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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Five Good Ideas for building a human-centred workplace in the AI era
Zabeen Hirji joined Elizabeth McIsaac for the latest Five Good Ideas session. They explored how AI is changing the nature of work and reshaping the relationship between employers and employees.Last updated Jun 4, 2025
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OCMS - OCASI Client Management System (for the Immigrant and Refugee Serving Sector)
The OCASI Client Management System (OCMS) is a powerful and sophisticated website that can be used by multi-service agencies across Canada to record and retrieve important client information while generating detailed real-time reports on individual and group activities.Last updated Jun 2, 2025
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Hepatitis C, HIV, syphilis information for Indigenous and immigrant communities
CATIE's multilingual website, multilingual.catie.ca, addresses the health information needs of immigrant communities regarding HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis. It offers foundational, up-to-date information on these health conditions in the languages most commonly spoken by
Last updated May 26, 2025
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
6 Tips for Practicing Active Listening
We all know that listening isn’t always as easy as it seems. In a world where communication is constant, practicing active listening has become an essential skill for building meaningful relationships.Last updated May 21, 2025
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Research/Dataset
Experiences & giving trends of multicultural Canadians
This new study provides practical insights to help organizations build stronger connections with some of Canada’s fastest-growing populations.Last updated May 13, 2025
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Glossary/Factsheet
What is the One-Year Window of Opportunity (OYW)?
The One-Year Window of Opportunity (OYW) is a special rule in Canada’s immigration system that helps reunite families. It allows resettled refugees in Canada to apply for certain family members who could not travel with them at the time of their arrival. This application must beLast updated May 9, 2025
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Benefits wayfinder support guide for frontline service providers
This practical guide from Prosper Canada is for anyone supporting people with their financial well-being.Last updated May 8, 2025
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
OCASI Anti-Racism Anti-Oppression (ARAO) Youtube Playlist
OCASI Anti-Racism Anti-Oppression Policy and Implementation Plan recorded on November 15 and 22, 2023.Last updated May 7, 2025
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Research/Dataset
Why income support is good housing policy: A new case for a permanent housing benefit in Canada
The report argues that income security is the key to solving Canada’s housing crisis. It advocates for a permanent housing benefit that is simple, predictable, and easy-to-access to provide immediate rent support to low-income families.Last updated May 6, 2025
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Direct Cash Transfers as a Pathway Out of Homelessness
This resource is about the transformative potential of Direct Cash Transfers (DCTs) as a strategy to combat homelessness. It compiles a comprehensive collection of toolkits, research studies, case analyses, and multimedia materials that explore how providing unconditionalLast updated May 6, 2025
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Kept apart for years, Iranian couples decry Canada's heartbreaking immigration delays
Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2023
One spouse in Canada, the other overseas — for years.
For a group of Iranian nationals, the wait to live with — let alone hug and kiss — their partners has been painfully long as they wait years for Canada to process their…
Published February 15, 2023
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New ODSP income limits
Steps to Justice has updated information on how much someone can earn without it affecting their ODSP. People can now make up to $1,000 a month before their ODSP is reduced. If they make more than $1,000, ODSP reduces their monthly payments by 75% of the amount over $1,000.
Published February 13, 2023
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OCASI Welcomes Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia
February 6, 2023 / Toronto
OCASI – Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants welcomes the appointment of Amira Elghawaby as Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia, the first in Canada.As a human rights advocate, journalist, commentator, educator, and…
Published February 13, 2023
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After deadly earthquake, N.S. advocate urges government to bring Syrian refugees to Canada
CBC News · Posted: Feb 09, 2023
In the wake of the devastating earthquake that hit Syria and Turkey earlier this week, a Nova Scotian refugee support group is urging the government to step in and expedite the process for Syrians living in Turkey to come to Canada.
Kate Sircom…
Published February 13, 2023
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‘Nothing left’: Why a Canadian woman is pleading for help after Turkey’s earthquake
Saba Aziz Global News February 9, 2023
Toronto resident Mercan Kismetli was putting her kids to sleep on Sunday night when a massive earthquake struck her hometown in Turkey.
After seeing the news on TV that a 7.8-magnitude earthquake had ripped through Turkey and neighbouring…
Published February 13, 2023
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Canada may fast-track immigration applications from people in earthquake zone
The Canadian Press Feb. 9, 2023
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser signalled this week that Canada may fast-track applications to come to Canada from people in the earthquake zones of Turkey and Syria.
Two major earthquakes rocked southwestern Turkey and northwestern Syria in a…
Published February 13, 2023
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Expanded refugee program for Afghans now expected within weeks
Stephanie Levitz The Star Wed., Feb. 8, 2023
OTTAWA — An expanded refugee resettlement program for Afghans will be in place within weeks, government officials confirmed Wednesday, following a settlement in a human rights complaint filed by four Afghan-Canadians who deployed with…
Published February 13, 2023
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Incredibly frustrating' visa delays could thwart another Montreal conference
Dylan Robertson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 08, 2023
Yet another global conference in Montreal risks being derailed by Canada's delays in processing visas and by rejections that critics argue punish those from poorer countries.
"It's incredibly frustrating and difficult…
Published February 13, 2023
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Immigration minister has ‘serious concerns’ about inauthentic Canadian travel documents sent to Afghans
Marieke Walsh The Globe and Mail 8 February 2023
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser told MPs Wednesday he has “serious concerns” that Afghans desperate to flee the Taliban were misled when they were sent inauthentic Canadian travel documents, leaving them with the mistaken belief…
Published February 13, 2023
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Prairies stand to benefit the most from boost to immigration target: report
Nojoud Al Mallees The Canadian Press Feb. 8, 2023
A new Desjardins report suggests Canada's immigration target increase could spur economic growth, with the Prairies standing to benefit the most.
Principal economist Marc Desormeaux says his analysis finds Canada's plan to…
Published February 13, 2023