Toronto / November 2026
With Ontario's immigrant- and refugee-serving sector facing mounting funding pressures and a challenging policy environment, OCASI's 2026 Leaders’ Forum offered leaders and senior managers from agencies across the province an opportunity to reflect, reconnect and explore ways of responding to these challenges.
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November 12, 2026, 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET
Online via Zoom
Featuring: Libby Davies
Advocate, Policymaker, Ground & Sky
Host: Debbie Douglas
Executive Director, OCASI
In this webinar:
Toronto / October 2026
Toronto / September 2026
OCASI spent the summer talking with its members and others who work within the immigrant and refugee-serving sector affected by federal government cuts. We wanted to first offer supports where we could, gauge the disruption these cuts were causing to staffing, service levels and morale, and understand how organizations and their leadership were dealing with this newish normal.
Toronto / August 2026
“We are taking back control on immigration”, Prime Minister Carney said to media recently – boasting that numbers of temporary (and permanent) immigrants and asylum claims were significantly reduced since this government came in:
July 29, 2026
In loving memory of Howard (Howy) Sinclair Jones
Dear OCASI family,
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of OCASI’s founding Executive Director, Howard (Howy) Sinclair Jones. Howy has now joined the ancestors, leaving behind a remarkable legacy that has shaped our organization and our sector in enduring ways.