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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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  • Workshop on understanding burnout and vicarious trauma coming up on May 7th.
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    Workshop: Understanding Burnout & Vicarious Trauma on May 7

    ByMelinda Quintero April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

    May 7 9:30 am to 12:30 pm Pacific Are you a frontline worker in the settlement, counselling, and victim services sector that struggles with vicarious trauma and burnout? Join our…

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  • Close up of a flip chart full of words from a workshop on torture.
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    VCST asks the Greater Victoria Police Diversity Advisory Committee: What is torture?

    ByMelinda Quintero April 14, 2025April 17, 2025

    What started as a small 20 minute presentation quickly became an engaging hour-long group discussion.

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  • Dr. Yaya de Andrade and Joan Simalchik at VCST.
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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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  • Three different scenes cut together to form an image of the documentary, After Arrival.
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    Join us online for the premiere of the film, After Arrival, June 19

    ByMuna Zaidalkilani June 1, 2021April 16, 2025

    We would be thrilled if you joined us for the premiere of the film, After Arrival, a documentary exploring the experiences of three LGBTQIA+ community leaders who arrived to Canada.

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  • To register for Vibrant in Vancouver, get more information.
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    Vibrant in Vancouver: 10 days of short virtual wellness sessions

    ByMuna Zaidalkilani February 12, 2021April 16, 2025

    Vibrant in Vancouver is ten days of short virtual wellness sessions including mindfulness, photography, community connection, and yoga. March 1 – 10 10:00am to 10:20am daily Registration and questions To…

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  • CCR Spring Consultation
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    CCR Spring Consultation

    ByVCST April 17, 2019April 16, 2025

    Please join us for the CCR Spring Consultation May 30 – June 1 in Victoria, BC.

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  • Chasing Asylum – Documentary film screening
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    Chasing Asylum – Documentary film screening

    ByVCST February 25, 2018April 16, 2025

    Presented with: University of Victoria Social Justice Studies Monday, March.19th 7:00pm-9:30pm University of Victoria – David Strong Building C122This powerful documentary explores Australia’s controversial Pacific Solution Policy as it relates to…

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  • screen shot of conference website with conferce dates (May 28th-31st) and location (Vancouver BC)
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    Let’s Talk About Torture at the Canadian Bioethics Society Conference

    ByVCST April 27, 2014April 16, 2025

    We’ve been accepted to deliver our workshop called “Let’s Talk About Torture…

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