Community
Participating in your community is great way to connect with new people for friendship and networking. When you register with the Immigrant Settlement & Integration Program, you will have the chance to get involved in many different activities that take place in your local community.
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A Visit to Richmond Public Library – More than Just Books!
What services did you expect to have from the library, except for borrowing books? Our newcomers would love to share...
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Outdoor Adventure Trip Planning 101
Making sure to plan before any trip will help you feel confident and comfortable spending time in nature!
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Releaf Tree Planting
“Releaf Tree Planting” organized by the City of Surrey’s Parks and Recreation department
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Family Literacy Program’s Summer Fun Activities
The Family Literacy Program enjoyed some summer fun activities in person after 16 months of online Zoom sessions!
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Port Coquitlam Christmas Tree Scavenger Hunt
Imagine celebrating Christmas and the holiday season by looking for beautifully decorated Christmas trees which were placed all over the city!
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Christmas Carol with Cutie Circle
What a wonderful experience to enjoy the Christmas spirit by singing Christmas Carols in the public library with the locals. Cutie Circle is ...
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CP Holiday Train
Ho-Ho-Ho! The CP Holiday Train is coming to town. The lit-up CP Holiday Train once again brought the holiday spirit to ...
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2019 Holiday Literacy Wrap-up
What happens when you mix caregivers with children, red, white and green paper strips, a whole variety of food from many cultures and a 2nd birthday cake for good measure?
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BCIT Aerospace Campus Adventure
The BCIT Aerospace Campus is filled with equipment that teaches students all about aircraft….
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Burnaby Village Museum
On Sunday September 22nd 2019, a group of Tigrinya-speaking refugees were welcomed into the Burnaby Village Museum whose staff were super excited ...
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Watershed Tour
As newcomers living in Metro Vancouver, have you ever wondered where your water comes from, or if the drinking water is reliable?
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Science World Fun!
Science World Fun! Science World is an exciting, family friendly place. Families enjoyed ...
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Burnaby Village Museum Tour
A Burnaby Village Museum tour was truly an amazing experience for newcomers. On a pleasant summer day, a group of ...
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Surrey’s Fusion Festival
Surrey’s popular Fusion Festival took place for its 12th year during the weekend of July 20th & 21st, 2019. It is a large 2-day community event which took place this year ...
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Port of Vancouver Field Trip
Everything we use, eat, buy and see on a daily basis comes from somewhere. Some things are made locally but ...
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Richmond RCMP
There are many awesome reasons to live in the City of Richmond - one of which is knowing ...
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Visit the Bridge Festival at Ambleside Park, West Vancouver
The Bridge Festival was held at Ambleside Park.
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Surrey Doors Open
Since we had a great time at Open Doors last year, Family Literacy Program staff decided to introduce more clients to this child-friendly family event at the...
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Surrey RCMP Open House
Surrey RCMP had an open house on May 11th, 2019 for the public to explore police vehicles, including an Air One ...
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Park Play Palooza
On June 22, 2019 from 11am-2pm a group of Arabic speaking participants celebrated the start of summer with Park Play Palooza the annual kick-off event for kids ...
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Walk With Your Doc 2019
Clients were very eager and excited to participate in this year’s Walk With Your Doc event which took place at Bear Creek Park on May 8th, 2019. Twenty three clients (including children) participated in ...
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Telus World of Science Field Trip
Ecstatic and eager to explore a new space, a new environment where we could learn outside of ...
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Vaisakhi Day Parade 2019
Vaisakhi is one of the biggest events for the Sikh community all over the world as it celebrates the birth of Sikhism. This year in Surrey, it was ...
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Music at Féstival du Bois
Le Féstival du Bois au parc Mackin est organisé par la Société francophone de Maillardville. Le féstival est le plus grand féstival francophone ...
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Sampling Delicious Food at Féstival du Bois
La nourriture a toujours été un point de rassemble les gens. Au Canada, les aliments traditionnels canadiens-français ...
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LINC 7 & 8 Visit to the Richmond Art Gallery
Explore! Experience! Engage! Kathy Tycholis, Education and Public Programs Coordinator at the Richmond Art Gallery, made sure we did all the 3-Es ...
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Happy Halloween!
As has been the tradition for many years, Surrey ISIP’s Childminders celebrated Halloween on October 31st by touring the LINC classes in costume.
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Evergreen Cultural Centre 2
It was the first time for us newcomers to watch a live play in Canada. Some of us from Korea felt particularly proud,
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Coquitlam Kaleidoscope Arts Festival
There were lots of hands-on activities, crafts, and interactive performances which kept us engaged with the arts aspect to the festival.
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Port Moody Car-Free Day
On this day when pedestrians could walk on the road normally reserved for vehicle traffic, we were inspired
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Port Moody Station Museum
We had so much fun reading descriptions on display and viewing the 1921 rail car which still looks spotless! The Trench Walk was a very memorable part of the event reminding us not to take peace for granted.
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Watershed Tour
We had so much fun visiting the watershed while learning where our water comes from and how the watershed protects and restores salmon habitats. The tour will definitely help to promote a more conscientious use of water.
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Port Coquitlam Public Works Open House
We went to the Port Coquitlam Public Works Open House. They had an insider’s look at the Public Works services, from water to waste,
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Pie in the Plaza
On Saturday September 8th, a group of twenty eight Arabic-speaking refugees attended the Agriculture Week at Central City Plaza
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A visit to the Queens park petting zoo
The Petting Farm has been a unique and rare New Westminster city attraction since it first opened in 1906.
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Deer Lake Park Nature Tour
A group of Mandarin-speaking newcomers enjoyed a wonderful day on a nature tour in which they learned
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CBC story
As the third-largest production facility in Canada, CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Vancouver has been a vibrant part of the Greater Vancouver since 1936.
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Settlement Services Fair
During the first week of classes in September, LINC students from both Surrey Service Centre locations were invited to attend
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We Live Here - Fleetwood Festival
The S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Surrey-Delta Service Centre joined the 20th Annual Fleetwood Festival which was held on Saturday,
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Lynn Canyon Park
As part of the We Live Here program, a group of Arabic- speaking newcomers enjoyed a fun-filled trip to Lynn Valley Suspension Bridge.
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We Live Here - Surrey Doors Open Events
On a sunny Saturday in June, a group of enthusiastic Family Literacy Program participants enjoyed a day out participating in Open House activities at the Surrey Operations Centre
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Burnaby Fire Department and the Burnaby Village Museum
On August 16, 2018, a group of Arabic-speaking newcomers went on a tour to meet members of the Burnaby Fire Department and also
