We are here for you !
At La Boussole, we offer a full range of services in French to support you daily according to your needs.
DID YOU KNOW ?
La Boussole is the only organization in British Columbia to offer support in French to people living in precarious situations.
Your administrative procedures
We support you in your administrative procedures, and we help you to receive social services in English, if necessary. Our social workers are available to each francophone in a precarious situation or who feels they need help.
Help with access to legal services
Orientation for Newcomers to British Columbia
Housing search assistance
Referral and/or assistance in accessing provincial and federal social services
health and wellbeing
Because it is often difficult to take care of yourself when you live in a precarious situation, due to a lack of time and resources, La Boussole offers you different options to help you stay healthy:
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Psychological support;
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Help to access health care services;
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Referral to health services;
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Accompaniment to medical appointments and/or French / English interpreting;
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Prevention and support for drug users;
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Creation of social links between community members;
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Overdose response training: how to recognize them and administer naloxone.
Jobs and skills
One of our key missions is to help you in your job search paths. To do this, we have several strings to our bow.
Computer literacy workshops
Regularly offered at La Boussole, these workshops aim to enable everyone to be independent in using a computer: a key criterion for improving their employability.
Employment advice
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Our employment counsellors at WorkBC offer full support around your professional project. Whether it requires new training or additional equipment, the advisers at La Boussole have the opportunity to help you remove these obstacles.
* for permanent residents and Canadian citizens only.
Job search assistance workshop
La Boussole offers you a job search workshop and helps to access WorkBC services.
This is the time to ask all your questions about your CV, the keys to a good application and to find the relevant advertisements
Bilingual conversation workshops
This workshop brings together Anglophones and Francophones to facilitate bridges between Canada's two official languages. Everyone is encouraged to speak in their second language. A way to raise awareness of the barriers inherent in a minority language.
Your emergency resources
La Boussole offers resources adapted to people in emergency situations:
Cultural activities
Because life is also entertainment, we offer a variety of activities designed to please you.
Young and old, take some time for yourself.
La Boussole offers a wide variety of community activities promoting exchanges and learning to speak French, and stay in touch with Francophones from all walks of life.
You are invited to participate in several activities of all kinds: community garden volunteering, French-English workshop, writing, computer literacy workshops, photography workshops, employment assistance and DIY workshops etc. Come also celebrate the traditional events of Christmas, Halloween and Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
Look at the calendar of activities to find out all about our programming!
