It’s official, since June 2019 we formally registered as the Fresh Voices…
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READ MORE10 years after arriving in Canada, immigrants still face poverty rates twice as high as Canadian-born people. It takes 20 years for the poverty rates of immigrants to equalize with the poverty rates of persons born in Canada.
Extract of an article by Jenny Uechi for the National Observer on…
Featured / News More DetailsFor the last five years, Fresh Voices has grown significantly as a…
Featured / News More DetailsDespite the challenges faced by refugees and new immigrants, which include language…
Featured / News More DetailsOn December 5, 2016, over 200 young immigrants, refugees, and adult allies…
Featured / News More DetailsThis Op-Ed by Vancouver Foundation President Kevin McCort appeared in the Vancouver Sun…
Featured / News More DetailsCanada’s immigration minister laced up his sneakers and worked up a sweat…
Featured / News More DetailsOn November 17, Jorge Salazar, Manager of Fresh Voices, spoke to Global…
Featured / News More DetailsOn Monday, June 19th, over 200 immigrant and refugee youth gathered at…
Featured / News More DetailsIt’s official, since June 2019 we formally registered as the Fresh Voices…
Featured / News More DetailsOn May 18th, nearly 200 people filled Vancity Theatre for My Mother’s Home…
Featured / News More DetailsOn June 22nd, Fresh Voices joined Sense of Place host Minelle Mahtani and producer…
Featured / News More DetailsDeadline Extended to November 18 The Fresh Voices Awards recognize the inspiration…
Featured / News More DetailsThe Syrian Youth Refugee Consultation was held September 17 in partnership with the…
Featured / News More DetailsFresh Voices is an initiative of Vancouver Foundation. We are a group…
Featured / News More DetailsA campaign to honour the hard work of international students and new…
Featured / News More DetailsFresh Voices is hosting our third speaker series on December 8th, 2017….
Featured / events More DetailsThe Syrian Youth Refugee Consultation was held September 17 in partnership with the…
Featured / News More DetailsAt a program run out of Cougar Creek Elementary School in Surrey, kids are…
Featured / News More DetailsEleven municipalities across Canada are working on extending voting rights to permanent residents. Let’s make Vancouver first.
Featured / campaign More DetailsThe day after the 2017 Fresh Voices Awards, we stopped by Roundhouse…
Featured / News More DetailsTaking place on Monday, June 19th, the 2017 Fresh Voices Awards will recognize…
Featured / News More DetailsFresh Voice’s ‘My Mother’s Home’ film celebrating migration, motherhood, and diversity is…
Featured / events More DetailsAs B.C. schools and communities prepare to accept approximately 1,000 young refugees…
Featured / News More DetailsFresh Voices Program Manager Alejandra Lopez Bravo and Youth Advisory Team member…
Featured / News More DetailsOver 200 youth from across British Columbia attended the Fresh Voices Forum…
Featured / News More DetailsAs the Fresh Voices initiative evolves, the Youth Advisory Team (YAT) and…
Featured / News More DetailsWhen a high school student in B.C. learns a new language, they get credit towards their graduation. Unless they’re a migrant student learning English.
Fresh Voices is campaigning to change the way the education system in British Columbia treats newcomer youth learning English. Ten percent of high school students in British Columbia are currently enrolled in English Language Learning (ELL) courses. All students are learning English, it’s just those in ELL that aren’t getting graduation credit.
On Tuesday, June 6th, Fresh Voices YAT members Ela, Ashvan, and Fadia…
Featured / News More DetailsWith 2019 already underway at full speed, the Fresh Voices team is…
Featured / News More DetailsIt’s Fresh Voices Awards week, and our Youth Advisory Team and adult…
Featured / News More DetailsIn B.C, the top ten languages spoken at home are English, Punjabi, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Tagalog (Philipino), Spanish, Vietnamese and Farsi.