Latest news happening in the settlement sector of Ontario.
Here we post new publications (studies, reports), government notices and more.
OCASI is considering planning an online series to help strengthen our community of agencies, promote connection, encourage sharing of information, and discuss important topics for the sector.
The series is based on a successful previous #CdnImm* in-person event series OCASI ran a few years ago.
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TORONTO — As the province continues to respond to the fourth wave of the pandemic driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the government is further protecting Ontarians through continued actions that encourage every eligible person to get vaccinated and help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Sep 15, 2021 -
Individuals looking to help refugees coming to Waterloo region this year, including those from Afghanistan, can donate money to a new fund that will provide cash to organizations working to resettle people in the community.
The fund is a joint project between the Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation, the Cambridge and North Dumfries Community Foundation, and the Immigration Partnership of Waterloo Region.
The Kitchener Waterloo Community Foundation started the fund by donating $20,000.
September 13, 2021 -
Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found.
When Sara Wahedi thinks back to May 9, 2018, it began as a calm, sunny day. But as the Afghan-Canadian social entrepreneur, now 26, was walking home from the president’s office in Kabul, where she worked, people started running past her in panic. Some were screaming that there was a suicide bomber.
“His vest is not working,” one man yelled during the scramble. Ms. Wahedi only had a moment to react and started running as well. Seconds later, she heard an explosion behind her.
When two Fort Albany First Nation members died following separate interactions with Timmins Police in 2018, Jennifer Constant felt for the families.
Those experiences are, unfortunately, common for Indigenous peoples, she said.
TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2021 /CNW/ - Just prior to the pandemic, three former leaders of the Afghan Midwives Association entered Toronto as refugees.