by Media Outlet | Jul 4, 2016 | News
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...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 8, 2016 | News
Photo (left to right): CCI staff Halima Laaroubi with recently arrived refugee Ali Al Ahmed and his children at Welcome event at Lansdowne Park On Saturday, May 28 newly arrived Syrian refugees got a warm Ottawa welcome from Mayor Jim Watson and Councillor Michael...
by Media Outlet | Apr 14, 2016 | Media
Global News, Wed, Jan 27: Starting a new life in Canada involves a whole lot of firsts, especially if you’re from Syria. In Ottawa, that includes strapping on a pair of skates and taking a spin on the ice outside city hall. Videojournalist Kurt Brownridge caught up...
by Media Outlet | Apr 13, 2016 | Media
Ottawa Citizen (February 17, 2016) Ottawa refugee experts predicted that finding housing for the Syrians now flooding into the city would be a major problem. They are arriving in a bunch, families are large, and there’s already a shortage of affordable housing. But...
by Media Outlet | Apr 13, 2016 | Media
CBC (March 10, 2016) Four times a week, some of Ottawa’s youngest Syrian refugees gather at a downtown hotel for songs, snacks, painting and playtime. The playgroup at the Radisson Hotel is organised by local community health centres and supervised by early childhood...
