“End renovictions! Bring back rent controls”! “What do we want”? “Rent controls”! “When do we want it”? “Now”!
The chants - the call and response of rallies and demonstrations of years past and current moments of protests, echoed faintly along University Avenue as a scraggly group of just over one hundred concerned residents walked from Toronto City Hall to Queen’s Park.
Creating Hope Ensuring Excellence and Roads to Success (CHEERS)
CHEERS is a community-based mentorship program for youth in the child welfare system, to provide comprehensive support services as they transition from care to independence. Eligible youth are connected with peer and adult mentors. CHEERS is sponsored by Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre.
October 26-27, 2023 in Toronto or virtually. Have you registered yet for the OCASI Professional Development Conference 2023: Resistance and Renewal?
Secure your in-person or virtual tickets today!
Colloque De Perfectionnement professionnel d'OCASI 2023
Du 26 au 27 octobre 2023 à Toronto ou virtuellement. Avez-vous déjà effectué votre inscription au Colloque de Perfectionnement professionnel d’OCASI 2023 : Résistance et renouveau?
Procurez-vous vos billets pour participer en personne ou en mode virtuel dès aujourd'hui !
Apply For OCASI Professional Development and Training Fund (PET)
The PET Fund is available for In-House Group Training ONLY. Organizations funded by Immigrant Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) are eligible to apply for funds up to $3000 to cover the facilitator’s fee for group training on topics that will benefit their work.
Exploring the Intersection of Newcomer Employment and Mental Health in the Settlement Sector
OCASI, in partnership with Toronto North LIP, is pleased to invite you to a hybrid event on October 17, 2023, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm.
This will be an opportunity for service providers working in Employment Services to learn more about the intersections of mental health and newcomer experiences in the labour market. ASL Language interpreters will be provided.
Join us at our Positive Spaces Initiative (PSI) webinar on Thursday, October 19th, 12-1:30pm EST. Guest speakers from the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) will review “Bill C-4: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy)” and examine the understanding of conversion practices and their impacts on immigrant queer and trans youth in Canada.
Training Needs Assessment Report for Small Black-led and Racialized Organizations
The Report helps to better understand the unique organizational capacity-building priorities and needs for SBLROs in Ontario. The results define key areas of support needed, and provide the basis for a webinar/workshop series to be launched soon.
Unlock Your Agency's Potential with the OCASI Client Management System (OCMS)!
OCMS is a cloud-based data management system that streamlines client services and saves time for workers and clients alike. It is developed by and for the immigrant and refugee serving sector, and is known for its high quality and responsive service. To join our growing list of clients contact us at ocmssupport@ocasi.org
Having a Say at Your Job: Why Workers’ Voice Builds Better Workplaces, Better Economy, Better Lives
Labour economist Jim Stanford takes viewers on an animated tour of a workplace where workers have a strong collective voice: the ability to speak out, be heard, and make change. The 11-minute video illuminates key findings from economic research: when workers have a strong ‘say’ at work, workplaces are safer, more productive, and fairer, and workers’ lives are better.
YWCA Canada has created the National Emergency Survivor Support Fund (NESS Fund). The Fund provides women, gender-diverse people, and their families with financial support to leave unsafe homes or emergency shelters/precarious housing situations and begin their healing journeys. Survivors of gender-based violence can apply for a one-time financial support of up to $2,000.
The NCTR organized daily lunch and learns to mark Truth and Reconciliation Week 2023. You can view and listen to all the recordings on the NCTR youtube channel.
Le CNVR a organisé des déjeuners-conférences quotidiens pendant la Semaine de la vérité et de la réconciliation 2023. Vous pouvez visionner et écouter tous les enregistrements sur la chaîne YouTube du CNVR.
End misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA) and support survivors of Gender-Based Violence make informed choices. An NDA is a signed legal document that restricts sharing information designated as ‘confidential’ with others. When they are misused to cover up misconduct, they silence survivors, protect perpetrators and institutions, and deny individual accountability. View the Backgrounder for more information and read survivor stories.
THE FUTURE IS NOW: Imagining The Non-profit Sector’s Relationship With Government In 2050
Virtual Townhall - November 06, 2023, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
After years of advocacy, the government has indicated it is open to the idea of creating a home in government for the sector. It’s an opportunity for the sector to think big about what our relationship with the federal government could look like and what it could help us achieve together.
RÊVONS GRAND : La Relation Entre Le Secteur Et Le Gouvernement En 2050
Assemblée publique virtuelle – 25 octobre 2023, 13 h 00 à 14 h 30
Après des années d’effort, le gouvernement fédéral a signalé son ouverture à l’idée de créer une place pour le secteur dans sa structure. Voilà une occasion pour le secteur de rêver grand à la nature de sa relation avec le gouvernement et à ce qu’elle pourrait nous permettre d’accomplir.
The conference is organized by the Centre for Integrative Anti-Racism Studies' (CIARS) at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. It will be held in-person in Toronto on November 9-11, 2023. The conference invites attendees to think through race, coloniality and Indigeneity. Key note speakers include: Glen Coulthard, Heidi Safia Mirza, Nelson Maldonado-Torres and Vanessa Andreotti.
Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) has posted two Calls for Proposals:
Women’s Economic and Leadership Opportunities Fund.
Women’s Capacity Fund.
The Call is open to Canadian non-profit organizations with experience in advancing equality for women. Deadline: November 3, 2023, at 12:00 p.m. (noon) Pacific time.
Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development is accepting applications under this stream until November 17, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EST. The SDF Training Stream offers funding to organizations for innovative projects that address challenges to hiring, training or retaining workers, including apprentices, to drive Ontario's economic growth.
Review the latest research from bmrc-irmu.info.yorku.ca. The digest, “Gender, Immigration and Commuting in Metropolitan Canada was posted in September 2023. The digest “Bordering non-citizenship assemblage through migrant Legibility” was posted in summer 2023.
Ontario Nonprofit Network shares eight pathways, and numerous resources to help your organization advance decent work and equity for Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized people in our sector.
Exploring the Intersection of Newcomer Employment and Mental Health in the Settlement Sector
Having a Say at Your Job: Why Workers’ Voice Builds Better Workplaces, Better Economy, Better Lives
Can’t Buy My Silence
THE FUTURE IS NOW: Imagining The Non-profit Sector’s Relationship With Government In 2050
RÊVONS GRAND : La Relation Entre Le Secteur Et Le Gouvernement En 2050
