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Settlement services assist immigrants, refugees and other eligible clients with immediate needs for settling in Canada or with ongoing integration into Canadian society. In British Columbia, settlement support has traditionally been provided to new immigrants by community-based service agencies funded through the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Immigrant Integration Branch. Recognizing that schools are one of the first services with which newcomer families connect in the community and that the
number of new school-age immigrants to BC, particularly those with no English language skills, has increased in recent years, the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Immigrant Integration Branch and the Ministry of Education established the British Columbia Settlement Workers in Schools Initiatives.
British Columbia Settlement Workers in Schools (BCSWIS) Initiative is currently delivered in twenty-one school districts in BC. The primary focus of the school-based settlement service is to assist parents and their children with first years settlement needs through a systematic outreach to all new arrivals, needs assessment and action planning, orientation and information on school and community, referrals and assistance to access other community services and resources.
This program is made possible through funding from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia in Partnership with: Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Immigration and Welcome BC Branch and Minstry of Education.
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Exceptional People persuasively argues that migrants throughout history have generated great material, social and intellectual wealth. They fuel innovation. They connect markets with their far-flung networks. They spread knowledge and add to social diversity. If, over a period of 25 years, between 2005 and 2025, borders around the world were thrown open, gains would run “as high as $39 trillion for the world economy,” the book says.
New Immigrants
The City has developed several initiatives to help new immigrants successfully settle in Richmond. For example:
Come in and play games that will help you learn your school subjects in a fun way!
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Parent Resources - Multilingual
[ http://www.welcomehere.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=673 ][Image:Screen shot 2012-02-23 at 1.17.15 PM.png] [ http://www.welcomehere.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=673 ] Multilingual Parent Resource Sheets Originally publis
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Newcomer Guide
NEWCOMERS' GUIDE If you recently arrived in B.C., this guide has information that can help you. It is written in clear and simple language. The Newcomer's Guide is available in the following languages: [Image:83111_105818_0.png]
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Cedar Program
The new CEDAR [Canadian Education and Re-integration] Program has been established to help New-to-Canada students who are having trouble adjusting to life in a new school, country and culture. The goals of the program are to help these students re-connect
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