About ISIS
Immigrant Settlement & Integration Services
ISIS is a leading community organization that welcomes immigrants. Working in partnership, ISIS offers services and creates opportunities that enable immigrants to participate fully in Canadian life.
ISIS recognizes the essential role of immigrants in Canadian society and works with newcomers to help them build a future in Canada. Using a client-centred approach, ISIS provides a wide range of services to immigrants, from refugee resettlement to professional bridging programs, from family counseling to English in the Workplace.
ISIS was created by the merger of Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association (MISA) and Halifax Immigrant Learning Centre (HILC), with a total combined experience of over fifty-five years serving immigrants in Nova Scotia. ISIS is the largest immigrant-serving agency in Atlantic Canada, and has over a hundred staff members from over thirty countries of origin. Services are offered in an inclusive manner, respectful of, and sensitive to, diversity. ISIS places a high priority on partnership, professionalism and accountability in all its work.