SWIS IN ACTION
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VCC Broadway Campus Tour: A Glimpse into Future Careers
Posted on October 30, 2024VCC Broadway Campus Tour: A Glimpse into Future Careers On Oct 25th, 33 eager high school students embarked on an enriching field trip to Vancouver Community College (VCC) Broadway […] -
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Field trip to Bloedel Conservatory & VanDusen Botanical Garden
Posted on October 29, 2024Field trip to Bloedel Conservatory & VanDusen Botanical Garden on Harvest Days On Oct. 12, 2024, Burnaby SWIS team brought more than 50 newcomer students and their […] -
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Computer Literacy Program 2024
Posted on February 29, 2024Digital Literacy Program for families was conducted for five consecutive Tuesdays, from January 30 to February 27th, 2024. The 10 female participants w were newcomers from Syria, Sudan, Iraq, […] -
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Computer Literacy Program
Posted on June 6, 2023This program was organized by the SWIS at Maywood Community School. Eight newcomers’ parents from Syria and Egypt attended this program every Tuesday on May 2,9,16, and 30, 2023 and they […] -
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Salmon Hatchery Field Trip Nov 2022
Posted on March 1, 2023Salmon Hatchery Field Trip -
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Lunar New Year Potluck
Posted on April 5, 2019The SWIS workers at Chaffey-Burke, Leila and Claire, organized a Lunar New Year Potluck on Fri, Feb 1st in the school. There were 20 immigrant parents participating in this event […] -
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Bloedel Conservatory
Posted on December 18, 2018On Saturday, December 8th, 2018, despite the rain and cold weather, we, Burnaby Settlement Workers in Schools, Claire, Kay, Monica and Selina led a multicultural group of 34 newly arrived […] -
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VanDusen Botanical Garden
Posted on October 31, 2018“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world” – John Muir (1838-1914) On September 29, 2018, Burnaby SWIS (Settlement […] -
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Kanaka Creek Regional Park in Maple Ridge
Posted on October 31, 2018On October 19, 2018, a Burnaby School District Pro-D day and a beautiful sunny day in the fall, Burnaby SWIS workers Monica, Claire and Selina brought a group of over […] -
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“Confident Parenting Workshop” at Chaffey-Burke Elementary
Posted on April 30, 2018This is a series of 6 –week parenting workshops in Chinese. Today , our topics are “How to teach sex or sexuality to our children?” and “Digital Parenting “. The […]