Sault Ste. Marie

Nine conference participants posing in a hallway holding handwritten signs reading "Collaboration Go Team", "Concerned Resident", "Partners" and "Key Stakeholder".

Newcomers to Ontario say their biggest settlement challenges are finding a job and not being proficient in English, according to a new report released this week. […] Barriers because of limited English language skills were the second-highest concern, with about 33 per cent of newcomers indicating it poses a difficulty for integration. The OCASI study, which was released Wednesday, ranked social isolation and housing as the third- and fourth-largest challenges for people new to Ontario

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