OCASI 2023 Professional Development Conference will bring together frontline workers, program coordinators and managers from OCASI member agencies and other refugee and im/migrant serving organizations. It is a space for our sector to strengthen organizational capacity through new learning, sharing ideas, making connections and building power.
Media release
FCJ Refugee Centre
COSTI Community Services
Skills For Change
Toronto / June 28, 2023
Community groups in Toronto are calling on the governments of Canada and Ontario, and Toronto’s new Mayor Olivia Chow, to act urgently to provide emergency and long-term shelter for refugee claimants in Toronto.
June 27, 2023
Refugee claimants in Ontario are in urgent need of shelter, housing and services. The need is especially acute in Toronto. Toronto Deputy Mayor McKelvie had said that as of June 1, 2023 refugee claimants will be turned away from Toronto's shelters to federal programs.
Toronto / June 8, 2023
OCASI has brought together a group of provincial organizations to launch a campaign designed to bridge the gap between help needed by the immigrant and refugee populations and help available.
June 2023 / Toronto