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Growing gap: immigrants, racialized residents in the 2016 Census
Policy:
Toronto / October 31, 2017 / - OCASI welcomes the release of immigration and ethocultural diversity data by Statistics Canada on October 25, 2017. Thanks to the reinstatement of the mandatory long-form Census (after a ten year interruption) we once again have the much-needed demographic and economic information about the lives of immigrant and racialized residents. The data highlights the need for government action on several OCASI priorities such as:
REGISTER NOW: Moving Beyond Canada 150
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REGISTER NOW: Moving Beyond Canada 150 - An Equity, Inclusion & Racial Justice Change-Making Conversation
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Tuesday November 28, 2017 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Toronto Central Grosvenor Street YMCA Centre, 20 Grosvenor Street
Toronto, ON
Universal Periodic Review of Canada
Policy:
September 2017 - OCASI participated in a joint submission to the United Nations Human Rights Council for its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of human rights in Canada.
Canada’s third UPR will take place in April/May 2018 during the 30th session of the UPR Working Group.
The People Sector
October 11, 2017 - Farewell speech at OCASI Annual General Meeting by Ibrahim Absiye, President of OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
(Reprinted with permission)
My fellow members of this Council, associate members and other colleagues, I want to take a few minutes of your time to talk about my feelings today about who we are as a sector. And let me begin with my own personal experience.
OCASI AGM 2017
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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.