Orientation
- Welcome to Ottawa, A Guide for Newcomers and Immigrants, a joint project by a number of local organizations, the booklet provides practical, local information and phone numbers for newcomers. (Education, health, housing, banking, driving, legal ages in Ontario etc.)
- About Canada, Government of Canada (Society, government, land and economy)
- Settlement.Org, site links to information regarding: employment, education, housing, health, immigration and citizenship, legal, consumer and recreation etc.
- settlementseries.ca is a digital collection that was designed to assist applicants successfully fill out government forms and applications when English or French are not the primary spoken languages. This site can help newcomers fill out important government documents in 11 other languages!
- Cornish P.S is a site with many links for students who are learning about Canadian geography.
Resources in Ottawa
- Language Assessment and Resource Centre
- LASI World Skills
- Library and Archives Canada
- Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre
- Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)
- Ottawa Public Library
- Ottawa Public Library Resources for Newcomers
- People Words and Change
Cross-Cultural
- Cultural Profiles Project (Country profiles for top source countries. Created by UofT for CIC)
- CIA World Factbook (Detailed social, geographic, and economic profiles of countries)
- “Ramadan Talk” (Audio file exploring the Islamic holy month of Ramadan)
- Nepali-Speaking Bhutanese (An interesting detailed cultural profile
