Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS) is a non-profit, community based organization that has been providing services for immigrant women and their young children in Vancouver since 1975.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Women, British Columbia
This booklet contains useful information for people who need help with immigration and/or social assistance. Its explains what to do if the person who sponsored you to come to Canada is unwilling or...
Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Info (PLEI), British Columbia
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia (AMSSA) is a coalition of over 80 organizations providing multicultural programs and immigrant settlement services...
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia
NOII is a movement of refugees, immigrants and allies that organizes various campaigns for regularization and for justice and self-determination for immigrants, refugees, and indigenous people.
Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia
Direct Action Against Refugee Exploitation is a group of women in Vancouver who formed in 1999 to support the rights of the 90 Fujianese women detained by Immigration Canada after they arrived by...
Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia
The website for ISSBC, a not-for-profit charitable organization that provides settlement, community, English-language, training and employment services to immigrants, refugees and foreign students in...
Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia
More than 50 Filipino migrant workers recruited to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program have filed a $10 million class action suit against Denny’s restaurants in British Columbia...
Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
An article in the Globe and Mail says that poverty is growing in the suburbs of Vancouver especially for newcomers and people of colour.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Poverty Research, British Columbia
Vivre en Colombie-Britannique est un site destiné à vous fournir les informations et les services dont vous avez besoin pour venir et vous installer en Colombie-Britannique. La Colombie-Britannique...
Emploi, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Logement, réfugiés, Unemployment, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
The YWCA is seeing a growing number of mothers without legal status, many of whom have fled their relationships because of abuse. While trying to rebuild their lives and still adapting to a new...
Children and Youth, Family, family law, family law, Immigrants and Refugees, immigration law, immigration law, immigration status, immigration status, Legal Info (PLEI), mothers, mothers, non-status, non-status, service providers, service providers, sponsorship, sponsorship, Women, British Columbia
Policy Note is a blog written by staff of the BC office of the Centre for Policy Alternatives. They post progressive commentary and offer solutions on issues in BC ranging from human rights, poverty...
economy, Government Policy, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, public policy, social policy, Unemployment, Women, British Columbia
MOSAIC's Multilingolegal.ca is an online multilingual legal resource, developed in 2003, aims to provide comprehensive and critical legal information in Arabic, Chinese (simplified and traditional),...
Arabic, chinese, French, Immigrants and Refugees, Korean, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal publications, newcomers, Punjabi, settlement workers, Spanish, British Columbia
This site provides free legal information, education, and resources for newcomers to Canada and the settlement workers and others who work with them.
Immigrants and Refugees, legal information, newcomers, settlement workers, British Columbia
Inland Refugee Society (IRS) is a non-profit , non-governmental agency dedicated specifically to assisting families and individuals seeking refugee protection in Canada.
emergency housing, food bank, Immigrants and Refugees, refugee claimant services, British Columbia
IM-POWER-ED is a one-year project that aims to assist all groups of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in orienting, educating and empowering themselves via access to public legal education and...
Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, temporary foreign workers, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
The Justice Education Society has programs and resources aimed at making the justice system more accessible. There are resources, online learning tools, self-help tools and other hands-on educational...
Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Immigrants and Refugees, legal education, legal education, Legal Research, self help tools, British Columbia
The BC Ministry of Health has a directory with information listings for aboriginal women, immigrants, and victims of violence.
Aboriginal and First Nations, Health, Immigrants and Refugees, Violence, Women, women's services, British Columbia
Clicklaw is a website aimed at enhancing access to justice in British Columbia. It features legal information and education, but it is not a site of laws. Instead, Clicklaw features legal information...
Aboriginal and First Nations, abuse, Children and Youth, court, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, family law, family violence, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal problems, Legal Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Welfare, wills, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
An updated version of Immigration Law, which is part of MOSAIC's Public Legal Education Project for Newcomers (that 1st came out in 2004).
Revised November 2008
Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia, All of Canada
MOSAIC's guide A Guide to Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications (H&C) for refugee claimants in Canada. Note that other languages are available on the MultiLingoLegal website.
Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, British Columbia, All of Canada
