OCASI Statement on Ontario General Election 2018
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Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants congratulates Premier-elect Doug Ford on receiving a majority mandate from voters to form the next government of Ontario.
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Celebrating 40 Years of OCASI - Dawit Beyene
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Dawit Beyene was involved with OCASI from the late 1980’s. Read his recollections.
Feminisms, Elections and our Ontario and Canadian Feminist Souls
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After being away from my office for two weeks, travelling the country for various meetings all having to do with women`s rights, feminism and the role of States and Governments, I came to my desk and sat down to check my messages. The first message to play was from a colleague from British Columbia, I`m yet to meet in person. Her message? She was calling to gauge my interest in discussing the re-establishment of a national immigrant and ‘visible minority’ (racialized) women’s voice/organization/coalition.
In the Field Newsletter Volume 69
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It is a windy, icy mid-April Spring morning as I turn my thoughts to the beginning of a new fiscal year and what it means, especially this year, for us as a Sector. While the new fiscal year began with the routine complaints – late contracts from funders, too tight timelines for financial claims for end of last fiscal year, inconsistency in communication from the federal funder, less than ideal communication from the provincial funder, there is a sense of anticipation in the air.
In the Field Newsletter Volume 68
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OCASI celebrates our gains in raising awareness about violence against refugee and immigrant women and women with precarious immigration status. We re-commit to ongoing efforts for equity and fairness including calling for permanent residence on arrival for migrant caregivers, elimination of the gender and race pay gap, and elimination of all gender inequalities.
In the Field Newsletter Volume 67
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Social justice movements are striding confidently into 2018. From the #metoo movement, a decade old hashtag thought up by African American activist Tarana Burke and given new life by the celebrities of popular culture including the high priestess of them all Oprah Winfrey, who with her sister celebs evolved it into a multimillion fund for survivors of sexual harassment and a new hashtag #timeisup; to the thousands of women and their allies who showed up for round two of the women’s march, it feels as if we’re experiencing a seismic cultural shift here in North America and around the globe.