In order to expand community engagement and outreach to stakeholders, CASSA met with Peterborough's Newcomer Advisory Group (NAG) in the New Canadians Centre on September 14, 2010 to speak with newcomers about their experiences in accessing public transit in Peterborough, and to distribute our transit guides. Members of NAG shared stories about experiencing discrimination when accessing Peterborough Public Transit, and made suggestions around developing more inclusive and welcoming service delivery. The Guide to Public Transit for Newcomers and Immigrants was well received by members, and NAG is supportive of the project both in terms of raising awareness around barriers to accessing public transportation and for the development of a training package for Peterborough Public Transit.

 

CASSA releases a guide to public transit for newcomers and immigrants in Peterborough.

Feb 3, 2010, Peterborough, ON. The Community and Race Relations Committee is pleased to announce the launch of the all new Online Anti-Racism Resource Centre.

Putting Equity On The Agenda: ARE WE BEING HEARD?

Working within a framework of access, equity and inclusion, the Putting Equity on the Agenda: Are We Being Heard? campaign invited community members to share their views on education systems, police and justice, service provision, municipal and regional service delivery, representation and more as they relate to newcomers and immigrants. Using a participatory community engagement model that views residents as partners in decision-making processes, the campaign used a number of methods to interact with community members.
Read more and download the report.

Toronto News 24 interviews CASSA's Anita Khanna about Statistics Canada's new report: Projections of the Diversity of the Canadian Population. 

 

York Region Equity Council

The long-term goal of the Equity Council is to bring the barriers faced by newcomers, immigrants, people of colour and other equity seeking groups to the attention of York Region Municipalities and School Boards to ensure the accessibility of municipal resources, programs and rights for all community residents

Find out more about York Region Equity Council and how YOU can get involved!

Find out about York Region Equity Council Events

Toronto Star publishes an article on the development of a pan-Canadian framework for the assessment and recognition of foreign credentials. The Framework, created by the the federal governments in partnership with the provinces, aims to have systems in place to recognize international qualifications in eight occupations by next December, followed by another six in the following three years.

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