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
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
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
The Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre is so happy to have joined the OLIP Health and Wellbeing Sector Table. It is clear that OLIP cares about immigrants and refugees and…

Wendy Tang, Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre
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
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
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
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
All the WOW events that I went to were great – WOW does give a sense of a community trying to improve its attraction and retention!

Caroline Andrew
Professor, University of Ottawa
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

Hasmik Minasyan

February 11, 2013

Hasmik’s professional career has always been connected with social change, community development, policy and advocacy to improve the lives of those facing institutional barriers and inequalities. As a Policy and Advocacy Officer at Oxfam GB she has supported a movement by a civil society coalition to influence the Poverty Reduction Strategy of Armenia. Since moving to Canada in 2008 from her home-country Armenia, Hasmik has been closely involved in local immigration program planning. She stood at the roots of establishing the Local Immigration Partnership of Leeds and Grenville region as the person in charge of the immigration portfolio in the City of Brockville, and later at the United Way of Leeds and Grenville. Prior to that she coordinated the Welcoming Communities Initiative and the Community Immigrant Retention in Rural Ontario (CIRRO) project of the Ontario Ministry of Agricutlre, Food and Rural Affairs in the same region. Working for the advancement of opportunities for immigrant integration is both a professional and personal goal for Hasmik. She holds a Master’s degree in International Development Policy from Duke University, and a Diploma in Evaluation of Public Policies and Programs from Carleton University.