{"id":137655,"date":"2023-01-25T11:36:14","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=137655"},"modified":"2023-03-01T13:04:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T18:04:43","slug":"sery-helps-new-arrivals-settle-in-brome-missisquoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/sery-helps-new-arrivals-settle-in-brome-missisquoi\/","title":{"rendered":"SERY helps new arrivals settle in Brome-Missisquoi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solidarit\u00e9 Ethnique R\u00e9gionale de la Yamaska (SERY) is a Granby based non-profit organization mandated by the Minist\u00e8re de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Int\u00e9gration (MIFI) to accompany and support new arrivals settling in the regions of Haute-Yamaska and Brome-Missisquoi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Established in 1992, SERY partnered up with the MRC of Brome-Missisquoi around four years ago to have a larger, and more visible, presence in the territory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As SERY marks its 30th anniversary, Tania Szymanski, community development coordinator for the MRC, and \u00c9tienne Marchand, immigration development officer for the organization, talk all things SERY and the services the group provides to those emigrating to the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn Brome-Missisquoi, we\u2019ve always had immigration, but in the last few years we\u2019ve had an influx of immigrants coming into the area. I\u2019d say about three or four years ago, we had a lot of asylum seekers that came to work here. We noticed more and more that we needed a certain amount of support for immigration in the area,\u201d explained Szymanski.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

SERY\u2019s offices are in Granby, but now \"they have a foot on the ground here in Brome-Missisquoi in our offices,\" added Szymanski.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c\u00c9tienne Marchand and Francis Komdza, two employees at the SERY, work in Brome-Missisquoi. Just the fact that we have two people that work directly in Brome-Missisquoi makes it a lot easier to accompany and to help immigrants that are here because not everyone has transportation,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have a big MRC and Haute-Yamaska, even though it\u2019s not that far, it\u2019s still far.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGranby is the town that receives most of the immigrants in Haute-Yamaska, but in Brome-Missisquoi it\u2019s spread more throughout the region,\u201d noted Marchand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Szymanski mentioned that the team is taking on an \u201coutreach philosophy\u201d to help new arrivals settle in their communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just we wait for everybody to come to us, we go towards those that need help, and we adapt our services in regards to what their needs are also,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we do when they arrive is that we have a first meeting with the families that come in and we try to find what their needs are. They have needs for healthcare and families with children need to get their kids in school,\u201d explained Marchand. \u201cFor whatever needs they may have, we meet them and we have a big team at SERY specializing in all departments. So, we send them to the people that might help them with their services.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some of these services include helping with paperwork for the immigration process, getting a medicare card, finding lodging, finding furniture, finding employment, and referrals to other community organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a network that starts once they are here to help them out. I think that\u2019s part of the force is that SERY is the main provider of support, but we also have other community organizations,\u201d said Szymanski. \u201cWe\u2019ve referred people to food banks if necessary, to other organizations that may be able to supply furniture, and we also have a good partnership with the CLSC for psycho-social help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main goal for people coming here is to be autonomous and to be able to work around society by themselves,\u201d added Marchand.<\/p>\n

While SERY fulfills a need in the region, the Brome-Missisquoi team has faced certain challenges, especially when it comes to finding lodging and daycare services.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes there could be cultural clashes too that need be addressed. It\u2019s not all the time, but there have been cultural clashes. It\u2019s not always easy for people that come here,\u201d noted Szymanski.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Wanting to ensure a proper integration Szymanski explained that SERY doesn't just want people to just come here to work, but \"to work, stay, and live.\"\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cImmigration is important for Brome-Missisquoi and all of Quebec because we have a workforce shortage. (\u2026) Immigration is a part of the solution. SERY is super important because we want to ensure that the people that come to Brome-Missisquoi adopt Brome-Missisquoi as their second home or eventually it will become their home,\u201d she emphasized.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as they can integrate in the population and society, they will also enrich society with their cultural background and whatever they bring from their past,\u201d said Marchand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on SERY<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To contact the MRC<\/span><\/a> for SERY services in Brome-Missisquoi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Listen to the full interview below:<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solidarit\u00e9 Ethnique R\u00e9gionale de la Yamaska (SERY) is a Granby based non-profit organization mandated by the Minist\u00e8re de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Int\u00e9gration (MIFI) to accompany and support new arrivals settling in the regions of Haute-Yamaska and Brome-Missisquoi.\u00a0 Established in 1992, SERY partnered up with the MRC of Brome-Missisquoi around four years ago…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":137662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219,221,223,21655,2602],"tags":[22759,22760,9459,571,3292,22761,9129,5762,3961,2394],"radio":[246],"origine":[274,259,260],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137655"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142805,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137655\/revisions\/142805"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137655"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=137655"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=137655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}