Newcomer Employment Week builds networking skills
MOSAIC recently collaborated with the Tri-Cities Local Immigration Partnership and other immigrant serving organizations for this year’s Newcomer Employment Week.
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Canada is the Country Where Dreams Come True
Krishnaveni's choices were limited, and many of her aspirations were crushed, but she continued to believe strongly in women's empowerment and equality.
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Former Client Keeps Paying it Forward
A long-distance romance, and the need to find out if the relationship was the real deal, was a strong enough pull that Barbara quit her job, sold her possessions, and moved to Canada.
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Community Leaders with Refugee Background Share Stories of Welcome at Museum Without a Home, Victoria
MOSAIC is proud to have partnered with Oxfam Canada to present Museum Without a Home, Victoria. Held on November 15th, this event was part of an international, award-winning exhibition featuring real objects given to refugees in their new countries as symbols of friendship and solidarity.
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Equal Press holds media training workshop for women and gender-diverse experts
On September 27th, Equal Press hosted Shari Graydon of Informed Opinions for an exciting and intimate workshop on media engagement. The workshop was tailored specifically to women and gender-diverse experts in the fields of gender and gender-based violence (GBV) who want to increase their effectiveness in engaging with the media.
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MOSAIC Legal Advocacy Program celebrates 25 years!
For many years, MOSAIC has been the only non-profit organization in BC offering newcomers free support on many legal issues. The program provides information, summary advice, referrals and representation on immigration, poverty and family law matters to low-income immigrants and refugees.
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Aging: How Soon Is Then?
What does it mean to grow old as a transgender or gender-nonconforming person?
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Newcomer had lost confidence and hope
Huda didn’t expect it to be so challenging to break into the Canadian labour market. Her father’s words were weighing heavily on her and she felt guilty for being unemployed while her parents struggled financially.
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“A stable life” is the modest hope of resilient refugee newcomer
This is a story about perseverance and hard work; passion for success and giving everything to fight for a dream: this is the story of Anthony.
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