Updated: 2018-04-09 — see Training Schedule.
ISSofBC is a long-standing, reputable B.C. not-for-profit organization providing a large variety of support services to immigrants and refugees. In the course of the organization’s work over many years of connecting immigrants and refugees to B.C. employers, ISSofBC has developed significant expertise in supporting employers to retain their diverse talent by becoming more culturally competent.
ISSofBC reached out to BC Care Providers Association to enlist our readers’ help to inform the development of a valuable service for Greater Vancouver and Southwestern B.C. employers interested in cultural competency training.
Cultural competency is an area BCCPA has been actively involved in. In October 2017, BC Care Providers’ Care to Chat event tackled the emerging issue of culturally appropriate care for seniors. Panelists outlined innovative approaches for care providers to deliver culturally appropriate care and services that meet the socio-cultural, spiritual, nutritional and linguistic needs of their clients. An op-ed on the importance of culturally competent care by BCCPA’s then Policy Analyst Lara Croll was published in The Province.
According to ISSofBC, organizational cultural competency leads to higher staff retention, better team dynamics, and less misunderstanding and miscommunication based on cultural differences. This competence involves staff’s ability to better understand and work with culturally diverse colleagues, and newcomer employees overcoming cultural and language barriers in the workplace.
This project will collect information for ISSofBC to better understand specific cultural training needs and to develop and offer the most relevant and effective training possible. Its goals in developing this service are to help B.C. employers grow their workforce, as well as to support programs for immigrants and refugees through revenues generated by this service.
The survey and additional information can be found here.
If you have any questions regarding the survey, please contact Kerry Jothen at kjothen@humancapitalstrategies.ca or 250.213.9231. If you have questions about ISSofBC, please contact Carla Morales, at carla.morales@issbc.org or 604-684-2561 Ext. 1141.
