Launching New Project To Help Female Immigrants

16 Jul 2010

A new project, the Home Instruction for Parents of Pre-School Youngsters (HIPPY) will be launched by the Canadian immigration department in Vancouver to help female immigrants settle in Canada. This project hopes to encourage young women and families to engage in their communities and get the best from the new life in Canada through a new Practicing Citizenship Scheme. Also, this scheme is expected to help women from ethnic minorities, who have recently moved to Canada, to become more involved in Canadian life.

Debbie Bell of the HIPPY project, explained, “Over time, our organization has encountered many new Canadian women who felt isolated and unable to integrate.” This project will help these women through a range of services including classes on Canadian history and culture and through mentoring and literacy training. The programme will be called the Practicing Citizenship scheme and is expected to help 50 female Canadian visa holders in the initial stages.

John Weston, a West Vancouver MP said,” Giving newcomers the tools to fully participate in Canadian society is something that will serve all Canadians in the long-run.” And continued,” With today’s announcement, we are acting to help new and established Canadians succeed together in building a strong, integrated society.”