The West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA)

The West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA) was created in 1982. It was born out of the need for an organized approach in finding solutions to problems which affected the well-being of Blacks in the West island community of Montreal, in particular, and Quebec society in general. It is a charitable, non-profit community organization.

As the longest serving Black Community association in the West Island of Montreal, we serve the Black Communities of the municipalities of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Dorval, Ile Bizard, Ile Perrot, and Ste-Geneviève.

Membership is open to all members of the Black Community and people from the wider community who share our aims and objectives. WIBCA also has associate members and these are, generally, persons who may or may not live in the West Island but are sympathetic to our cause.

Services are provided to all, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, religion or race.

Mission statement:
To offer resources and opportunities for the personal growth, physical and intellectual development, social awareness and cultural enrichment of youth, seniors and adults of the Black Community and community at large from the West Island of Montreal.

Aims and objectives:

To foster interracial understanding amongst the Black Community and the wider community from the West Island of Montreal

Promote social and community development to address the unmet needs of the Black Community and the wider Community from the West Island of Montreal.

To provide leadership and representation for the Black Community and the wider Community from the West Island of Montreal.

To co-ordinate programs in order to use the resources of the Black Community and the wider community from the West Island of Montreal efficiently and effectively.

To seek human and other resources from the private, public and para-public sectors in our society in order to develop self-help community structures and institutions which are crucial to the growth and development of the West Island Black Community Association.

To provide an academic scholarship for the purpose of helping our young people achieve their highest potential and promoting excellence in academic achievement

To relieve loneliness and isolation associated with aging by providing recreational, educational and cultural activities to senior citizen

To establish a drop-in centre (D.R.E.A.M. - Delivering Real Empowerment and Motivation) to provide a safe place for our young people to connect with their peers and other members of the community.

To provide an organized forum for discussion of the problems of the Black Community and to stimulate broad-base involvement in the search for solutions.

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Value statement: “At WIBCA we aim to conduct ourselves with personal integrity, ethics, honesty and diligence in performing the duties for the organization.”

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