How Ruth found confidence – and her dream job For Ruth, immigrating to Canada in 2002 was an opportunity to better her family’s life, especially for her young son. “Growing up in China, the competition in school was too much,” Ruth says. “I did not want him to grow up with that pressure, and
Job fair underscores Syrian refugees’ challenges Knowing English and French are assets in Canada but in the end “you don’t need language to roll dough.” One of the job and networking events for Syrian refugees; “The children are busy, they are happy,” said one dad. “We are just sitting around.” By STEPHANIE LEVITZ The Canadian
2016 Welcoming Ottawa Week! Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) is an annual, week-long series of dialogues, cultural and celebratory events, sports activities, documentary screenings, and other fun events designed to convey the genuine welcome and hospitality of Ottawans to newcomers, while providing opportunities for quality interactions between residents, old and new. Recurring annually since 2013
United for Refugees campaign hands out $869,000 to help Syrians new to Ottawa 10 local organizations get money for language, counselling and other projects By Kate Porter, CBC News Posted: May 27, 2016 3:44 PM ET Last Updated: May 27, 2016 3:44 PM ET The United for Refugees campaign raised $869,000 from October 2015 to May
‘Welcome fund’ directs $450,000 to Ottawa refugee programs – Carl Nicholson, executive director of the Catholic Centre for Immigrants, said new funding will help refugees pay rents in their new homes. JULIE OLIVER / OTTAWA CITIZEN Local programs supporting Syrian refugees are receiving $450,000 from a “welcome fund” run by the Community Foundations of Canada. The
Last January 21, 2016 World Skills hosted an event for internationally educated professionals interested in learning more about how to tailor their resumes. A total of 23 World Skills clients participated. We had two fantastic guest speakers and our own Magdalene Cooman, Director of Employer Engagement as presenters. One of the guest speakers was Meghan Baldeau, Senior
Yesterday – December 16, 2015 – World Skills hosted an event with the topic: “Addressing the Barrier of Canadian work Experience”. It was very well attended by close to 30 World Skills clients who interacted with the panelists representing some of our community partners: Catholic Centre for Immigrants, In-TAC, Volunteer Ottawa, and PQCHC-ITP Program. The
What a wonderful event it was at the University of Ottawa! Both coaches and candidates had an amazing experience. Thank you Hire Immigrants Ottawa (HIO), CIC and Ottawa U for working together with us to support newcomer talent! Job seekers received valuable tips on navigating the Canadian labour market and enhanced their professional network and coaches met
On November 25, 2015, World Skills Employment Centre, Hire Immigrants Ottawa and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, held the first ever LinkedIn-a-Thon Event in Ottawa. It was graciously hosted by Kivuto. This event formed part of the Alternative Careers Program which is aimed at supporting newcomers to find suitable jobs which match their skills and
Rula Alkhzouz is a Jordanian-born immigrant to Ottawa. She is university educated, has many years of work experience, but was having difficulties adjusting to the Canadian labour market. She started volunteering at World Skills Employment Centre and after a few months a position became available, she was interviewed for it and she was offered
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