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  • Seminar: Making Healthcare More Accessible for Immigrants & Refugees
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    Seminar: Making Healthcare More Accessible for Immigrants & Refugees

    ByVCST October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

    Thursday November 20, 2025, 10am to 12pm Where: Online, Zoom Who: Workers in settlement, counselling, mental health, healthcare, and any other sector that works with immigrants and refugees RSVP: info [at]…

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    VCST receives grant from the Victoria Foundation

    ByVCST September 19, 2025September 19, 2025

    It is thanks to the Victoria Foundation that we can launch Phase IV of our initiative.

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  • VCST Interconnectedness Initiative year in review for 2024-2025.
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    2024-2025 Interconnectedness Initiative Year in Review

    ByVCST September 16, 2025September 18, 2025

    Thanks to the ongoing support from the Victoria Foundation, Phase III of VCST’s Interconnectedness Initiative came to a successful conclusion in July 2025.

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    Land acknowledgment

    ByVCST April 24, 2025September 24, 2025

    We operate predominantly from the unceded territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking people, today known as the Songhees and Xwsepsum First Nations, and the W̱SÁNEĆ First Nations (the Tsartlip and Tseycum nations).

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  • Fourth Case Conference Report
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    Fourth Case Conference Report

    ByVCST April 20, 2025April 20, 2025

    The fourth case conference of the I.I. took place on March 27, 2025, with the participation of 13 people from seven organizations

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    Distinguished community advocates and researchers Dr. Yaya de Andrade and Joan Simalchik

    ByVCST March 20, 2025April 16, 2025

    On February 27, 2025, VCST hosted distinguished community advocates and researchers Dr. Yaya de Andrade and Joan Simalchik from Toronto to speak about their perspectives on working with survivors of torture developed over 30 years of advocacy work.

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  • VCST Board Member and VAST Executive Director Frank Cohn introduces Dr. Andrade and Joan Simalchik at the VAST Annual Symposium in Vancouver.
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    Annual Symposium

    ByVCST March 14, 2025April 16, 2025

    At the Vancouver Association for Survivors of Torture‘s Annual Symposium on February 25, 2025, VCST Board President Ana Pavon and Project Manager Melinda Quintero shared key findings from our stakeholder round-table series and our…

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  • Interconnectedness Initiative Research Report: Stakeholder Strengths & Opportunities
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    Interconnectedness Initiative Research Report: Stakeholder Strengths & Opportunities

    ByVCST February 20, 2025April 11, 2025

    Interconnectedness Initiative research report and key findings.

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    Contract posting: Interconnectedness Initiative Phase III Project Manager (Closed)

    ByVCST September 9, 2024March 19, 2025

    This position has been filled. Funding agency: Victoria FoundationProject term: August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025Position: Project ManagerContract: Temporary, part-time, arms-length (the contractor is not an employee of VCST)Contract…

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    What is torture? A workshop by Victoria Coalition for Survivors of Torture

    ByVCST May 3, 2024May 6, 2024

    As part of our Interconnectedness Initiative, we held a training workshop on April 3rd 2024, with the participation of 14 people, from seven of our stakeholders: VAST, ISS of BC,  VICCIR, ICA, VIRCS, CIS, and VCST. 

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  • A team of workers stand together thinking about the difficult work of collaborating on child soldier issues.
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    Interconnectedness Initiative: Second case conference report

    ByVCST March 27, 2024May 3, 2024

    “Case Conferencing” was identified by stakeholders as an essential tool to address sensitive cases among survivors of torture in the region, and to bring forward the experiences of the project’s stakeholders.

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  • A team of workers stand together thinking about the difficult work of collaborating on child soldier issues.
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    Interconnectedness initiative: First case conference report

    ByVCST December 18, 2023March 22, 2025

    The project, funded by the Victoria Foundation, has undertaken a comprehensive approach to address the needs of survivors of torture in our community.

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  • Diaa Kibabi speaks to us from the library about his experience.
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    Syrian men’s experiences of integration and employment in Canada

    ByVCST November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

    This 12-minute video presents the experiences of three Syrian men, and their struggle for not having their professional degrees and work experience recognized in Canada. In November 2023, the Government of…

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    Interconnectedness Initiative Project Manager – contract position

    ByVCST September 23, 2023March 22, 2025

    The application deadline is October 20, 2023.

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  • Report cover of the Interconnectedness Initiative floats over top of a group of people in a room.
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    Interconnectedness Initiative key findings and next steps

    ByVCST June 27, 2023March 22, 2025

    Eight mental health and settlement agencies in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island are joining forces to support survivors of torture and their communities.

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