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
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 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
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
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
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
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

Chinese Canadian Stories Kiosk at the Ottawa Public Library

August 28, 2012

The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is a great place for newcomers to learn about Canada and Canadians from many backgrounds.

OPL will be displaying an interactive trilingual Chinese Canadian Stories Kiosk, received from the University of British Columbia (UBC), at Nepean Centrepointe branch until mid-May 2013. OPL is proud to be the first to display the mobile kiosk outside of Vancouver, BC. The kiosk will travel to other Canadian libraries and venues after OPL.

The mobile kiosk was part of a UBC and Simon Fraser University project called “Chinese Canadian Stories” – a web-portal and electronic resources that would be the first stop for anyone interested in Chinese Canadian history.

Users will find visually powerful narratives in English, French and Chinese, including stories of Chinese Canadian sports heroes, the Miss Chinatown beauty pageant, the history of Chinese-First Nations marriages and families, and Chinese Canadian veterans whose bravery helped win the right to vote.

If you would like to learn more about Chinese-Canadian history, culture and people, check out the Chinese Canadian Stories Booklist.

The kiosk is hosted by OPL’s Diversity and Accessibility Division, which provides specialized services in the areas of accessibility, diversity, volunteers, bookmobile services and homebound services.