{"id":19,"date":"2025-01-16T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shopping4technology.com\/home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:16:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T23:16:30","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shopping4technology.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19\" class=\"elementor elementor-19\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48e7463 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"48e7463\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d236be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1d236be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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Since its inception in 2007, the SWIS Program has provided services to tens of thousands of newcomers, who are now successfully settled and proudly call themselves Canadians.<\/p><p>If you are new in Burnaby and are unsure from where to start, please contact your school\u2019s settlement worker or call our District Welcome Centre at 604-296-6936.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7847a38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7847a38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43c5cac elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"43c5cac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"470\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/shopping4technology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/firstmain.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-816\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shopping4technology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/firstmain.jpg 470w, https:\/\/shopping4technology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/firstmain-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1311ec1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1311ec1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4066aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a4066aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eccd322 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eccd322\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the SWIS Team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0457ad6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0457ad6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd764b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fcd764b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc3765d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc3765d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Settlement Workers in Schools (SWIS) program is a free, school-based settlement service for immigrants and refugees with school-aged children. 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