Canada’s immigration landscape is changing. Arrivals levels have been reduced, policies are shifting, and funding pressures ...

In a year of change, newcomers continued to build new lives, new connections, and new futures across B.C. — and ISSofBC was there to create pathways to possibility.

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Canada’s new Immigration Levels Plan (2026–2028) was released this week as part of the Budget 2025, with important changes and updates. IRCC also published its 2025 Annual Report to Parliament on ...

Welcome to Our Homelands – Multilingual Videos & Study Guides In 2020, ISSofBC launched Welcome to our Homelands, an engaging seven-minute video and study guide that targets newcomers and provides ...

“We don’t come to Canada simply looking for a safe harbour. We come ready to build, to serve, and to give back. I arrived in Canada with nothing but hope. Today, I have a career, a community, and ...

Current concerns about immigration in Canada often center on the negative impact newcomers have on housing affordability. Canada’s housing affordability crisis is often framed as a simple equation ...

Our offices are situated on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱w˙7mesh (Squamish), Səl Ìlwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Wauthuth), Qw’o:ntl’an (Kwantlen), q̓ ic̓əy̓ ...

International Women’s Month is a time to honour women whose courage and quiet leadership make our communities stronger. At ISSofBC, one of those women is Bushra, whose journey from a small town in ...

If you would like to receive services in French, these organizations can support you before and after you arrive in BC. Are you a newcomer, immigrant, refugee, temporary foreign worker or ...

The Vancouver Rise FC – Vancouver’s new women’s soccer team – is offering special tickets to newcomers to come and enjoy the excitement of a new league in the Swanguard Stadium in Burnaby. Vancouver ...

You can speak to our staff privately and confidentially about what you are experiencing so they can refer you to specialized services in BC. These services can give you: ...