The Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services (BCS) is a non-profit organization that provides support and services to the diverse communities in the Crescent Town and surrounding neighborhoods including Taylor-Massey, Teesdale, Dawes, Secord and Lumsden. BCS provides information, referrals, skill development and settlement services, and cultural and recreational programs to the children, youth, adults, and seniors of the community. BCS consistently collaborates with other community organizations and service providers to address and provide services for the continuous changing needs of the community.
The mission of the Bangladeshi Community Services is to “help people to help themselves” by delivering services through advocacy, referrals, skill development and partnerships. BCS supports South Asian new immigrants with a special focus on Bangladeshi immigrants. Referrals for career/employment counseling and newcomer needs, housing, education, and guidance counseling for schoolchildren.
Ahmed Mustaq founded the Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services (BCS) in 2003 to better integrate Bangladeshi community in Canada. The goals of BCS to help newcomers with settlement and integration into the Canadian way of life. Services include: Information, Referrals, Career Counseling, Legal Aid, Crisis Management, Intervention, Mentorship and Educational Workshops.
Programs include:
- Settlement Services: Information and referral for legal advice on refugee and immigration matters or for crisis intervention for assaulted Bangladeshi women or men
- Immigration Form Filling
- Domestic Abuse and Violence: Individual, couple and family counseling
- Job Search Support: Mentoring, placement, information about work, career counseling
- Youth Counseling
- After School Tutoring Program (ASTP)
- Senior Support Program: Workshops, interpretation, home support, etc
- Youth Engagement Program
- Youth Smoking Elimination Program