by CCI Ottawa | Jun 13, 2016 | News
Imagine answering a knock on the door of your new apartment, and finding two people in uniform waiting to speak to you. You might think you’re in trouble… unless you recognize that the uniformed officers are Ottawa firefighters, going door to door with their “Wake Up...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 8, 2016 | News
The sound of kids having fun: that’s the first sign for visitors that the playgroup program for refugee children is a hit. The second sign is the intensity of the play: whether they are squeezing playdough through tubes, hammering at the kids’ size workbench, or...
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 | 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
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...
