Helping all newcomers
realize their full potential

Catholic Centre for Immigrants – Ottawa

Meet Emmanuel, youth facilitator

CCI Ottawa Youth Program team member Emmanuel helps young newcomers adjust to life in Ottawa through sport and other activities.

Preparing refugee children for school

Catholic Centre for Immigrants children's program helps young refugee children get ready for their first day of school.

Joy of supporting a newcomer

Welcome Ottawa Week is celebrated from June 17 to June 30. One of the highlights is the naming of 10 Welcome Ottawa Week Ambassadors. One of this year's ambassadors is Maurice White, who was nominated by Ndusha Ruhune Freecare In doubles tennis, when one teammate goes...

Helping others is happiness

By Claudine Nduwimana Muhammad Khalil has been a volunteer at CCI for a little more than four years. Since coming to Canada as a refugee, he has found helping others a source of joy and a way to create lasting friendships. We talked to him about his volunteer...