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Summer Camp Prepares Refugee Youth for School
Some are shy and others are more outgoing. Most have only had a few months of school to start learning English before the summer holidays began. Many are still adjusting to a new city and culture. So these teens - refugees from Syria, immigrants from...
Picnic on the beach helps connect communities
CCI Ottawa's Community Connections Team organized a Potluck picnic at Petrie Island with clients, volunteers and friends. It was a perfect day to make new friends, share some food and mark the end of the summer. Thanks to everyone who joined us to enjoy a...
South Asian community role model
Photo: Rukhsana Ahmed, Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa presents certificate to Rayhan Pitigala. Rayhan was one of the winners of a writing contest launched by the Ottawa Multicultural Media Initiative (OMMI). My community role model is much closer to...
Chinese community role model
Photo of Baozhen Liu, winner of a writing contest on community role models I’ve known her since I came to Canada two years ago. Sharing interests in common, we became dear friends. However, I am deeply impressed by her contributing spirit since she has become the...
Carl Nicholson re-appointed to Police Services Board
Board member Carl Nicholson, first appointed to the Police Services Board in September 2010, has been re-appointed for a further two year term by Order-in-Council of the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. His term now expires on 14 September 2018. Mr. Nicholson has been...
Former refugees, immigrants offer advice to newest Canadians
(CBC News,June 20, 2016) Welcoming Ottawa Week kicked off at city hall Monday morning, as people around the globe marked World Refugee Day. CBC News asked former refugees and immigrants in attendance, as well as those who work with refugees, what advice they would...
Welcoming Ottawa Week
Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) is an annual, week-long series of dialogues, cultural and celebratory events, sports activities, documentary screenings, and other fun events designed to convey the genuine welcome and hospitality of Ottawans to newcomers, while providing...
Community Cup Event
Around forty volunteers gathered for an orientation session with CCI Ottawa. The orientation session included icebreakers and activities to help volunteers to get to know each other and learn about the upcoming multicultural Community Cup event that will take place...
Practicing English through Singing
In a big bright room on a Saturday morning, a group of adults and children are standing in a circle, breathing to a count of five… “Inhale….hold… exhale….” Some are recent immigrants and refugees, some are volunteers, and all of them are warming up, getting ready to...
Tri- Services Workshop: Orienting Refugees to Emergency Services in Ottawa
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...