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Are you job-hunting? Looking for a career change in 2021? Join us for a FREE webinar Thursday with tips on resumes, cover letters, networking as well as a list of local recruiters and other Vancouver resources. This webinar is targeted at assisting Irish community members with job searches and linking them with the Irish community in BC.
Facilitated by I/CAN VAN Client Liaison: Eilis Courtney!
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MOVING 2 CANADA
HOW TO PREPARE YOUR PR APPLICATION
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Are you one of the tens of thousands of people working on getting their CEC permanent residence applications submitted by their May 14 deadline?
Check out Moving 2 Canada with helpful tips and tricks and discussing common mistakes.
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VANCOUVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
WOMAN'S PERSONAL SAFETY WORKSHOPS
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The Women’s Personal Safety Workshops are one way the VPD is giving back to the community.
In January 2013, a group of VPD female police officers came together and created the VPD Women's Personal Safety Team.
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The tactics taught are designed to be easily learned and remembered by women who have no prior training. These workshops are to educate, inspire, and empower women to take ownership of their personal safety and the next one will take place on April 15th, 2021. For more information click read more below.
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THIS WEEK'S
CULTURE SEGMENT
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Dear Ireland: Reflections on a Pandemic
Dear Ireland was originally conceived as a rapid response to the pandemic, to support artists during the early days of lockdown. It soon evolved into a project where the national theatre could communicate directly with their audience and the citizens of Ireland.
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At Home on the Farm
Over the past two years, Mary has documented five farms of different scales, with different approaches to how they make their living. This is not a political diatribe nor is it a romantic view of the Irish landscape, rather it is a raw version of the passion that each of these people have for their farms and their ways of making a livelihood.
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Street View: Matthew Finn
Belfast Exposed is delighted to present Street View: Matthew Finn which features four projects - Mother, Uncle, Wife and Son - by artist Matthew Finn. Finn uses the people and events directly surrounding his life as visual references for projects that sometimes take years to realize. With no commercial constraints or deadlines, Finn’s subjects are people that are important in his life.
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GOVERNMENT OF BC
BC IMMUNIZATION PLAN
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BC is moving to Phase 3 of our COVID-19 Immunization Plan. Starting April 6, all eligible adults in BC will be able to follow an easy, three-step process to register and book their vaccine appointments online, when it’s their turn.
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THE IRISH
BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF B.C.
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In response to the Covid-19 crisis, this Food Voucher Program has been developed by The Irish Benevolent Society of BC. It has been designed to help those who may be struggling to provide themselves with basic food essentials.
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The initiative has been generously funded through the Consulate General of Ireland in Vancouver and also through numerous local community members who have donated to the GoFundMe page, bought a mask and/or supported fundraising activities locally.
Applications are welcome and encouraged from all sectors of the Irish community within BC and can be made by completing the survey below. The program is being administered in a fair and equitable way. All of the information you provide is confidential and will only be shared as required to administer this program. You will be contacted to verify your information.
You can access the application here: Emergency Food Programme Form. For more information on this program, contact benevolentsocietybc@gmail.com. There is also a GoFundMe initiative fundraising to support the program. Donate to support this initiative
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The production of the Irish in BC newsletter is made possible through the Government of Ireland Covid-19 Response Fund for Irish Communities Abroad which is administered and supported by the Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Consulate General of Ireland in Vancouver.
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If you have an Irish run event, organization or business you would like us to share. Please send us an email with the details to IrishInBC@gmail.com. Content must be submitted the week previous.
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