History
Since its beginnings on Dufferin Street in 1992, Solidarité ethnique régional de la Yamaska (Regional Ethnic Solidarity of the Yamaska Region) has always had only one objective: to assist in the welcoming and integration of recent immigrants into the community of Granby.
Welcome, information and orientation, interpreting, employment counselling and the support of families... These are the services that the founding members wished to offer to an ever-growing immigrant population.
In 1996, the Ministry of Citizens' Relations and Immigration granted financing to SERY for accommodating the needs of the region's first refugees, the majority of which were Afghans (34 within the first year).
In 1998, other subsidies permitted SERY to set up its employment services, thus permitting the organisation's clientele to better overcome the challenges of this critical step toward integration. By this point in time, SERY had now provided aid to refugees from Afghanistan, the former Yugoslav Republic, Kosovo and the African continent. It was also in 1998 that SERY moved into its new premises at 331 Principale Street.
Over the years, SERY's services and expertise will develop and its family will grow: more than 75 nationalities now coexist in harmony in our region. The team at SERY is proud to participate in the cultural enrichment of our part of the country.