Women
Events at ICA
Immigrant Women’s Group
New group starting September 2010
For more information, contact Anna
at 250-388-4723 ext 123
annaescher
icavictoria [dot] org
- Make new friends
- Learn more about Victoria and Canada
- Express yourself through art
- Practice English
- Who: Immigrant and refugee women who have come to Canada within the last 5 years
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When: September - December 2010
Thursdays 9:00am to 11:30am
12 weeks - Daycare: free, but limited space
- Cost: no cost – participant numbers limited
“I love it so much. Every Wednesday I’m thinking: yeah, tomorrow I have the Women’s Group. I don’t wanna miss it; I love it so much.”
(participant from Sudan)
“I enjoy participating: warm up activities and the speeches and the break time. Thank you to everyone for the group. I learned lots of useful information for living in Victoria and I now enjoy more participating in activities in Victoria”.
(participant from Taiwan)
“I like the shared experience from all the women in the group. I feel much more confidence to stay in Canada long term. I feel emotionally and physically healthier and learned how to get emotional and spiritual support. I always feel happy here in the group.”
(participant from China)
Thanks to PUENTE Theatre, our partner in this program which brings lots of creativity and expertise. Thanks also to United Way which funds the ICA Immigrant Women's Group.
Contact
Anna Escher
Women’s Group Facilitator
250-388-4728 ext. 123 annaeschericavictoria [dot] org
From Junk Food to Healthy Eating:
Tanya's journey to a better life (2005)
This photonovel was facilitated by Laura Nimmon and was done at Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria by a group of wonderful immigrant women. The women collaboratively chose the topic of nutrition as a main health concern. After a lesson from a public health nurse on eating well, the women wrote this story and did all the acting and photography to create the engaging health related photonovel. The photonovel was then distributed throughout Vancouver and Victoria where other ESL speaking immigrant and refugee women go for services.
