SAY?

Community partnerships can help local residents develop cross-cultural communication skills and gain a deeper understanding of different cultures. Partnerships under CCP contribute to creating welcoming and inclusive communities that benefit all members. The program also provides community partners with opportunities to contribute to the personal and academic success of international students

“As part of their education process, we also want to see the CCP participants' eagerness to learn about the organization, the work, and that they are open to be a part of a variety of work so they can be exposed to the day to day operations of an organization in the non-profit social service sector. We would love to continue accepting students under this program as most of the students that the college recommended are strong candidates who are work-ready.”

Jacky Leung

“Our organization has benefitted from CCP participant's support to help us with administrative duties in our virtual office, and added project support to help us complete long-standing projects. Without the support of these students, we would not have progressed as far in project completion or they might even still remain on our to-do wish list The students were able to experience a wide variety of areas of our work and we received great support across our team.”

Rachelle Smalldon

Vantage Point

“We would like to continue accepting students under the CCP program because it allows us to add assets to our organization beyond what we are normally able to do, as the CCP student works on tasks that are not assigned currently to staff and are nonessential, but still important.”

Brittany Garuk

Downtown Eastside Neighboorhood House

“Our students have made connections on Granville Island and from within the organization which have helped with their growth and implementation into the Vancouver community. One student was quite lonely in Vancouver because she was new here and FGI embraced them and I really saw a difference in their confidence and comfort in relating to the community. This was encouraging.”

Cloe Aigner

Friends of Granville Island

Our partners indicated a desire to continue the program, provided they have sufficient staffing capacity Participating students are relatively new to the Canadian workforce, require training, supervision, and guidance during their placement; which can sometimes be a challenge for organizations working on full capacity