by CCI Ottawa | Jul 6, 2018 | News
“When I arrived in the city in 2016 to study business at the University of Ottawa, I felt like I had landed in the middle of nowhere and was very lonely,” says Seka Wilfried Adon, an international student from the Ivory Coast. “I only had a few friends in...
by CCI Ottawa | Jul 4, 2018 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana “Art is my talent and I came to CCI to give the most valuable treasure I have — art skills, my talent.” Jennifer Macklem is an art professor at the University of Ottawa. She joined the Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI) in...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 28, 2018 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana A little more than two years ago, Canada welcomed 25,000 Syrian refugees over the course of three months. Thousands of those refugees were children and teens who brought a new culture to our local schools. For many, it was the first opportunity...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 14, 2018 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana It’s only year 2 but already the Catholic Centre for Immigrants Youth Soccer League is set to grow. With the season ready to kick off on June 25, this year the league will see a girls’ division as well as a boys’ division. The...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 11, 2018 | News
Newcomer youth are heading off to university and colleges in numbers greater than non-immigrants, according to a report prepared for Crime Prevention Ottawa. The report is called Making the Grade: Immigrant Youth in Post-Secondary Education and was authored by...
