by CCI Ottawa | May 31, 2019 | News
The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario has launched a new project that is focused on breaking down barriers face by newcomers. The barriers some newcomers face when accessing health care include language and cultural differences. Newcomers also understandably have...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 20, 2018 | News
Every morning Wael drops his wife off at English classes while he makes his way to his furniture shop. His young children are in school while his oldest son works part-time at a grocery store. It’s a typical Canadian life. Two years ago, though, life for the Aun...
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...
by CCI Ottawa | Dec 21, 2017 | News
The Al Ahmad family can’t wait until they are eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship. That’s how much their new country means to them. Mahmoud and his wife Mona had a typical life in Syria. Mahmoud went to work each day as a long-haul truck driver, a...
by CCI Ottawa | Oct 27, 2017 | News
Eleanor and Amira are sisters. But they only met 10 months ago. Eleanor, a volunteer with the Catholic Centre for Immigrants, met Amira through the Matching Program shortly after Amira moved to Ottawa from Damascus, Syria. In Damascus, she had been a director of...
