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 Settlement services assist immigrants, refugees and other eligible clients with immediate needs for settling in Canada or with ongoing integration into Canadian society. In British Columbia, settlement support has traditionally been provided to new immigrants by community-based service agencies funded through the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Immigrant Integration Branch. Recognizing that schools are one of the first services with which newcomer families connect in the community and that the number of new school-age
immigrants to BC, particularly those with no English language skills, has increased in recent years, the Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development, Immigrant Integration Branch and the Ministry of Education established the British Columbia Settlement Workers in Schools Initiatives.
British Columbia Settlement Workers in Schools (BCSWIS) Initiative is currently delivered in twenty-one school districts in BC. The primary focus of the school-based settlement service is to assist parents and their children with first years settlement needs through a systematic outreach to all new arrivals, needs assessment and action planning, orientation and information on school and community, referrals and assistance to access other community services and resources.
This program is made possible through funding from the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia
In Partnership with: Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development,
Immigration and Welcome BC Branch
and Minstry of Education
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by School District No. 38 (Richmond) or its employees.
This page is updated and maintained by the SWIS of the Richmond School District. Contact 604-668-6596.
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