Programs

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 served as an interim facility until Honour House became operational. Now that we are open Winch House is available 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.

Veterans Transition Program

The Royal Canadian Legion and UBC Veterans’ Transition Program  
The 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

Honour House Skills Conversion Program
The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), Burnaby, BC, Honour House Skills Conversion 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. Check out the website: www.bcit.ca/honourhouse

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: [email protected]