Programs · برنامهها
Every program at Norooz Foundation answers to one of the six purposes in our mission. Most are free; the rest are by donation, and nobody is ever turned away for money.
Weekly online Persian language and heritage classes for ages 4–14, taught through songs, stories and the festivals. Three levels, small groups, sliding-scale fees. A new term starts every season; admission is limited.
Résumé and cover letter clinics, job search coaching, mock interviews, credential guidance, settlement navigation and a mentor in your profession. Free, confidential, in Persian.
Nowruz and Yalda food baskets, emergency help with rent, utilities and medication, seniors' check-ins and social afternoons, and referrals to Persian-speaking counsellors.
Human rights education, public awareness events, support for advocates, and civic workshops — how Canadian government works, how to start a nonprofit, how to be heard. Nonpartisan, always.
A Persian lending library and book club, poetry nights, music and calligraphy circles, cooking workshops, film screenings and an oral history project recording our elders.
Nowruz, Sizdah Bedar, Tirgan, Mehregan, Chaharshanbe Suri and Shab-e Yalda, kept every year in cities across Canada — and brought to schools, workplaces and city halls on request.
How programs work
Support programs — newcomer help, relief, human rights — are free. Classes and workshops ask for a sliding-scale contribution that covers the room and the materials, and any family can request a full waiver by ticking a box; nobody checks.
Most of our services are delivered online, via Zoom or Microsoft Teams, so you can take part from anywhere in Canada or the United States. Festivals and some gatherings are held in person in Coquitlam and Langley, B.C. If a program isn't offered where you are yet, tell us — most of ours started because someone asked.