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OCASI - Training opportunity

OCASI Professional Education and Training Project (PET) provides financial support to frontline settlement service providers to assist with organizational capacity building.

Under the PET project, assistance is available to frontline staff working in organizations funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (MCI), to enhance their skills and share knowledge through individual courses.

Who can apply?

Individual: Position must be funded by IRCC and/or MCI. Depending on the size of the agency, PET will approve up to 4 people per agency. If eligible, you can apply for funds to take courses at any institutions of your choice, and will be reimbursed up to $750 per fiscal year, (April 1-March 31).

Note: The Employment Letter must demonstrate a direct connection between the competencies required to effectively do the job and the course(s) chosen.

Funding is available to organizations for professional development through in-house group training to improve settlement services.

Apply online at:

Contact Beverly Lawrence-Dennis, PET Project Coordinator at:

blawrence@ocasi.org or 416-322-4950 x238

OCASI Annual Report 2020

Rising to the challenge

Read ED MessageAbout OCASI

Mission

The Mission of OCASI is to achieve equality, access and full participation for immigrants and refugees in every aspect of Canadian life.

Principles

OCASI asserts the right of all persons to participate fully and equitably in the social, cultural, political and economic life of Ontario. OCASI affirms that immigrants and refugees to Canada should be guaranteed equitable access to all services and programs.

OCASI believes that Canada must be a land of refuge and opportunity, a country known for humanity and justice in its treatment of immigrants and refugees. OCASI believes that in cooperation with other groups and communities which promote human rights and struggle against discrimination, OCASI will see these principles realized.

1977

Visionaries

17 agencies form a steering committee to monitor the Immigrant Settlement Adaptation Program (ISAP) at the first ISAP conference.

1978

OCASI founded

The steering committee incorporates as O.C.A.S.I. Annual membership fee is $24.

1982

ISAP

OCASI campaign generates 6000 letters in support of ISAP, saving the program that was to end.

1980/81

OCASI Conference

OCASI gets program funding, hires 1.5 staff and holds the first conference.

1988

Immigration Numbers

OCASI and allies advocate to set yearly immigration at 1% of the population, government agrees

1992

Multilingual Access to Social Services Initiative

MASSI is created by Ontario. OCASI advocacy results in the inclusion of cultural interpreter training and services.

1995

Settlement renewal

OCASI leads Ontario opposition to devolution of federal government responsibility for immigrant settlement and integration to the provinces.

1998

Sector is computerized

OCASI advocacy results in the computerization of sector agencies funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

2000

Settlement.Org

Settlement.Org is launched and becomes the trusted source of information for newcomers.

2001

Every Child’s Right to OHIP Coalition

OCASI and allies get OHIP coverage for Canadian-born children of parents without full immigration status.

2002

Immigration & Refugee Protection Act

OCASI and allies successfully advocate to include same-sex spousal sponsorship in this new immigration law.

2007

Francophone agencies

OCASI creates the Francophone Consultative Committee to better support agencies serving francophone refugees and immigrants.

2008

Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change

COP-COC founded in 2007 by OCASI and allies, holds first provincial forum.

2009

Positive Spaces Initiative, Accessibility project

OCASI launches PSI and Accessibility projects to build sector capacity to meet needs of LGBTQ newcomers and immigrants and refugees with disabilities.

2012

Making Ontario Home

OCASI launches report from the largest study of immigrant and refugee use of settlement services and their needs in Ontario.

2012

OCASI School for Social Justice (SSJ)

OCASI launches the SSJ, an initiative to strengthen the advocacy capacity of member agencies.

2014

OCASI Client Management System

OCMS is launched across Canada. It is a powerful online client data system

2014

CRRF Award

OCASI receives the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) Award of Excellence for the Accessibility Program.

2015

Refugee Resettlement

OCASI supports sector agencies in resettling refugees arriving from overseas.

2015

OCASI Francophone Director

OCASI francophone member agencies elect the first Francophone Director to the Board.

2016

Anti-Islamophobia Anti-Racism Campaign

OCASI partners with allies and launches a public education campaign on Islamophobia, racism, and anti-Black racism.

2016

Anti-Racism Directorate

The Ontario government establishes an AntiRacism Directorate, thanks to efforts of advocates such as OCASI.

2017

Telling Our Stories

OCASI launched a graphic novel written by immigrant and refugee women as a violence against women prevention tool.

2017

Anti-Racism Act

Ontario passes the Anti-Racism Act, first of its kind in Canada, thanks to advocacy by COP-COC and others.

2018

Women’s Caucus

Women’s organizations among OCASI member agencies establish a Women’s Caucus

2018

Community of Practice

OCASI creates a national practice in collaboration with sector umbrella organizations across Canada.

2019

Women’s Director

OCASI member agencies elect the first Women’s Director at the 2019 Annual General Meeting.

2019

National anti-racism strategy

A national anti-racism strategy is introduced by the federal government, and later different orders of government start to collect disaggregated data all thanks to years of advocacy by groups such as OCASI and COP-COC.

Member Agencies

Members of our Community

Source: OCASI Membership Database 2019 (reported by 271 member agencies)

1978-2020

Cumulative number of agencies per year

We grew from 17 to 244 member agencies in 42 years.

2020

Member agencies

• 244 Member Agencies
• 40 Women’s organizations
• 20 Francophone Agencies
• 8 New member agencies

2020

Charitable organizations

184 member agencies

2020

Languages

107 Services provided by OCASI members in Languages other than English & French

2020

Staff

• 15,200 workers (79% are women)
• 48,700 volunteers

2020

Agencies generating revenue

• > $5MM: 61 agencies
• $1-5MM:: 91 agencies
• < $1MM:: 86 agencies

2020

Connections to Indigenous Peoples

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47% of member agencies carried out activities with or about Indigenous peoples in Canada between 2014 and 2019.

61% of member agencies reported having a relationship with an Indigenous group, organization, Elder, Knowledge-keeper, leader, community worker or peoples.

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2020

Unionized agencies

29% of member agencies are unionized

2020

Member agencies divided by region

• Central East: 12 (5%)
• Central West: 20 (8%)
• East: 22 (9%)
• North: 12 (5%)
• South: 16 (7%)
• Toronto: 140 (58%)
• West: 20 (8%)

12 Members (5%)

Central East Region

• Barrie
• Bradford
• Durham Region (Ajax, Oshawa, Pickering, Whitby)
• Peterborough
• York Region (Aurora, Markham, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Vaughan)

20 Members (8%)

Central West Region

• Peel Region (including Brampton)
• Halton
• Milton
• Mississauga
• Oakville

22 Members (9%)

East Region

• Belleville
• Kingston
• Ottawa

12 Members (5%)

North Region

• Kenora
• North Bay
• Sault Ste. Marie
• Sudbury
• Thunder Bay

16 Members (7%)

South Region

• Beamsville
• Brantford
• Cambridge
• Fort Erie
• Guelph
• Hamilton
• Kitchener
• Niagara
• St. Catharines
• Waterloo
• Welland

140 Members (58%)

Toronto

• City of Toronto

20 Members (8%)

West Region

• Chatham
• Leamington
• London
• Sarnia
• Windsor-Essex

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Women and Gender Equality

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

United Way Greater Toronto

The Law Foundation of Ontario

A special thank you to our funders, partners and collaborators.

A special thank you to our many volunteers for your generous contributions.