Food Skills for Immigrant and Refugee Women

Women learning and teaching how to cook

Overview

Food Skills for Immigrant and Refugee Women is a food and cooking program. We welcome newcomer women who are curious to learn more about local food in Canada. Join us to try new recipes and experiment with new local foods, while also learning nutritional knowledge and budgeting skills. In the spring, we visit a local farm and community garden!

Why join

Food Skills for Immigrant and Refugee Women program is designed to help you:

  • Learn and improve cooking skills on a budget
  • Try new healthy and delicious recipes 
  • Understand nutritional information of different foods and stay healthy

Program offers:

  • Bus tickets
  • Childcare for children ages 18 months – 5 years

Who it’s for

This program is best suited for immigrant and refugee women who are interested in learning new cooking skills using local foods.

The program has no immigration status restrictions and is open to women with any status (for example, temporary visitor, refugee claimant, permanent resident, citizen).

How to apply

For questions, please contact us by using one of these ways:

Contact

Email: osw@pirs.bc.ca

Phone: 604-298-5888

Or use the form below.

We are experiencing a high number of inquiries at the moment. Please allow 10-14 business days to receive a response. Thank you for your patience!

Food Skills for Immigrant and Refugee Women Inquiry Form

Apply: Program (osw@pirs.bc.ca)