by CCI Ottawa | Feb 12, 2021 | News
Ottawa, February 12, 2021 — International students bring so much to Canada, contributing more than $21 billion annually to Canada’s economy and supporting the vitality of its communities. The pandemic has presented myriad challenges for international students,...
by CCI Ottawa | Apr 5, 2019 | News
By Haiqa Khattak Oyaje Omaku was sending applications to employers and companies, but they were not contacting her or inviting her to job interviews. “My applications were going into a black hole because I did things the way it was done in my country,” she said....
by CCI Ottawa | Dec 10, 2018 | News
The following is a message from CCI Executive Director Carl Nicholson that appeared in our 2017-2018 annual report.By its definition, an annual report is a snapshot of the work we have done over the course of a year. That’s what you’ll find in this year’s edition.But...
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 | Jan 8, 2018 | News
Fake news. We’ve heard this phrase many times, especially if you happen to follow a certain U.S. President in the news. Fake news, though, is no laughing matter and it’s not just a problem in the U.S. With the proliferation of social media in the last 10 years and the...
