News & Events

Lunar New Year Celebration

Our Lunar New Year Celebration Variety Show was a huge success. More that two hundred people attended this event.

Many thanks to all of the very talented immigrants, local born and the Maxwell International School students for their excellent performances. It was a wonderful opportunity to encourage fellowship and understanding in the Nanaimo community and demonstrated just one of the many gifts that immigrants bring to enrich the Central Island region.

Two Important Information Sessions for Members
(if you are not a member consider joining now)

Old Age Pension and Old Age Security
Speaker: A Representative from Service Canada
Date: ~~Wednesday, March 14, 2007~~ (postponed)
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: our office at 285 Prideaux St
Benefits of Using a Mortgage Broker
Speaker: A Representative from Service Canada
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Location: our office at 285 Prideaux St

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Speechcraft

We regularly offer an eight week Speechcraft series. Speechcraft is the introduction to Toastmasters. The participants find them to be good English training and a great confidence builder.

Next series begins:

Monday, April 16th
7:00 - 8:30 pm

For more information and to register for the next series contact Cecilia.
Email: Cecilia
Telephone: (250) 753-5911 Ext 1

Nanaimo's Safe Harbour Program awarded
Honourable Mention and Goes Provincial

The Safe Harbour Program, the creation of the Multicultural Society’s Partners for an Inclusive Community, has received honourable mention by the Canadian Race Relations Foundations Biennial Award of Excellence in the community category. This award recognizes organizations in the public, private and volunteer sectors for best practices and innovation in anti-racism. The Safe Harbour program is now going province-wide. Abbotsford has become a Safe Harbour community. Through the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies, resources are being developed and training provided for 10 Safe Harbour communities throughout the province.

AMSSA Service Recognition Award

The annual AMSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Services Agencies of BC) Service Recognition Award was established to recognize a staff member of a member agency who has made significant contributions to the vision and goals of the organization. In recognition of her tireless service to CVIMS and to her community Cecilia Chong is honoured with the inaugural AMSSA Service Recognition Award in 2005. The award ceremony was held in Vancouver on September 16th, 2005