by CCI Ottawa | Jul 27, 2018 | News
Justine Nkurunziza is an extraordinary woman. In her native Burundi, she was a human rights defender, especially for the rights of women and children. She also worked for Action Aid International in Burundi, before coming to Ottawa as a refugee in 2016. Justine has...
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 | 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...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 8, 2018 | News
More than two years ago, Canadians lined up to sponsor families from Syria who were fleeing a brutal civil war that had raged for almost five years. They were part of the effort by the Canadian government to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada in the first three...
