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Research/Dataset
Data, Evidence-use and Learning
The DEAL (Data, Evidence-use and Learning) Strategy is an initiative led by Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN), in partnership with Ajah and Powered by Data (PbD) and with support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF).Last updated May 26, 2026
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Course/Training
Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ NewcomersLevel 1
OCASI - The Positive Spaces Initiative (PSI) is pleased to announce the upcoming self-directed online training on: Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ NewcomersLevel 1
- Date: May 25th - June 28th, 2026
About this Course
Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 1 focuse
Last updated May 25, 2026
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Course/Training
Trauma and Violence Informed Approaches (TVIA)
The OCASI Mental Health Promotion Project (MHP) is pleased to invite you to: Trauma and Violence Informed Approaches (TVIA)
- Date: May 20, 2026 - July 15, 2026
About this Course
This self-directed online course will provide settlement workers and social service providers with
Last updated May 20, 2026
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Course/Training
Formation pour les services de soutien à l’emploi
OCASI a le plaisir d’ouvrir l’inscription à la prochaine formation autogérée en ligne sur : Formation pour les services de soutien à l’emploi
- Date: 1er mai 2026
- Lieu: En ligne à learnatwork.ca
- Date limite d'inscription: À confirmer, ou dès que les places sont comblées
À propos de ce
Last updated May 13, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
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 Apr 21, 2026
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Other
OCASI Professional Development Conference 2025 Conference Materials Now Available!
We would like to share with you the link to videos of the Keynotes, Plenaries and 3 of the 21 Concurrent Sessions we offered at the OCASI Professional Development Conference 2025, our best attended gathering yet, with over 540 participants.
If you have any questions please email
Last updated Mar 24, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Mapping the competencies of frontline settlement counsellors to available training - information & referral
Helping a newcomer navigate a complex new system is less about giving them a map and more about teaching them how to read the terrain. For a settlement practitioner, the goal is to move a client from crisis management to self-efficacy.
Please note: You must have a Settlenet accoun
Last updated Feb 19, 2026
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Tool
A Practical Guide for Immigrants and Service Providers in Canada
OCASI's Accessibility Initiative is excited to share a valuable new resource : Navigating Settlement Services for People with Disabilities : A Practical Guide for Immigrants and Service Providers in Canada.
To learn how to access and navigate essential services in:
Last updated Feb 2, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Needs and Assets Assessment and Referral Services (NAARS) — Parameters for the Creation of the Communities of Practice (CoPs)
This guidance document outlines important considerations, and community members are encouraged to tailor them to their specific context and needs, while staying within the parameters described below.Last updated Jan 2, 2026
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Needs and Assets Assessment and Referral Services (NAARS) Transformation
What is NAARS?Last updated Dec 24, 2025
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Asylum seekers must be 'priority' discussion for Trudeau and Biden: Legault
By Jacob Serebrin | February 21st 2023 National Observer
MONTREAL — Quebec's premier is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the flow of migrants across an irregular border crossing in southern Quebec a priority during a meeting next month with U.S. President Joe Biden.
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Published February 28, 2023
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Local Immigration Partnership calls for federal support with ongoing Ukrainian resettlement effort
Galen Simmons Stratford Beacon Herald Published Feb 16, 2023
As donor and volunteer fatigue begins to take its toll and international news outlets warn of the potential for renewed Russian aggression in Ukraine, the Multicultural Association of Perth Huron and a collective of…
Published February 28, 2023
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Niagara Falls tourist district dealing with influx of thousands of relocated migrants
Beth Macdonell CTV News Toronto Feb. 16, 2023
The mayor of Niagara Falls is calling on the federal government to come up with a plan and provide resources for thousands of migrants staying in the city’s tourist district after entering Canada through the unofficial border crossing…
Published February 28, 2023
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Ukrainian children stuck in Mexico after visa issues will be able to return to Canada soon, guardian says
Julia Wong · CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2023
The legal guardian of three Ukrainian children who became stuck in Mexico during a trip learned Thursday she will be able to get the kids back to Canada where they fled during the war, after CBC News made multiple inquiries with…
Published February 28, 2023
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Hundreds of asylum seekers arrive in Windsor via the U.S., Ottawa confirms
TJ Dhir · CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2023
Hundreds of asylum seekers are staying in hotels in Windsor, Ont., this month after arriving via the U.S., the Canadian government has confirmed.
The Windsor arrivals come as hundreds of people are entering Canada through Quebec, some…
Published February 28, 2023
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How xenophobia may be contributing to the labour shortage of internationally trained workers
Loraine Centeno Waterloo Chronicle Thursday, February 16, 2023
The cancellation of classes for students in a medically fragile class at a Kitchener school is just one among dozens of establishments that have been forced to close due to staff shortages.
These underpin the issue…
Published February 16, 2023
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Immigrant services offers tax assistance to newcomers
Guelph Today February 15 2023
Immigrant Services Guelph Wellington is pleased to assist local newcomers with the preparation of basic taxes once again. Since 2007, ISGW has offered a free Community Volunteer Income Tax Program (CVITP) in collaboration with Canada Revenue Agency.
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Published February 16, 2023
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Cornwall, Ont., needs resources to support influx of asylum seekers, mayor says
Ben Andrews · CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2023
Cornwall is unable to meet the needs of its growing population of asylum seekers, local officials say, and the eastern Ontario city is looking to recoup costs it believes the federal government has downloaded onto the municipality.
Th…
Published February 16, 2023
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She came to Hamilton after escaping war in Ukraine — now she's helping others do the same
Bobby Hristova · CBC News · Posted: Feb 02, 2023
A month after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Hanna Trofimova said she had a deadly dilemma on her hands.
"My idea was to stay there because I felt sorry for my husband — he's still there — but his…
Published February 6, 2023
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New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances
February 1, 2023 The Conversation Stephanie Mayell, C. Susana Caxaj &Janet McLaughlin
The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to include new employer obligations. These amendments are intended to enhance protections for migrant…
Published February 6, 2023