Pacific Immigrant Resources Society

Published purpose

Through this 33-month systemic change project, the Pacific Immigrant Resources Society will scale the “Building a Childcare System that Works for Immigrant and Refugee Women” project to advance women’s economic security within the childcare sector. It will scale to deepen the engagement at the policy level between marginalized immigrant and refugee women and provincial and municipal policymakers in the Metro Vancouver area. It will address employment and education barriers faced by racialized, immigrant, and refugee childcare workers. To do so, the project will develop and implement effective engagement strategies with municipalities in Metro Vancouver and the Province of British Columbia, focusing on providing policy recommendations, convening an Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Childcare Leadership Group, and amplifying immigrant and refugee women’s voices at the decision-making tables. With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Pacific Immigrant Resources Society will implement a structured knowledge mobilization and call to action of “Building a Child Care System that Works for Immigrant and Refugee Women” and develop and deliver a digital amplification campaign to drive public narrative shift. Through this they will further advance Gender Equality in the childcare sector.