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 | 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...
by CCI Ottawa | Sep 7, 2022 | News
As of August 22, Canada has welcomed about 300,000 new permanent residents. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser boasted last week that Canada has hit the 300,000 mark earlier this year than any other year. Since Confederation in 1867, Canada has welcomed more than...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 12, 2022 | News
Canada recently announced plans to bring an unlimited number of Ukrainians to Canada on a three-year visa with the right to work while they are here. It’s an exciting and new plan for humanitarian migration. It also raises an important question. How do we deliver on...
