by Media Outlet | Apr 21, 2016 | Media
OTTAWA CITIZEN, April 20, 2016 When Syrian refugees began arriving by the planeload in Ottawa around Christmas time, many wondered where they would all live in a city with a severe shortage of affordable housing. But in a development that has surprised even settlement...
by Media Outlet | Apr 21, 2016 | Media
OTTAWA CITIZEN (April 20, 2016) Hundreds of Syrian refugees sponsored by the Canadian government are turning to Ottawa food banks to feed their families. More than a dozen Ottawa food banks have reported an increase in demand coming from Syrian refugees. Most of the...
by Media Outlet | Apr 21, 2016 | Media
CBC News (April 20, 2016) A startup company founded by a University of Ottawa student hopes to help Syrian refugees settle in the community by giving them their first job experience in Canada, while also raising money for settlement efforts. SuraiTea Inc. launched its...
by CCI Ottawa | May 8, 2016 | News
CCI Volunteer Anas Wess knows what it’s like to have dreams disrupted by the war in Syria. But his message to other Syrian newcomers is: Canada is a place where you can rebuild your dreams. Anas was in the middle of his fourth year of his medical studies in Aleppo...
by Media Outlet | May 16, 2016 | Media
Their apartment is strikingly bare, but Shikh Omar Jalal, his wife, Eman Aarabi, and their five children feel comfortable in their new home on Donald Street. They’re nestled among about 400 other Syrian refugees who have recently moved into two apartment towers just...
by CCI Ottawa | May 27, 2016 | News
Ottawa’s warm welcome to Syrian refugees just got even warmer, thanks to a $450,000 donation from the Welcome Fund for Syrian Refugees. The Catholic Centre for Immigrants is one of three local recipients of the funding, which the Community Foundation of Ottawa is...
by CCI Ottawa | May 27, 2016 | News
CCI’s Career Transitions program helps internationally trained medical doctors and other health professionals join the Canadian workforce. Some will find alternative careers in the health care field, working in research, community health, academics or the private...
by CCI Ottawa | May 27, 2016 | News
Why do community members from diverse communities and minority groups hesitate to call the police when they are victims or witnesses of a crime? This was one of the questions explored in an in-depth cultural awareness session at CCI last month by 22 newly recruited...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 8, 2016 | News
CCI’s Community Connections team has begun training sessions for volunteers who will help pilot the new “Circle of Friends” program, which is designed to create support networks for refugees as they settle into their new homes in Ottawa. The trainee volunteers for the...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 8, 2016 | News
Photo (left to right): CCI staff Halima Laaroubi with recently arrived refugee Ali Al Ahmed and his children at Welcome event at Lansdowne Park On Saturday, May 28 newly arrived Syrian refugees got a warm Ottawa welcome from Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Michael...