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Victoria

Immigrant and Refugee Centre

Building a Welcoming and Prosperous Community

VIRCS: Empowering Newcomers in Victoria

As a leading organization in the Greater Victoria Region, the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre Society, is dedicated to supporting immigrants and refugees. Our comprehensive settlement, integration and anti-racism services are designed to help newcomers integrate, thrive and build a successful future in Canada. Through our diverse programs, we empower individuals and families to navigate their new lives with confidence and hope.

VIRCS is an antiracist, decolonial, settlement and integration agency on the traditional territory of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. 

 

We are proud to support more than 4,000 immigrants, refugees, new Canadian citizens, and visible minorities each year through our programs and services in settlement, anti-racism, employment, training and empowerment.

We offer our services with a committed, caring and

passionate staff and enthusiastic volunteers.

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Newcomer Wraparound Support Program

Family travel to the beach

BC Newcomer Services Program

Women Laughing on Beach

Newcomer Women’s Project

Kids Dancing

Enable Child and Youth Program

doing work together

Pathways to Professions, Trades, and Entrepreneurship

Harvesting Vegetables

Welcome Gardens

Students in Cafeteria

ESL

Job Candidate

CELPIP Testing

Collecting Donations

Volunteer Program

Group Photo

Anti-Racism Initiatives

Children coloring

Little Phoenix Daycare

Territorial Acknowledgement

We acknowledge with respect that our work at VIRCS takes place on the traditional territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) Peoples known today as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. These lands, located in Greater Victoria, have long been a place of gathering and home to the original families who made their home a long time ago. As we continue our mission to assist those new to this region, we recognize the enduring presence and deep traditional knowledge of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) traditional families' territory.

 

We are committed to learning from and respecting Indigenous peoples' rich history, culture, and wisdom as we support our staff to provide services and help clients build their new lives as guests on these unceded lands. We are also committed to respectfully contributing to the ongoing mutual learning and healing process needed by acknowledging Indigenous peoples' suffering under colonization and its devastating effects to date. 

FUNDERS/DONORS

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