by CCI Ottawa | Jun 20, 2016 | Media
June 20, 2016, By Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Federal politicians meet a lot of people, but Syrian children don’t meet a lot of federal politicians — let alone the same one twice, in two different countries, each a world apart from the other....
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 14, 2016 | Media
(Ottawa Citizen, June 6 2016) At her modest apartment in Vanier, Nirmeen Alsebai greets a visitor with a table full of snacks, including several types of hummus and a specialty from her homeland called fatteh that layers toasted, crumbled pita bread with yogurt,...
by CCI Ottawa | 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 | 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 | 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 CCI Ottawa | 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...
