Temporary Accommodation Program

Temporary Accommodation Program - Leading hoteliers in Vancouver have generously agreed to provide free accommodation to the families of our troops and first responders who may require a place to stay before Honour House is up and running.

New Chelsea Society - Winch House

New Chelsea Society - New Chelsea Society has provided Honour House Society a four-bedroom three-bath, fully disabled accessible townhouse called Winch House, at Chelsea Gardens in Vancouver.

Winch House serves as an interim facility until Honour House is operational.
Once we are open Winch House will be available to as an additional facility.
Any Canadian Forces member, first responder or their families who require accommodation in Vancouver while their family or themselves are receiving treatment are encouraged to contact us to stay at Winch House by calling 604-763-7678. Click to download Referral Form.

VETERANS TRANSITION PROGRAM

Royal Canadian Legion and UBC Veterans’ Transition Program
Royal Canadian Legion and UBC Veterans’ Transition Program – A group-based program designed to assist former members of the Canadian Forces and the RCMP in their transition to life as a civilian. It provides information and teaches skills to participants who are attempting to better understand their military experience and its impact upon their lives. It also provides participants with the opportunity to engage in action-based ways of dealing with disturbing events from their lives, in or out of the military.

THE BRITISH COLUMBIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Reserve Re-Entry Program
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Burnaby, BC, Reservist Re-entry Program, assesses the skills, knowledge, and abilities acquired during military training and service, and looks at how that expertise may be relevant to a civilian career. The program effectively translates military experience into post-secondary equivalencies and credentials.  rrp.bcitbusiness.ca/

This program has been developed by the British Columbia Institute of Technology to specifically meet the needs of members of the army reserve who are returning from deployment to Afghanistan or who are otherwise in need of some recognition of their military skills to help them reestablish themselves in civilian life.

The Institute has completed an assessment of the formal training undergone by soldiers and compared the details to those of programs at BCIT.  As part of the program qualified interviewers talk to reservists  in order to identify additional knowledge, skills and aptitudes that soldiers typically obtain during periods of active service.
The program applies the outcome of this process to three areas of assistance:

• Employment:  This component provides assistance in the preparation of CVs and directed self marketing.
  
  
• Post secondary Studies:  BCIT has recognized completion of military trades training as equivalent to a diploma for the purposes of enrolling in a post diploma course. This permits an individual, for example, to complete a business diploma in one year instead of the customary two.
  
  
• Business start-up support:  BCIT has employed the very successful SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) model to assist individuals in preparing business plans and effective applications for startup capital.

Contact:
Natalie Condrashoff, ncondrashoff@gmail.com