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Building Bridges is a program offered by PIRS that aims to provide immigrant women with the skills for their future career plans. Aliia shares her start at…

Building Bridges is a program offered by PIRS that aims to provide immigrant women with the skills for their future career plans. Beyond her long list of…

Building Bridges is a program offered by PIRS that aims to provide immigrant women with the skills for their future career plans. Here, Florina shares how she…

Our program staff, teachers, early childhood educators, home visitors, and outreach support workers go the extra mile for our participants. Join us and become part of a hard-working, compassionate and…

Join us on November 27th! We are inviting you to come by our office on Wednesday, November 27th between 5 and 9 PM. There will be small bites, drinks and…

At this year’s Annual General Meeting, we are honoured to welcome past, present and new Board members, staff and volunteers. This year, we shall meet on Monday, October 28th from…

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with PIRS. Please email our Volunteer Coordinator: Jugnoo Salahuddin, at jsalahuddin@pirs.bc.ca for information about our volunteering opportunities.

This fall, PIRS is excited to re-launch the Entry to Hospitality Careers for Women program in partnership with VCC. The fully-funded course equips women with the foodsafe and hospitality skills…

Is English your second or additional language? Are you working or looking for work? Want to improve your writing skills for the workplace? This is a workshop for you! Presented…

On Refugee Rights Day, (April 4th, 2017) PIRS released a position paper on barriers refugee women face in accessing language and employment programs. The paper urged government and…