Since 2022, Thrive Refuge has partnered with ISSofBC to support and deliver arts-based programming to newcomers in the Vancouver area.

Together, we launched the Digital Art and Literacy Program, providing newcomer youth with the opportunity and resources to learn about digital literacy and digital art. Over the course of the summer, nine inaugural participants built new friendships and learned to exercise their creative voices. We challenged the youth to pair up and create digital murals, envisioning ISSofBC's values: “We work, with purpose. We aspire, to improve. We cultivate, belonging. We, are, genuine.”