We are very pleased to have done the “Opportunity Cost of Not Investing in Interpretation” report – it is so important to have clarity on these challenges and…

Hindia Mohamoud, Director, OLIP
Canada has been shaped by people who came from all over the world to build this country. WOW offers a platform for us to celebrate this history and the future it will help…

Alex Munter, Chair of the OLIP Council and President and CEO of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre
I’m really impressed with the level of energy and commitment around the Health and Wellbeing table and look forward to continuing collaboration between OLIP and OPH.

Marcela Tapia
Ottawa Public Health
OLIP helps to unite and share scarce resources for greater impact by working together in the field of student education.

Walter Piovesan
Associate Director of Education, Ottawa Carleton District School Board
In our city’s history, immigrants have always played an important role. They build our economic prosperity, diversify our culture, contribute to our social vitality.

Jim Watson
Mayor of Ottawa
The OLIP Council is committed to leadership.  In only a few years, we have a common vision and priorities, and are up to the task of implementing the Ottawa Immigration Strategy.

Salimatou Diallo
OLIP Council Vice Chair, Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario
The City of Ottawa will continue to play a lead role in the implementation of the Ottawa Immigration Strategy, just as we did in the founding of OLIP.

Steve Desroches
City Councillor and Deputy Mayor of Ottawa
I was happy to see integration to Algonquin territory and indigenous culture related programming in 2014 WOW. Please continue to involve local Aboriginal organisations and…

Linda Manning
WOW 2014 participant, Senior Fellow, University of Ottawa
The WOW seminar on immigrant women’s nutrition and health was a step in the right direction towards closing the gap between academic researchers and service providers.

Josephine Etowa
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
My nomination is an indication that our hard work in building Canada is recognized. All we do is to serve the community in return for embracing us when we needed it.  

Mehdi Mahdavi
Ottawa Immigrant Entrepreneurship Awards Nominee

Gary W. Slater

Gerry Slater 200x200In 1984, after receiving a Ph.D. from the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada), Gary Slater worked for six years at the Xerox Research Centre of Canada in Mississauga, Ontario. In 1990, he joined the Departmentof Physics at the University of Ottawa, where he was named Professor in 1996. From July 1997 to December 2000, Gary Slater was Vice-Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Science and was then appointedVice-Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (FGPS) from January 2002 through June 2004. He was the Dean of the FGPS from January 2005 to December 2011. After six month of administrative leave, he started a 5-year mandate as Associate Vice-President International on July 1, 2012. Dr. Slater is a specialist in the physics of polymers and macromolecules, and is a known expert in electrophoresis, DNA sequencing, microfluidics and nanofluidics. Dr. Slater received the 2001 Researcherof the Year Award from the University of Ottawa. Dr. Slater has been awarded the University of Ottawa Research Chair in Biological Physics in 2004. More recently, he was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2010 and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012.