by CCI Ottawa | Mar 3, 2017 | News
Catholic Centre for Immigrants (CCI) Executive Director Carl Nicholson was part of a group that received the United Way Community Builder of the Year Award. At a ceremony at City Hall on March 2, the Ottawa Syrian Refugee Response Leaders’ Coalition was honoured for...
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...
