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Webinar: Applying an Anti-Racism Anti-Oppression Framework in a Nonprofit Organization
Racial Equity: From Intention To Action A webinar & conversation series by OCASI for the Ontario immigrant and refugee-serving sector, to move from intention to action in understanding systemic racism, addressing racial discrimination and building towards racial equity in theLast updated Jun 16, 2025
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Conceptualizing a Pyramid Model on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) for Non-Profits and Community Organizations
Organizations need to create inclusion strategies to achieve a sense of belonging among the clients and communities they serve. This model provides an EDI framework specifically designed for non-profit organizations serving newcomers and marginalized communities.Last updated Jun 16, 2025
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Research/Dataset
Race Relations in Canada 2024: A survey of Canadian public opinion and experience
Race relations in Canada 2024: A survey of Canadian public opinion and experience, the third Canada-wide survey conducted by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and the Environics Institute for Survey Research, documents Canada’s progress on issues related to racialLast updated Jun 4, 2025
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Anti-Asian racism: A guided learning journey
This comprehensive learning tool approaches anti-Asian racism through an intersectional and DEIA lens, highlighting how race, ethnicity, gender, and other social factors shape these experiences.Last updated May 12, 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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OCASI Anti-Racism Anti-Oppression (ARAO) Policy Kit
OCASI has created a set of tools to help organizations in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector take action against racism and oppression.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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Course/Training
Understanding and Challenging Anti-Black Racism
This 4-module course aims to assist people working in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector understand how systems operate and how they create and manifest racism and anti-Black racism.Last updated Mar 4, 2025
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Building Blocks for Engaging Newcomer Volunteers: A Guide for Organizations
Building Blocks for Engaging Newcomer Volunteers: A Guide for OrganizationsLast updated Jan 21, 2025
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A step-by-step guide: creating an outreach plan
Outreach can be described as using a specific message to communicate between your group and the public for mutual benefit. This step-by-step guide is intended to be used as a tool to help you create your own outreach plan.Last updated Dec 10, 2024
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Job Posted 1 month ago
Bilingual Coordinator- Accessibility Initiative (AI)
OCASI (Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants) Toronto, ON Hybrid
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Embrave is looking for people to join its Board of Directors
Embrave is seeking community members who are committed to its mission and vision to support individuals impacted by gender-based violence.Published June 3, 2025
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PROSPER Canada. New funding for organizations supporting low-income communities
The Resilient Futures: Building Financial Well-Being for all Canadians Call for Proposals is now open. This Prosper Canada initiative, funded by the Government of Canada through the Social Development Partnerships Program – Children and Families, aims to build and scale up…Published April 14, 2025
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OCASI Survey: How IRCC's response to your proposal impacts your agency?
Please complete a survey to provide feedback onthe Impacts of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) decisions on proposals submitted for CFP 2024.Published January 2, 2025
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Help Shape the New Foundations of Settlement Work Course – Your Input Matters!
OCASI, in collaboration with KEYS, is now enhancing and developing new content for the Foundations of Settlement Work (FSW) course to ensure it addresses the evolving challenges that newcomers and settlement service providers face.Published November 8, 2024
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New report raises concerns over labour exploitation of migrant workers during pandemic
Sawyer Bogdan Global News February 15, 2023
A new report looking at the impact the pandemic had on the exploitation of migrant workers in Canada is raising concerns about an increase in labour trafficking.
The groups involved in the report say a major labour shortage, coupled…
Published February 16, 2023
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Percentage of permanent residents becoming Canadian citizens in decline: StatCan data
Christian Collington The Canadian Press Feb. 15, 2023
StatCan numbers reveal the percentage of permanent residents who become Canadians has plummeted over the past 20 years.
The Institute for Canadian Citizenship says Statistics Canada data points to a 40 per cent decline in…
Published February 16, 2023
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When it comes to environmental racism, Ingrid Waldron knows what needs to change
By Patricia Lane & Ingrid Waldron |National Observer | February 6th 2023
These in-their-own-words pieces are told to Patricia Lane and co-edited with input from the interviewee for the purpose of brevity. In honour of Black History Month, today we highlight the climate justice\u2026
Published February 6, 2023
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Newcomer YouTubers help immigrants get settled in Canada with advice and candid takes
Dakshana Bascaramurty The Globe and Mail 21 December 2022
The Idumota Market in Nigeria’s capital – also known as Lagos Island Market – is a dizzying warren of shops and street vendors selling house slippers, dresses, bottled water, wristwatches, knockoff designer purses, and…
Published December 22, 2022
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New study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants
The Canadian Press 20 December 2022
A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation are immigrants.
Jessica Dube, a researcher with the…
Published December 21, 2022
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Canada plans to welcome millions of immigrants. Can our aging infrastructure keep up?
Tyler Dawson The National Post Published Dec 21, 2022
The Canadian population just blew past 39 million, and the country is only going to get bigger: Ottawa announced in November it wants to bring in a half-million more immigrants each year. The population grows apace, our…
Published December 21, 2022