Social Inclusion: Barb’s Story

Social Inclusion: Barb’s Story

Neighbourhood houses are known as places to connect, volunteer, and become involved in the community. Many people do not realize the important work that neighbourhood houses do to help people feel a sense of belonging. This is known as social inclusion, and is...
Social Inclusion: Kiko’s Story

Social Inclusion: Kiko’s Story

Neighbourhood houses are known as places to connect, volunteer, and become involved in the community. Many people do not realize the important work that neighbourhood houses do to help people feel a sense of belonging. This is known as social inclusion, and is...
Social inclusion: Masi’s story

Social inclusion: Masi’s story

Neighbourhood houses are known as places to connect, volunteer, and become involved in the community. Many people do not realize the important work that neighbourhood houses do to help people feel a sense of belonging. This is known as social inclusion, and is...
Feeding a community: Insights into Mount Pleasant’s food programs

Feeding a community: Insights into Mount Pleasant’s food programs

It’s Not Just About the Food! Like many new immigrants, Aya* found the process of adjusting to her new life in Vancouver difficult and lonely. That is, until she found her way to the Cooking Club program at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House (MPNH). Through...
Miracles happen at our House: Children’s Birthday Miracles

Miracles happen at our House: Children’s Birthday Miracles

Shivani Mysuria is the founder of Children’s Birthday Miracles (CBM) here at Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House, who studies science at UBC. “Coming from an immigrant family myself,” Shivani says, “My family was not financially able to throw...