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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The target beneficiary of the work of OLIP is the whole community. In this short period we have planted together important seeds for Ottawa’s development.  

Dick Stewart
OLIP Council
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
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

Pierre Louis Valin

January 10, 2013

Mr. Valin has more than 25 years of experience in various challenging and competitive working fields. He graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor Degree in Communication from the Ottawa University.

He has worked 15 years in the Broadcast Media industry and 5 years In the  Optical-Medical Devices industry as a Territory manager for CooperVision. He started to work at La Cité collégiale in 2006 as a Training Counsellor and obtained a promotion in 2008 as a Program Manager. He is now responsible of Community Partnerships & Bridging Programs for immigrant students at La Cité collégiale.

His experiences are as follows:

• Responsible of the operations, finances, strategic planning , lobbying activities and analyses of profitability for the vocational training sectors and newcomers integration programs.

• Development and implementation of marketing strategies to reach recruitment goals and financial goals of La Cité des affaires.

• Liaison officer with the Federal and Provincial Government for the Bridging Programs for the immigrant students of La Cité collégiale.

• Manage the operations and responsible of the financial aspects of the Bridging Programs

• Handle internal and external clients and operations functions at all levels of management in the public and private sectors.

• Identify strategic business opportunities, research and analysis, develop operational options, and make recommendations for the implementation of the proposed solutions.

• Deliver products in accordance with the timelines and budget with a pro-active problem-solving approach.

• Coordination and analysis capacity

• Sense of listening and communication

• Versatile and creative