B.C.A.

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Burma Canadian Association of Ontario
ျမန္မာ ကေနဒီယန္ Aသင္း ( Aြန္ေတးရီးယိုးျပည္နယ္ )
www.BurmaCanadianAssociation.com Email :BurmaCanadianAssociation@gmail.com

Burmese Community Survey 2011

For the purpose of revitalizing the association under the name of BCAO.

BCAO Background:

The Burma Canadian Association of Ontario (B.C.A.O) is an association registered as a non-profit organization
in Ontario since 1991.
To preserve and promote the social and cultural advancement of all people from Burma and those who
share the same interest in the association. The association is committed to the principle of Democracy and
Equality although the BCAO is not a political or a religious organization and do not promote nor support any
political or religious viewpoint, we invite people with all political, religious background to join the association
who share the objectives and principle of the BCAO.

Purpose of the Survey:

The main purpose of the survey is to gather feedback from the people of our Burmese Community to help us
better understand the dynamics of our changing community and to formulate future plans to revitalize the
function of the default BCAO and to provide services in the areas to the best interest of our community.

This is your opportunity to express your concerns, suggestions and views about BCAO and you. The survey is
confidential ( if you do not wish to identify yourself you can keep it anonymous ).

The results will be made available to the community once the results have been processed.

Your thoughts:

(1) Is the future of Burmese Community People ( in Canada ) important to you ?

Yes No

(2) If asked by a stranger about the Burmese Community, do you have accurate information to reply ?
Yes No

( 3 ) Are you aware of the B.C.A.O?

Yes No

( 4 ) Are you being properly informed about the BCAO’s activities ?

Yes No

( 5 ) Are you interested in participating in BCAO’s activities?

Yes No
( 6 ) Do you want to play an active role in decision making with the BCAO?
Yes No

( 7 ) Will you volunteer some of your time to help the wellbeing of the community?
Yes No

( 8 ) Do you want to volunteer as a BCAO executive board member?

Yes No

( 9 ) Do you want to be informed of future upcoming events/activities or joint the BCAO?

Yes No

If Yes! Please fill in your name and address :

• Your Name :__________________________ Email : ________________________

• Address : ________________________________________________________________

( 10 ) If you are active and or volunteer towards our course, do you feel rewarded for the work
You have done ?
Yes No

( 11 ) Is feeling rewarded & recognized in someway important to you?

Yes No

( 12 ) If you are interesting to serve as a member of the executive committee, how would you like the executive
committee meeting to be held?

Place : _______________________________ Time : ______________________________

Weekday Weekends

( 13 ) If attending a meeting or event, how much notice do you prefer?

One Week Two Week One Month

( 14 ) What is the best way of notifying you regarding to upcoming event/meeting ?

Email : Mail : Phone :

Other: Please describe __________________________

( 15 ) What is the most important issue in the Burmese Community today you think we should focus on?
_____________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________
( 16 ) What is the most priority concern to you and/or your family?
Job Housing Education
Health Safety Communication
Immigration Service Legal Service Other

( 17 ) In the past when you or your family faced with each of the above problem where did you seek help from?
Friend Government Agency Private Service
BCAO Executive Senior Community Member Other

(18) Are you satisfy with the service provided to you from the service provider? i.e, the above mentioned
service providers?
Yes No

(19) What did you do to solve the above mentioned problem when help is not available from any source?
Try to fix it yourself Ignor it Other

(20) Do you have any difficulties in dealing with the service provider?
Yes No

If yes, please describe the difficulties most concern to you

Language Result

(21) In your own opinion, what type of service provider suit your interest the best and why?
_________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

(22) Do you believe that BCAO is capable to provide the service you need?
Yes No

If NO, why? ______________________________________________________________

(23) Will you like to help the BCAO to make those services become available?
Yes No

(24) Please briefly comment:

(i) What you don’t like about the BCAO’s activities and what you like to see changed to improve the
wellbeing of the community?
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________
(ii) What you don’t like about the structure of the BCAO and its principle? How would you like to join
the decision making process to make sure the Association is serving members of the community to their
best interest?
____________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

(iii) Do you think the BCAO should focus its service exclusively for its members or to extend its service
to cover the entire community?
____________________________________________________________________________________

(iv) Do you believe the current constitution of BCAO is sufficient and accurate model to cover all your
concerns or an amendment/modification is required?
____________________________________________________________________________________

(v) How would you like to pay the membership fee?

Monthly Annually One initiation fee for life time

(vi) Do you want the BCAO to play a role as the representative of the Burmese Community to bring
your collective voice in response to the government proposed legislation which may have some impact
on our community as a whole or a section of our community and to take proactive action to lobby the
government to address our community’s needs and concerns ?
Yes No

(vii) Any other comments?

___________________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________________

Thank You for your time and participation.

The Volunteer Survey Committee

Ex-Members of BCAO and Members of the Burmese Community
Acting on behalf of the BCAO )

you may want to add another extra page/s for your own comments, advise , suggest, etc..

For more information contact at:

www.BurmaCanadianAssociation.com, Email :BurmaCanadianAssociation@gmail.com