2025
PIRS invites newcomers to upcoming Employment Circles – a comprehensive online workshop series designed to enhance job readiness and workplace confidence. 🗓 Dates: November 25 – December 26, […]
October 18, 2025
Registration is now open! This cohort is designed for Refugee Claimant clients with CLB levels 3 to 6 and provides language instruction focused on employability. Participants will […]
August 4, 2025
The Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA) offers a range of employment workshops to help newcomers gain the skills and confidence needed to succeed in the […]
July 28, 2025
The BC Refugee Hub Work Permit & Job Search Toolkit is a resource designed for frontline workers to better understand the work permit process and effectively […]
July 11, 2025
ISSofBC is hosting a free online Employment Info Session for refugee claimants and other newcomers who are looking to better understand the Canadian job market and […]
October 21, 2024
Sunrise Welcome Place is offering a free Employment Workshop on how to start a business in British Columbia on October 31, November 14, and November 28, […]
February 28, 2024
This webinar held on February 8th, 2024 and hosted by the BC Refugee Hub in collaboration with AMSSA’s BC Refugee Resource Network. The webinar introduced the […]
September 6, 2023
Join Options Community Resources for their Pre-Employment Series for Refugee Claimants. Sessions start from September 7th to September 21st. For registration and more information, contact Lesley […]
January 25, 2023
This webinar, hosted by ISSofBC’s BC Refugee Hub on January 24th, 2023, focuses on innovative employment programs for refugees and refugee claimants. Speakers share challenges, best […]
June 9, 2022
Under the leadership of co-chairs The Honourable Ratna Omidvar and Darrell Pinto, the Refugee Jobs Agenda Roundtable, jointly with more than 50 partners – including the […]
May 16, 2022
May 13, 2022—Ottawa, Ontario – The Government of Canada is working hard to resettle at least 40,000 Afghan nationals as quickly and safely as possible. Canada […]
February 8, 2022
One understudied area of adult education and lifelong learning is the role of media as educator and policy player. An article written by Michelle Stack and […]
February 4, 2022
Starting a new chapter in life in a new country is never easy.Check out this Frog Hollow Neighbourhood House poster below to see all the ways […]
December 7, 2021
Join this online workshop to learn how to apply for a Work Permit Extension by yourself in your online IRCC account. Learn how to: Create an […]
February 10, 2021
Join Mosaic for their online employment workshop for refugee claimants – February 17th! Workplace Culture and Integration: Starting Your New Job WHEN: Wednesday February 17th 10:30 […]
February 1, 2021
EVENT HAS PASSED Join speakers Sandra Elgersma (UNHCR Canada) and Dana Wagner (TalentLift) to learn more about Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Project (EMPP) . In June, […]
March 16, 2020
(Released March 19, 2020) Abstract: Canada welcomed over 830,000 refugees from the 1980s to 2000s. However, their economic outcomes, especially the variation among major refugee groups, have […]
September 11, 2019
NO LONGER AVAILABLE Groundswell is offering financial support in the form of bursaries for newcomers who are interested in social entrepreneurship to take the “Explore” course […]
January 8, 2019
IEC-BC Onboarding Refugees Toolkit (January 2017) The purpose of this Toolkit is to assist BC employers to more effectively recruit, hire, onboard and retain a diverse […]