In the Summer of 2019, the MOSAIC board and management team commenced the process of developing a new strategic plan to guide our focus and direction for the new five years.
You can find the strategic plan here: Strategic Plan 2020-2025 (PDF)
This article presents the processes and outcomes of a demonstration project that used community action research to learn about the mental health needs of immigrant and refugees (IR) populations in the City of Vancouver. In collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health’s Bridge Clinic, MOSAIC engaged service users and frontline workers in action research in order to learn about IR barriers to access mainstream mental health services, and their cultural models of care. Funded by the City of Vancouver’s Social Innovation Project Grant, the project targeted Chinese, Filipino and South Asian immigrants, as they comprise the largest immigrant populations in the City of Vancouver. The primary goal of the project was to discover common cultural practices among these three ethnic populations in Vancouver to inform the development of more accessible and culturally appropriate mental health services.
- Suggestions for Service Delivery Summary (August 2015)
- Suggestions for Service Delivery (August 2015)
The FLA replaced the Family Relations Act (FRA) on March 18, 2013. It outlines your rights and responsibilities. You can use the FLA to help you make arrangements for the future care of your children, support payments, and division of family property and family debt.
Information about international student’s rights while staying in Canada:
Community services are increasingly delivered through joint initiatives between community agencies, funders and public institutions such as schools or colleges. There are many, many examples where collaboration, formal or informal, has resulted in enormous benefits to the community.
1) The Collaboration Roundtable development:
- Phase I: Report on the First Step – June 1999
- Phase II: Outreach to Small Organizations – October 1999
- Phase III: Building and Sustaining Effective Partnerships – April 2000
2) Tools for Building and Sustaining Partnerships, prepared by the Collaboration Roundtable
Submissions and studies related to community capacity, employment and immigration issues.
- The Role and Value of Short-term Paid or Unpaid Work Placements for Immigrant and Refugee Youth – September 2014
- The Immigrant Lens: A Framework for Emerging Best Practices – March 2014
- Welcoming Communities Collaborative Model for Vancouver: Suggestions for a “Blueprint” – February 2014
- Welcoming Spaces Report – January 2014, in collaboration with staff from Family Services of Greater Vancouver
- Inclusive Workplaces Report – January 2014, MOSAIC was responsible for ‘Consultation’ and ‘Assessment’
- A Guide to Developing Effective, Culturally Inclusive Volunteer Programs – 2008
- Promoting Wellness: An Action Research to Strengthen and Sustain Welcoming Communities for Immigrants and Refugees – March 2006
- Submission re Family Reunification Issues – April 2005
- Submission re A New Citizenship Act – April 2005
- Open-Solicitation Process Fails to Meet Community Needs – March 2005
- Community Space Needs Study – April 2003
- Diverse Cultures, Responsive Policing: a Policy Framework – April 2003
- Inventory of Community Meeting Spaces – April 2003
- MOSAIC Bill C-18 Submission – February 2003
- Public Hearing: Settlement and Integration – February 2003
- A Framework for Services for the Filipino Community in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia – July 2000
- A Framework for Services for the Korean Community in the Lower Mainland Region of British Columbia – July 2000
- Prized Knowledges – A Study of Family Support and Family Counselling – December 1999
Submissions and studies related to poverty, housing and services.
- Return Migrant or Diaspora: An Exploratory Study of New Generation Chinese-Canadian Youth Working in Hong Kong – September 2012
- Double Jeopardy: An Exploratory Study of Youth from Immigrant Families Entering the Job Market – 2012
- Are Social Workers ready to work with newcomers? by Sherman Chan – March 2011
- Cultural Divide – A neighbourhood study of immigrant rental housing in Vancouver – 2008
- The Profile of Absolute and Relative Homelessness – May 2005
- A Survey on the Extent of Substandard Housing Problems Faced by Immigrants and Refugees in the Lower Mainlad – April 2002
- Unfulfilled Expectations, Missed Opportunities: Poverty among Immigrants and Refugees in British Columbia – October 1998
- Poverty Forum at People’s Summit on APEC – November 1997
Solutions for Access (Full Report and Executive Summary): A report on the access to licensure in regulated professions for internationally trained professionals in British Columbia.
These fact sheets provide information about several debt and consumer law topics including: unethical immigration consultants, bogus schools and diplomas, credit card debts, sponsorship debts and travel loan for convention refugees. The information in these fact sheets is useful for persons who are planning to immigrate to Canada or who are newcomers to Canada. These fact sheets also provide a list of useful resources. Funding for these fact sheets was provided by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.
- Bogus Schools and Diplomas – English
- Bogus Schools and Diplomas – عربي (Arabic)
- Bogus Schools and Diplomas – فارسی (Persian)
- Bogus Schools and Diplomas – Việt Ngữ (Vietnamese)
- Credit Card Debt – English
- Credit Card Debt – عربي (Arabic)
- Credit Card Debt – فارسی (Persian)
- Credit Card Debt – Việt Ngữ (Vietnamese)
- Sponsorship Debt – English
- Sponsorship Debt – عربي (Arabic)
- Sponsorship Debt – فارسی (Persian)
- Sponsorship Debt – Việt Ngữ (Vietnamese)
- Unethical Immigration Consultants – English
- Unethical Immigration Consultants – عربي (Arabic)
- Unethical Immigration Consultants – فارسی (Persian)
- Unethical Immigration Consultants – Việt Ngữ (Vietnamese)
- Travel Loan Debt for Convention Refugees – English
- Travel Loan Debt for Convention Refugees – عربي (Arabic)
- Travel Loan Debt for Convention Refugees – فارسی (Persian)
- Travel Loan Debt for Convention Refugees – Việt Ngữ (Vietnamese)