The Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre (VIRCS) is a non-profit society which, has helped immigrants and refugees settle and adapt to life in Canada since 1989. VIRCS provides general settlement assistance to its clients with counselling, orientation, referral, transition, and interpretation services. The Society also provides English as Second Language training to hundreds of clients each year, both at the Centre and through home tutoring. The Job Coach Program, another aspect of VIRCS’s mandate, provides immigrants, new Canadians, and visible minorities with employment assistance services, job search skills and job placement services. VIRCS sponsors various educational workshops and it’s television and video production unit “Ethnivision” had produced informational programming for newcomers and the community at large. VIRCS also hosts the annual “I is for Immigrant” Art Show.
Phone:1-250-361-9433
Fax:1-250-361-1914
E-mail:mail@vircs.bc.ca
Address:Third floor 535 Yates St, Victoria BC, Canada
Post Code:V8W 2Z6