Jewish Family Services of Ottawa offers services which cater to newcomers from various cultural, ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. We are pleased to be able to serve our clients in many languages. To find a settlement counsellor to assist you, select the language that you would like to be served in:
Against Prejudice is a new program in Ontario, bringing together newcomers and those who serve them, to deal with prejudices.
JFS Ottawa created the Against Prejudice program in response to prejudiced attitudes expressed by individual newcomers toward Jews and other groups in Canadian society. The unit deals with a range of issues including anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, sexism, homophobia and racism.