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Happy Lunar New Year 2022! Wishing everyone abundance, health, and happiness in this lunar new year.

Join us for an Employer Roundtable on February 17 to unpack workforce shortages in the COVID-19 economic recovery context, and the successes and barriers faced by employers in the North Shore to recruiting and hiring recent immigrant employees. Learn more: https://impactnorthshore.ca/our-works/employers-roundtable/

To honour the victims of the attack on the Grand Mosque in 2017, we invite you to join elected officials, Muslim leaders, community members, and allies in building community resilience and ending Islamophobia in B.C. & Canada, offered by Foundation for a Path Forward. Facebook Live Link: https://fb.me/e/1fKwgrfU5

The month of May is dedicated to celebrating the contributions of Canadians from over 30 Asian and South Asian countries. Asian Heritage Month is an opportunity for all Canadians to learn more about the many achievements and contributions of Canadians of Asian descent who, throughout our history, have done so much to make Canada the amazing country we share today. Through a virtual panel conversation, Department of UBC Asian Studies in collaboration with Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (explorASIAN) would like to explore the significance of Asian Heritage Month to Asian-Canadians today living in the Greater Vancouver area. Thursday, May 6th, 2021 | 5 pm To register, please complete the form here: https://asia.ubc.ca//exploring-asian-heritage-in-vancouv/

BC Youth Week is a provincial celebration of youth held annually during the first week of May. It is a week of fun filled interaction and a celebration intended to build a strong connection between youth and their communities. This event is intended to highlight the interests, accomplishments, and diversity of youth across the province. Click https://www.bcyouthweek.com/ to view the events in your area.

Would you like to learn how, when and why you should get the Covid-19 vaccine, in your language? Take your questions to the Fraser Health ethnic Town Halls: 1. Urdu Thursday, April 29 | 3:30 - 4:30 pm 2. Somali Thursday, May 6 | 3:30 - 4:30 pm 3. Tigrinya Monday, May 10 | 3:30 - 4:30 pm... 4. Karen (SE Asian language) Monday, May 17 | 3:30 - 4:30 pm 5. Farsi Monday, May 31 | 3:30 4:30 pm Click on www.fraserhealth.ca/vaccinetownhalls for more to come . Also, find Fraser Health translated resources here: https://www.fraserhealth.ca//coronav/translated-resources See more

May 2021 marks the 70th annual CMHA Mental Health week (CMHA National / ACSM National). This year the focus is on how naming, expressing, and dealing with our emotions - the ones we like and the ones we don’t- is important for our mental health. We say we’re fine, even when the truth can be very different. Every time we just go through the motions, we miss out on the chance to connect for real. In times of crisis like this, we need each other more than ever. Visit www.mentalhealthweek.ca for info and tools to #GetReal and help spread the word CMHA Mental Health Week.

Join us along with the Centre for Diversity and Innovation for a virtual evening of art and connection. Local performers and artists will reflect on the challenges and opportunities for transformation during COVID-19 in our communities. Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RYP3gXTeR9-Pwz3tYofjyg... Visit the CDI website for more information: https://thecdi.ca//an-evening-of-art-exploring-resilience/

Join us for an opportunity to learn about and discuss what it means to have a decolonial approach rooted in wellness, kindness, and decolonial learning. We are honoured to welcome Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee, Swxwú7mesh, as the host of this virtual community conversation. Spaces are limited and priority will be given to Indigenous and racialized migrant women, two-spirit, non-binary, and genderqueer folks in our community. If you are part of these communities, please indicat...e this in your registration. Wednesday, November 25, 11:00am - 12:30pm Online through Zoom Please indicate your interest in attending on Eventbrite: https://decolonization-dialogue.eventbrite.com

An exciting opportunity has been offered by Griffin Art Projects! Go pick up a free kids art kit (includes stickers, colored pencils, markers and more). Complete your card with an awesome drawing or story, stick it in the pre-addressed envelope, and mail it back. It will be delivered to a local community centre to bring cheer and comfort to someone in need! The Snail Mail kits are also brought to you in conjunction with Now Bulletin: Artworks, Letters and Printed Matter fro...m the Garry Neill Kennedy Collection 1968 2019. Available at: 1174 Welch Street, North Vancouver, on Saturdays from 12 - 5 pm until December 12th. Find out more here: http://griffinartprojects.ca/even/2020/snail-mail-art-kits/

From an NSIIP member: "Through NSIIP, our library became more aware of the needs for language learning in our community. We have since partnered on a much higher level with the North Shore Multicultural Society to offer more learning opportunities to a broader audience." Through collaboration with our partners, we work towards an inclusive North Shore where everyone has a sense of belonging. We support projects and lead initiatives that aim to ensure all immigrants have opportunities to fully participate economically, socially, and civically in our North Shore communities.

Your time is precious, as are the spaces and facilities you need to deliver on your mission. Please consider sharing your experience by taking the SPACE for COMMUNITY Survey! The challenge to find, maintain, share or develop affordable space won’t change without your story. The results from this survey will help us to understand the real estate challenges affecting the not-for-profit and social purpose sector in North Vancouver. The survey explores issues of affordability, su...itability, the security of tenure and long-term sustainability of space for social purpose organizations, as well as barriers to accessing space and opportunities to improve the situation going forward. Complete the Survey now and be entered to win the final set of two Survey iPads. Deadline October 29! The survey will take 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Speed the process with your facility information in hand. Complete and share the SPACE for COMMUNITY Survey! Thank you for participating!

Some literacy organizations are working towards reopening their offices. Here are some new WorkSafeBC resources - published by Decoda Literacy Solutions - that offer visual guidance in multiple languages to support with returning to in-person service delivery.