CONSTITUTION

Article I - Name of Society

The name of the Society is M.O.S.A.I.C., Multilingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities, hereafter referred to as “the Society”.

Article II - Goals and Objectives of the Society

The objectives of the Society are:

To provide a wide variety of social services to recent immigrants or Canadians who experience difficulty with the English language. The services of the Society shall not be cultural or recreational but rather, broadly speaking, social services designed to improve the general welfare and well-being of immigrants and non-English speaking Canadians.
To act as liaison between the immigrant communities and educational, medical, legal, and social services.
To act as cultural interpreter between the Canadian and ethnic communities.
To help make immigrants aware of their rights and obligations in Canadian society.
To promote inter-cultural awareness, understanding, and acceptance.
To ensure that the human rights and dignity of individuals are respected regardless of language or origin.

Article III

The operations of the Society are to be carried on mainly in the City of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.

Article IV

The Society shall be carried on without purpose of gain for its members and any profits or other accretions to this Society shall be used for promoting its objectives.

ARTICLE V

In the event of dissolution or winding up of the Society, all assets remaining after the payment of any just debts ad obligations will, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be given to a society with similar objectives providing that that society is a recognized Canadian charitable organization or alternatively these assets may be distributed to one or more recognized charitable organizations in Canada.