by CCI Ottawa | Jun 28, 2018 | News
By Claudine Nduwimana A little more than two years ago, Canada welcomed 25,000 Syrian refugees over the course of three months. Thousands of those refugees were children and teens who brought a new culture to our local schools. For many, it was the first opportunity...
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 | Feb 28, 2017 | News
When the Alsaghir family arrived in Ottawa a little more than a year ago, they were faced with many challenges. They came with one bag each of belongings, they didn’t speak English or French, the weather was brutally cold and they were living in a hotel room. But they...
by CCI Ottawa | Aug 29, 2016 | Media
Jennifer Chevalier · CBC News Ottawa is offering certain private sponsors of Syrian refugees whose entry to Canada has been delayed to get replacement families. “It’s a difficult choice,” said Don Smith, chair of the refugee working group for the...
by CCI Ottawa | Jun 17, 2016 | Featured
(The Ottawa Citizen) Safely housed and clothed, with their children now attending school, many of the 1,600 Syrian refugees who have arrived in Ottawa in the past six months are turning their attention to a new goal: finding work. To help them along the way, Refugee...
