WOW 2020 Events Are Cancelled
We regret to inform you that due to the COVID-19 pandemic Welcoming Ottawa Week (WOW) and Welcoming Ottawa Ambassadors Award will not be held this year. With social distancing and other public health directives [...]
#WOW19 – Builds on Strengths, Beats 100!
This year’s Welcoming Ottawa Week reached and exceeded 100 events and welcomed more participants than ever. We achieved this new milestone by building on our strengths, and creating new and improved experiences for partners [...]
Panel Discussion on Housing for LGBTQ Refugees
On June 28, 2019, as part of Welcoming Ottawa Week, Catherine McKenney, City Councillor for Somerset Ward hosted a panel discussion on the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ refugees in accessing permanent and affordable [...]
Little Italy Walking Tour Delights the Senses
On a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon, what better way to pass the time than tour one of Ottawa’s most interesting neighbourhoods? As I arrived on my bike after a long ride along the canal, [...]
Launch of Welcoming Ottawa Week 2019
On June 17, the seventh annual Welcoming Ottawa Week was launched at a special breakfast event at City Hall co-hosted by Mayor Jim Watson and OLIP. The event set the stage for this year’s [...]
Welcoming Ottawa Week – Week 2
Welcoming Ottawa Week continues through to June 30 with another week of free events celebrating our multicultural city and the contributions of newcomers. Below are just a small handful of the fun and tasty [...]
Welcoming Ottawa Week: A free festival is highlighting Ottawa as a welcoming city to newcomers
Written by: Leah Gellar June is a really busy time in Ottawa—there’s the Ottawa Jazz Festival, the Fringe, the Dragonboat Festival, Glowfair, Escapade, Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival, and the Franco-Ontarian Festival. The list goes [...]