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OCASI AGM 2017

OCASI
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants

You’re Invited to our

39th Annual General Meeting

Keynote Address:
Hon. Laura Albanese
Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

The Westin Prince Toronto Hotel
900 York Mills Road
Toronto, Ontario

Registration: 4:30 p.m.
Meeting: 5:00 p.m.
Dinner 7:00 p.m.

OCASI SSJ 2017

OCASI School of Social Justice 2017

Announcement & Call for Applications

Please read ALL the information below before submitting your application.

The OCASI School for Social Justice (SSJ) is a training institute for OCASI member agency employees (and OCASI staff), to build capacity in social analysis, community organizing, and advocacy for social and economic justice.

UN Committee Questions Canada’s Record on Anti-Racism

Policy: 

Media Release

Geneva / August 15, 2017 / - Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change (COP-COC) and several of its co-founding members were successful in having Canada vigorously questioned on its record on addressing racial discrimination by a UN human rights Committee at its review of Canada today in Geneva.

The civil society groups were in attendance at Canada’s review by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD).

Start Your Own Business

Have Clients who are New to Canada who Want to Start a Business?

Scadding Court is hosting two business information sessions for newcomers and refugees on September 13th and 20th to discuss compliance issues, share successful entrepreneur stories, provide mentorship opportunities and prepare vendors to test their business ideas at a Market slated for October 2017.

Submission to UN CERD Committee

Joint Submission to the 93rd Session of the Committee for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) – Review of Canada August 2017

By: Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change, Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants and South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario. (CSALC, OCASI and SALCO are founding Steering Committee members of Colour of Poverty - Colour of Change)

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