FROM CLASSROOM TO CAREER: AN ACCESSIBLE ONLINE CURRICULUM & TOOLKIT FOR NEWCOMER STUDENTS
This project created an accessible online toolkit to help newcomer high school students navigate BC’s post‑secondary and career pathways. Developed with the North Vancouver School District and the Edify Foundation, it offers clear guidance through videos, curricula, and multilingual resources, which will remain available online to support long‑term community impact. UBC Student Project Lead: Amir Hosseini […]
NOTHING MOVES WITHOUT US: MIGRANT-POWERED STORYTELLING
This project is a community‑rooted, arts‑based organizing initiative that uses storytelling, cultural practice, and political education to strengthen migrant leadership and collective action among Filipino migrants in British Columbia. It builds on earlier cultural organizing (the East Van Migrant Workers Poetry Collective) and expands it into a broader movement‑building effort. The project aims to mobilize […]
ACCESSIBILITY CONTENT WITH THE FAMILY NETWORK FOR DEAF CHILDREN
The project is a community‑engaged accessibility initiative that redesigned the Family Network for Deaf Children website and created ASL‑first informational videos to better serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing children, youth, and families. It centred language justice, co‑creation with Deaf youth, and sustainable digital accessibility infrastructure. The project aimed to rebuild the website and create […]
SCALING CREATIVITY: EXPANDING ACCESS TO ARTS FOR COMMUNITY WELL-BEING IN THE DTES
This project centers on expanding low‑barrier, arts‑based wellness spaces for women and gender‑diverse residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), using creative expression as a pathway to connection, healing, and community building. The grant supported 39 workshops across six DTES sites, including women‑only and gender‑diverse spaces. These workshops ranged from UV‑resin jewelry to weaving, painting, lanyard‑making, […]
VANDU LITERACY CIRCLE
This project aimed to support and address longstanding inequities in literacy access, especially for older adults, people with limited formal education, and community members affected by poverty, colonialism, and the toxic drug crisis, and develop civic engagement among residents of the Downtown Eastside. The curriculum blended practical literacy skill‑building with culturally and politically relevant content […]
NEWCOMER HEALTH LITERACY PROJECT
This project aimed to address disparities in healthcare access among immigrant and refugee women in Canada. The project involved 6 online workshops and 4 cohorts of in-community sessions organized for around 150 women, focused on building basic literacy on healthcare topics such as diabetes, hypertension, cancer screening, mental health, vaccinations, and nutrition. These sessions aimed […]