Press Coverage
B.C. camp for refugee children...
Vancouver Sun
The camp, which is a free program for refugee youngsters, moved to online this past summer because of the pandemic
BC Newcomer Camp is in need…
OMNI Television
Watch BC Newcomer Camp on OMNI TV!
Summer camp almost side…
CityNews
Dozens of immigrant children hoping to attend a BC Newcomer Camp in Vancouver or Surrey will have to take part in programs offered via…
Donate Your Gently Used Tablet...
Curiocity
If you have a gently used iPad or computer kicking around your house just collecting dust, why not donate it to a good cause?
Operation Support Local: BC…
Breakfast Television
Watch City TV Breakfast Television's segment on BC Newcomer Camp!
Camp for refugee children…
DailyHive
BC Newcomer Camp, a free-of-charge summer camp for newly immigrated refugee children, is seeking donations from June 13 to 16 in the Greater…
BC Newcomer Camp calls for…
Richmond News
A Canadian charity is asking for donations of lightly-used technology, so that refugee children new to Canada can participate in this year’s summer camp…
Turning passion into progress…
University of British Columbia
In 2016, media coverage of the Syrian refugee crisis made a marked impression on UBC students Duncan Bernardo and Dakota Koch.
Future of summer camp for…
CBC/Radio-Canada
Read about or listen to BC Newcomer Camp's interview on CBC's On The Coast! B.C. Newcomer Camp has been running for three years and each…
UBC Arts Students Create Free…
UBC Faculty of Arts
When Canada received an influx of Syrian refugees in 2016, Arts students Duncan Bernardo and Dakota Koch had the same question in mind: What can…
Urgent funding needed to keep…
News 1130
Imagine leaving a war-stricken country for a new life in Canada, but you don’t speak English?
Friendship begins on the play…
CBC/Radio-Canada
Children at East Vancouver Newcomer Camp learn English and practice playing sports and other games. The founders of a Vancouver summer day camp for…
Local Group Helps Refugee…
ILIVEINEASTVAN
We recently learnt of an interesting non-profit based in East Vancouver we are excited about. It’s the East Vancouver Newcomers Camp.
Urgent funding needed to keep…
The Ubyssey
As co-founders of the East Vancouver Newcomer camp, UBC students Duncan Bernardo and Dakota Koch are striving to create a “friendly community”…
Newcomer camp needs help for...
Vancouver is Awesome
Two students who launched a camp for children from Syria, Iraq, Somalia and other countries ravaged by war are looking to the community to help them…
Newcomer Camp helps refugee...
Vancouver is Awesome
Duncan Bernardo was 11 when he moved to Spain. He didn’t know a word of Spanish or any other children.
Summer Camp Gives Refugee…
Vancouver Magazine
UBC students behind the East Vancouver Newcomer Camp draw on the power of sport to help kids feel at home.