Settlement

Stephanie Babych Calgary Herald Sep 15, 2022  

A donation of emergency housing from Airbnb.org is helping Canadian immigration agencies to connect incoming Afghan refugees and displaced Ukrainians with temporary homes.

With the donation, the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society…

CBC News · Posted: Sep 08, 2022

Ukrainian children who escaped Russia's war in their home country began school in Sudbury this week.

To help incoming Ukrainian students adjust to their new schools, the Rainbow District School Board, in partnership with the YMCA of Northeastern…

Alexander Cornwell and Jonathan Landay Reuters September 8th 2022

Canada will accept some 1,000 Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland and have been held for months in a makeshift refugee centre in the United Arab Emirates awaiting resettlement to the United…

Newcomers to Canada play a crucial role in the future of our country and contribute in important ways to our society and economic recovery from the pandemic. To ensure newcomers settling in small towns and rural communities have access to essential services during their first…

People, Power, Impact: The Future of Im/migration

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Greetings Friends and Members, OCASI is pleased to announce the return of our Professional Development Conference which will take place on October 21st & 22nd, 2021. This year’s…

TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Just prior to the pandemic, three former leaders of the Afghan Midwives Association entered Toronto as refugees. They had received death threats from the Taliban because of their work to support the sexual and reproductive health of women.  While…

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Inuk leader and former ambassador Mary Simon has been chosen as the next governor general — the first Indigenous person ever to be appointed to the role.

During a news conference across the river from Parliament Hill this morning, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…

In order to better serve its communities of settlement practitioners, OCASI is organizing a survey for its 2 bilingual knowledge hubs, SettlementAtWork and its French counterpart SecteurEtablissement.

The short survey will allow OCASI to get feedback and more insight on how…

Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced a new immigration initiative that will attract students and youth from Hong Kong to Canada by offering a new open work permit and broadening their pathways to permanent residency.

The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, tabled the 2021‒2023 Immigration Levels Plan today, which sets out a path for responsible increases to immigration targets to help the Canadian economy recover from COVID-19, drive future growth…