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SUMMARY:Imagining Welcoming Neighbourhoods: Mental Map Workshop for Newcomer Children
DESCRIPTION:This hands‑on workshop invites newcomer children and their families to imagine what a truly welcoming neighbourhood in Ottawa looks like. Using simple “mental maps\,” children will draw their own neighbourhoods\, highlighting the places where they feel safe\, included\, and happy\, as well as spaces that feel difficult or unwelcoming. They will then create a second map of their “ideal” welcoming community\, adding the parks\, schools\, shops\, community centres\, transit routes\, and gathering places they wish existed.\n\nThe workshop draws on findings from my PhD thesis\, defended in the Department of Geography\, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa\, on how immigrants understand and navigate their neighbourhoods. I aim to share some key points from this work in an accessible way\, while creating space for newcomer children to express their own views and experiences. The workshop will be facilitated in English to immigrant and refugee families from all backgrounds. No artistic skills are required: the focus is on ideas\, experiences\, and conversation.\n\nWith participants’ consent\, we will document the anonymous maps and main themes to share with local partners working on newcomer inclusion.
URL:https://welcomingottawaweek.ca/event/imagining-welcoming-neighbourhoods-mental-map-workshop-for-newcomer-children/
LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, 550 Cumberland Street (the lawn of Tabaret Hall)
CATEGORIES:Educational Activities
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ORGANIZER;CN="Negar Valizadeh":MAILTO:nvali101@uottawa.ca
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SUMMARY:World Refugee Day: Learning from Ottawa’s Legacy of Extraordinary Action
DESCRIPTION:Advocates from community and faith groups have long played an important role in pressing the Canadian government to adopt more liberal refugee policies. These groups have been driving forces in offering protection for those seeking refuge\, particularly from Southeast Asia in the late 1970s and from Syria beginning in 2015. The experiences are of great significance\, as Canada continues to receive thousands of refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan. St. Joseph’s Refugee Outreach Committee (ROC)\, one of Ottawa’s longest-serving\, volunteer-run refugee outreach groups\, has helped hundreds of newcomers and refugees since 1990. This event will honour the ROC’s impressive 30+ years of history\, and prompt a larger conversation about how we can all get involved in welcoming refugees in pressing and meaningful ways. It will also mark the launch of the book “”Ordinary People\, Extraordinary Actions””\, which tells how “”ordinary people”” in Ottawa\, and particularly at St. Joseph’s Parish\, have taken small and big steps to welcome people seeking refuge into their communities). \nThis event will include brief remarks from:\nJim Watson\, Mayor of Ottawa\nJacques Frémont\, President of the University of Ottawa\nLouisa Taylor\, Director of Refugee613\nLong-serving members of the ROC\nPast newcomers with a connection to the ROC\nThe authors of the book Ordinary People\, Extraordinary Actions: Refuge Through Activism at Ottawa’s St. Joe’s Parish \nCome learn about Ottawa’s rich refugee history and about how to get involved. For any questions concerning this event\, please email patti.lenard@uottawa.ca.
URL:https://welcomingottawaweek.ca/event/world-refugee-day-learning-from-ottawas-legacy-of-extraordinary-action-2/
LOCATION:University of Ottawa\, 550 Cumberland Street (the lawn of Tabaret Hall)
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement
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ORGANIZER;CN="St. Joseph%E2%80%99s Refugee Outreach Committee":MAILTO:patti.lenard@uottawa.ca
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