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
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
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
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 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 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
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…
The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) is promoting Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) 2014, in conjunction with many of our Celebrating Cultures events! We are proud to support WOW by hosting two documentary screenings: “Cricket and the Meaning of Life” at the St-Laurent branch on Monday June 23rd from...
By Louisa Taylor, WOW 2014 honorary Co-Char
What a fantastic start to Welcoming Ottawa Week 2014! On Monday we launched at City Hall,with Mayor Jim Watson and more than 100 supporters on hand to celebrate on a beautiful sunny morning. We ate,…
211 Eastern Region is a proud supporter of Welcoming Ottawa Week, which will take place from June 23 to 28, 2014.
We are supporting WOW this year by conducting a week-long social media campaign to promote WOW events throughout the community and social services sector.
By Raising Connectivity Through 211 we aim to increase linkages between social service…
Summer is a wonderful time to be in the nation’s capital – and it is not just the warm weather and tulips that beckon everyone outdoors. There are several festivals that cater to just about every community, and of course, Canada Day celebrations on the Hill draw thousands of Canucks to celebrate the bonds that are unique to us from coast to coast.
There…
“Is Ottawa a truly welcoming city?” This question is top-of-mind in the run up to WOW 2014.
Ottawa does a fairly good job – perhaps, as good a job as most other Canadian cities – but, clearly, more can be done. Evidence suggests Canada’s capital city is not attracting as many immigrants as other Canadian cities.
Let’s take a moment to ponder…
By Pamela George
Packing your bags, bidding goodbye to friends, family and the mores you have known until then, and pitching your tent in a faraway country where everything is alien to you, is surely one of life’s most daunting challenges. Talk to any immigrant to Canada – recent arrivals or old-timers – they will have a story or an anecdote of…