#IPALS
🎉 We are 1/4 of the way to our goal of $40,000 to keep IPALS available for families who depend on it.

🥰 You can support “Help Save IPALS” campaign to protect this program!
👉 Learn more at: decoda.ca/saveipals/

#FamilyLiteracy #EarlyLiteracy #SupportNewcomers #BC #Immigrants #Refugees #SavelIPALS
June 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
👩‍👧 Learn how the IPALS (Immigrant Parents as Literacy Supporters) family literacy program has helped build bridges for one mother and more than 4,500 immigrant families in British Columbia: decoda.ca/family-liter...
#ParentsAsLiteracySupporters #ImmigrantParents #BC #FamilyLiteracy #NewcomerSupport
Family literacy builds bridges for newcomers - Decoda Literacy Solutions
Immigrant Parents as Literacy Supporters (IPALS) program helps newcomer families prepare their children for school and adjust to life in BC.
decoda.ca
May 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Sweeping changes to Canada’s immigration and international student policies are now putting some programs — at Coast Mountain College and many others across rural and remote areas of B.C. — at risk."

Our Immigrant Parents As Literacy Supporters (IPALS) program has also been defunded.
#SaveIPALS
Sweeping changes over the past year and a half to Canada’s immigration and international student policies are now putting some programs — at Coast Mountain College and many others across rural and remote areas of B.C. — at risk.

@amandafollett.bsky.social reports.
Immigration Cuts Are Hurting Education in Small Communities | The Tyee
Remote and rural colleges are fighting to stay afloat amidst declining enrolment and budget cuts.
thetyee.ca
April 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
❤️ Last night, seven #RBC #volunteers helped assemble family literacy materials for Decoda's Parents As Literacy Supporters in Immigrant communities #IPALS programs. 😄 Thanks to them, Decoda will receive a grant for $1,500!

#LiteracySupporter #ThankYou #WorkingTogether4Literacy #Literacy #BC
April 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
💡 Investing in Immigrant Families = A Stronger Economy 📈 Immigrants represent nearly 30% of British Columbia's population, 33% of the workforce and 27% of small business owners.
When they succeed, so does the economy!
👉 decoda.ca/investing-in...
#LiteracyMatters #IPALS #BCImmigrants #BCEconomy
Investing in Newcomer Families Strengthens the Economy - Decoda Literacy Solutions
Bridging language barriers and preparing newcomer children for school in British Columbia: The Link Between Literacy, Education and Economic Growth.
decoda.ca
March 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
June 8, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I got mine upside down in a thrift store bin for 6 bucks, but they are apparently called iPals and are cheap used and come in this dope print
October 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM