Invitation to Register: World Refugee Day (LIVESTREAM)
Event: Understanding the Barriers to Employment for Female Refugees with Physical Disabilities
May 21, 2019
World Refugee Day 2019
June 16, 2019
JOIN OUR LIVESTREAM SESSION!
Building Welcoming and Inclusive Communities for Refugees
Join us for a special announcement on new initiatives to support refugees and other newcomers in BC and across Canada
SPEAKERS:
(Confirmed to date)
Jill Schnarr – Vice-President, Corporate Citizenship & Communications, TELUS
- TELUS Connecting for Good program to help bridge the digital divides for Refugees and ‘Welcome to Canada’ supports for all new Canadians
Jan O’Brien – Board Chair, Vancity
- Private Sponsorship of Refugees Initiative
Jim Tallman – Board President, ISSofBC
Ahmad Danny Ramada – Award-Winning Syrian-Canadian Author, Public Speaker and LGBTQ-refugee Activist
Munifa Ahmad – Refugee advocate and Founder of SmartMeat App
LIVESTREAM DETAILS
Date: Thursday June 20, 2019
Time: 9:30am – 10:30am PST
We will send you the direct link to the livestream on June 19, 2019
