Have you met Hamida? In February 2020, Hamida joined our PIRS family as a participant. In only five months, she quickly graduated from our LEAD, Building Bridges,…
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Finding Joy and Belonging In Community and Volunteering: Hamida’s Story -
Roqiya’s Story: Growing Confidence and Giving Back In Afghanistan, the recent return to power of the Taliban has affected and displaced millions of families, especially threatening important progress towards gender equality and women with unique…
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“Accepting Limitations, Growing Stronger”: Carolina’s Story Meet Carolina: Carolina first learned about PIRS when she saw an ad for our Women’s Leadership and Development program: “I was very excited to join, because I wanted to practice…
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Growing Confidence: Virginia’s Story Meet Virginia! Virginia joined our Community English Class with very few digital skills. When the pandemic began, Virginia’s husband bought her a tablet so she could…
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The Afghan Refugee Crisis Within BC’s Context With issues like the Afghan Refugee Crisis, there can be an overwhelming amount of information that also quickly loses steam. PIRS knows that you want to help, but might not…
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The Power of Community Fundraising: Coming Together to Support Afghan Women Raising funds to support Afghan women is a community wide effort! We are grateful to Old Crow Coffee and Elm…
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PIRS Selected as B.C.’s Council of the Federation (COF) Literacy Award 2021 Recipient Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 Pacific Immigrant Resources Society Selected as B.C.’s Council of the Federation (COF) Literacy Award 2021 Recipient Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS) was thrilled and honoured to…
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Help for Afghan Women PIRS is gravely concerned about the developing situation in Afghanistan where the Taliban is currently in control of two-thirds of the country. This is a devastating blow to…
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Building Bridges for Immigrant and Refugee Women with Disabilities [IMAGE: Building Bridges program participants, guests, PIRS board, and staff members at the online graduating conference event on May 23rd, 2021.] In 2020, we started a new…
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An Open Letter From Newcomer Women to Indigenous Peoples in Canada “Every Child Matters” designed by K’omoks/Kwakwaka’wakw First Nation artist Andy Everson We are a group of immigrant and newcomer women in Metro Vancouver. We came…
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