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Race and Refuge: The Crisis Continues

Type: 
Executive Director's Message

Toronto / September 2023

It is anti-Black racism. Intentional or not, the result of a shelter and housing crisis and an ongoing flow of asylum seekers into the larger urban centres of Ontario - has resulted in hundreds of refugee claimants sleeping rough on the streets or unsustainably housed in makeshift emergency shelters in the halls of Black churches in the GTA. Many had been moved here by the federal government to appease and support Quebec’s capacity challenges.

Freedom

Type: 
Executive Director's Message

Toronto / August 2023

And before I be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave and go home to my Lord and be free…

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen….

This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine

Shine all over the world…

By the river of Babylon, where we sat down, and where we wept, as we remembered Zion…

Indigenous Peoples in Toronto: An Introduction for Newcomers

Type: 
Article

Toronto / July 27, 2023

The City of Toronto, in partnership with OCASI – Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants and Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services has launched Indigenous Peoples in Toronto: An Introduction for Newcomers, a resource that introduces newcomers to First Nations, Inuit and Métis history, cultures and perspectives.

Toronto is one of the first municipalities in Ontario to create this type of resource for newcomers.

Join us in celebration of 45 years of Resistance and Renewal / Célébrez avec nous 45 ans de résistance et renouveau

Type: 
Announcement

Le français suit l'anglais.

OCASI 45: Resistance and Renewal 1978-2023

ABOUT

The Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants - OCASI was formed in 1978 to act as a collective voice for immigrant-serving agencies and to coordinate responses to shared needs and concerns.

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