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
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 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
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
The work and expertise that OLIP brings to our community is so important as it helps us to build bridges and break down silos.  I look forward to our continued work together. 

Jim Watson, Mayor 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
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
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

Ottawa Immigration Forum

The Ottawa Immigration Forum is part of the OLIP governance structure and supports the community-wide implementation of the Ottawa Immigration Strategy (OIS). The Forum is an annual event that highlights collective progress on the goals of the OIS, enables public discussion on ways to remove remaining barriers, and sustains collaborative leadership on integration issues in Ottawa.

The Forum provides a space for community-wide engagement, mutual learning, and the exchange of ideas on immigrant integration. The Forum fosters partnerships among a wide range of stakeholders, which is instrumental to service alignment and coordination. Forum participants come from all levels of government, service providing organizations, school boards, universities and colleges, think tanks, employers, and immigrant communities.

Celebration is an important aspect of the Forum, which puts a spotlight on the advantages of immigration and the achievements that our community has made to facilitate immigrant integration for the benefit of all Ottawans.

The theme of the annual Forum and its content is defined collaboratively by the OLIP partners with inspiration drawn from the work of key stakeholders. The Forum is hosted by the OLIP Council.

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