In 2005, ICS decided to take a more active role in housing development and moved without delay on two opportunities. The 27-unit Murakami Gardens apartment on Rainbow Road was completed in 2008 on land donated by Richard and Rose Murakami. Lautman Drive rooming house was established in 2008, on a property purchased by BC Housing, […]
Accreditation
October 8, 2025 by
In the early 2000s the BC Government required organizations receiving significant funding from MCFD and CLBC to be accredited by a recognized third party. The first ICS accreditation received the highest rating – a 3 year standing by CARF International Accreditation. That has been followed in successive surveys in 2011, 2014, 2017, 2021 and 2024. […]
Expansion of Child and Youth Mental Health Services
October 8, 2025 by
Mental Health Services for children and youth expanded to be a fulsome clinical counselling and support program. On-island psychiatric services were established with Royal Alexandra Hospital and Dr. Peggy Firstbrook. This program would go on to be recognized with an Innovative Practices award by the Health Authority. In 2008 a summer camp for children with […]
Food Security
October 8, 2025 by
ICS was joined in community food security planning by initiating a research paper with Island Natural Growers, completed by Pat Reichert, entitled “SSI Food Security – A Discussion and Planning Paper”. This prompted many of the food programs developed by ICS and others.
Food Bank
October 8, 2025 by
A new Food Bank building was built with the fundraising and construction support of the Masons Lodge. This service was now accessed by 40+ individuals and families per week and had outgrown the cupboard in the ICS staffroom. By the 2020s this number grew to well over 200 people served per week. The increasing need […]
