by CCI Ottawa | Jan 29, 2024 | News
Teen Mykyta is always on the move. Training at the rowing club at 5 a.m. Studying for school. Volunteering with Ukrainian Canadian Social Services, visiting CCI Ottawa, creating events such as prom night for Ukrainian students, helping run a summer camp. When asked...
by CCI Ottawa | Jan 26, 2024 | News
Valeriia is ambitious and focused. Like all newcomers who come to Canada, the settlement journey is not always an easy one, but she pushes forward every day. We recently had a chance to sit down with Valeriia. This interview was edited for length. Tell us a little bit...
by CCI Ottawa | Dec 11, 2023 | News
If Mahnoosh meets her ambitions, Canada will one day elect its first Iranian prime minister and perhaps its first woman. Mahnoosh and her husband, Ali, came to Canada one year ago. Mahnoosh is earning her PhD in human rights and technology law at the University of...
by CCI Ottawa | Nov 9, 2023 | News
Ottawa, ON — A new report from the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC), The Leaky Bucket, finds that growing numbers of immigrants to Canada are deciding to leave rather than stay. The report, produced for the ICC by the Conference Board of Canada, finds onward...
by CCI Ottawa | Aug 13, 2023 | News
I believe that whatever I have is God’s gift to me, and that whatever good that I do is my gift to God and to my fellow men. I came across the Catholic Centre for Immigrants on social media. There I learned that the centre is committed to helping newcomers, most...
by CCI Ottawa | Aug 13, 2023 | News
My name is Akenga Rehani. I am a student at the University of Ottawa. My roots are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and my feet are coming from those dusty and muddy houses of Dzaleka Refugee Camp in Malawi. I have no doubts to mention this because that’s...
