by CCI Ottawa | Oct 4, 2018 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana More than half of international students who come to study in Canada are satisfied with their decision to do so while 38 per cent are very satisfied. Those are the findings of an August survey by the Canadian Bureau for International Education...
by CCI Ottawa | Oct 1, 2018 | News
By Shabana Ansari When her husband’s company transferred him to Canada, Kiran Thapar Otto did what every supportive spouse does – she encouraged him to not miss the opportunity. “I was overjoyed that he was getting a chance to gain international experience and grow in...
by CCI Ottawa | Sep 25, 2018 | News
By Shabana Ansari When Mimi Do moved to Canada from her native Vietnam a little more than a year ago, she was looking forward to continuing her career in digital marketing and having an exciting social life. “I had stars in my eyes and it felt like I could do anything...
by CCI Ottawa | Aug 7, 2018 | News
In a recent column, Le Droit’s Patrick Duquette called a Donald St. apartment complex, where many Syrians live, a ghetto and a ticking time bomb. (Story here) He reports that Syrians are unhappy with the pace of settlement, the lack of job opportunities, language...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 27, 2018 | News
Justine Nkurunziza is an extraordinary woman. In her native Burundi, she was a human rights defender, especially for the rights of women and children. She also worked for Action Aid International in Burundi, before coming to Ottawa as a refugee in 2016. Justine has...