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The City of Toronto and OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants launches an educational campaign addressing xenophobia & islamophobia

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Media Releases

June 14, 2016

PRESS RELEASE

THE CITY OF TORONTO AND OCASI-ONTARIO COUNCIL OF AGENCIES SERVING IMMIGRANTS LAUNCHES AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ADDRESSING XENOPHOBIA & ISLAMOPHOBIA

The City of Toronto and OCASI-the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants are launching a Toronto public education campaign to address xenophobia, Islamophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiments.

OCASI Brief - Temporary Foriegn Worker Program Review

Policy: 
Policy
Type: 
Position Papers & Backgrounders

OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants submitted a Brief to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities for its review of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).

OCASI made the following key observations and recommendations in the Brief:

Key Observations

OCASI Comments on Bill C-6 - Citizenship Bill

Policy: 
Legislation & Public Policies
Type: 
Position Papers & Backgrounders

OCASI Comments on Bill C-6 - Citizenship Bill

Debbie Douglas, OCASI Executive Director appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to make a presentation and answer questions about our submission on Bill C-6 - An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and to make consequential amendments to another Act.

Services for Syrian Refugees in Ontario: OCASI Environmental Scan Report

Policy: 
Integration and Settlement
Type: 
Research Papers

In December 2015, the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants with financial support from the Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration, and International Trade (MCIIT), undertook an environmental scan to assess the existing capacity and service gaps of refugee and immigrant-serving organizations in Ontario to meet the needs of large numbers of Syrian refugee arrivals.

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