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Participate in the 2025 OCASI Compensation and Benefits Survey!

Shaping Equity in Ontario’s Immigrant and Refugee Services Sector

This important initiative seeks to gather up-to-date insights on compensation trends across Ontario’s not-for-profit immigrant and refugee-serving…

OCASI - The Positive Spaces Initiative (PSI) cordially invites you to apply to be a PSI Champion

Do you:

• have an idea for an event or initiative that supports 2SLGBTQIA+ newcomers and refugees?
• require financial, outreach, promotional and logistics support for the event or…

The Toronto Police Service (TPS) is making the public aware of scammers impersonating community support organizations. Complaints are being received involving scammers who are impersonating community outreach organizations and legal services designed to support new immigrants…

The OCASI Professional Development Conference 2025 will bring together frontline workers, program coordinators and managers from OCASI member agencies and other refugee and im/migrant serving organizations. It is a space for our sector to strengthen organizational capacity…

The OCASI PET Fund provides financial assistance to organizations funded by Immigrant Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in delivering training topics that strengthen their organizational capacity. This training enables staff doing similar jobs in different immigrant service…

Embrave is seeking community members who are committed to its mission and vision to support individuals impacted by gender-based violence.

Climate Resilient Communities (CRC) is proud to announce the beta launch of our Multilingual Climate Chatbot (MLCC) on May 24th, 2025, bringing accessible climate information to Toronto's diverse communities in over 200 languages.

On April 1, French Language Services Commissioner Carl Bouchard launched an investigation into in-person service in French at ServiceOntario locations.

OCASI | Immigrant and Refugee Communities Neighbours, Friends and Families (IRCNFF) invites you to Apply to Be a Peer Champion Educator on Domestic Violence

Researchers at the University of Ottawa are conducting interviews with people who claimed asylum in Canada and experienced homelessness or housing precarity in Ottawa.