BECAUSEWE ALL LIVE HERE.

CANADA IS ALWAYS EVOLVING. WE ARE NOT A COUNTRY OF BEING; WE ARE A COUNTRY OF BECOMING. OUR OPENNESS IS OUR GREATEST ASSET. WE ALL SHARE IN THE VALUE OF CANADA.

THE VALUE OF CANADA

Safe and welcoming

Education and health care for all

Gender equality

Political and religious freedoms

Effective civic structures

Cultural institutions

Economic opportunities

Truth and Reconciliation

The Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) inspires Canadians to be inclusive, embrace fresh thinking, practice active citizenship and own our collective culture and spaces.

WHAT WE DO• WELCOME new Canadians on

the day they become citizens

• PROVIDE FREE ACCESS to Canada’s cultural spaces

• CREATE OPPORTUNITIES to connect

• SHARE the unique perspectives of new citizens

• CHALLENGE conventional thinking

• EXPLORE AND ADVANCE the Canadian model of inclusion

BECAUSE EVERYONE SHOULD ATTEND A CITIZENSHIP CEREMONY.

BUILDING CITIZENSHIP Citizenship ceremonies are powerful, authentic and emotional. With a growing national network of committed volunteers and community partners, we welcome more than 4,000 new citizens each year through our unique enhanced citizenship ceremonies.

ICC ceremonies are anchored by our signature roundtable sessions – opportunities for connections where new citizens, guests and community members share stories of their journeys and their hopes and aspirations for Canada.

OUR PROGRAMS

70+

2.5k

Ceremonies annually

Volunteers

Volunteer committees

Iconic Canadian institutions as partners

20+

50

We actively share these findings with media, civil society, academia, government and anyone else interested in making Canada more inclusive. Our research allows us to make recommendations for change.

BECAUSE CULTURE IS A PORTAL INTO BELONGING.

CULTURAL ACCESS PASS (CAP)CAP gives new citizens the opportunity to experience more than 1,200 of Canada’s premier cultural attractions for free during their first year of citizenship. From museums and galleries to science centres and national parks, CAP opens doors to new citizens across Canada and encourages them to take ownership of our shared heritage through history, art, culture and nature.

CAP CONNECTIONS This initiative strengthens critical professional, social and community networks, offering new citizens the tools for success.

Current CAP members

New citizens who have gone through the CAP program

50% off lowest ticket price for one-time VIA Rail travel

of new citizens we surveyed said that developing a professional network is very important

said that their greatest challenge is not having a professional network

55k

190k

BECAUSE FRESH LANGUAGE CREATES FRESH THINKING.

6 DEGREESStarting in September 2016, Toronto will be home to 6 Degrees, a global idea platform focused on inclusion andcitizenship in the 21st century. Anchoredby four ‘Exchanges’ – dynamic sessionsthat frame, exchange and reframethe essential challenges of our time –this annual event will transform thinking and inspire tangible results.

ICC INSIGHTS Tapping into our expanding network of more than 190,000 new citizens from the CAP program, we ask about practical, real-life concerns and generate insights into the experience of becoming Canadian.

♥What matters most to new citizens?

What makes them feel included enough to become active citizens?

What are the existing barriers to inclusion and how can we help remove them?

INCLUSION INDEX The ICC’s inclusion index is a digital project that measures the extent to which new Canadians feel included in Canadian society through a number of economic, political and social/cultural indicators.

It’s time to explore and advance the Canadian model of inclusion. It’s time for 6 Degrees.

BECAUSE INCLUSION IS A PROCESS.

Two days and three nights of culture, debate and dialogue

Direct connections

Practical initiatives supported by the ICC and partners become real projects

5.3k

1086%

60%

ESTABLISH 6 DEGREES

as the annual must-attend event focused on inclusion

and global citizenship.

POSITION THE ICC as the leading non-

governmental authority on citizenship and

inclusion in Canada.

OUR VISION FOR A MORE INCLUSIVE CANADAThe ICC is entering its second decade with a campaign of renewal and a determination to deliver practical outcomes.

DOUBLE THE NUMBER

of new citizens we welcome through our enhanced citizenship ceremonies.

CREATE AN INCLUSION INDEX

that tracks, on an ongoing basis, how new Canadians feel about their economic, political

and social lives.

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

GROW THE CAP PROGRAM

over next three years, bringing the annual average

number of participants to 75,000 and the number of CAP attractions to

more than 1,500. BUILD CAP

CONNECTIONS to connect CAP members with

resources and individuals to develop their professional and

community networks.

BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE HERE.

WHY SUPPORT THE ICC BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE A STAKE IN THE VALUE OF CANADA.

Because the story we are telling is your story too. Because you believe that active citizenship, whether personal or corporate, is essential to our collective success.

Because you want to be part of an organization whose supporters have always been its advisors and friends. Because you want all citizens to share in Canada’s bounty, now and for future generations.

INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP 260 Spadina Ave, Suite 500 Toronto, ON Canada M5T 2E4

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The ICC was co-founded in 2006 by the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson, the first refugee Governor General of Canada, and John Ralston Saul, award-winning

essayist and novelist, to welcome new Canadian citizens and foster active citizenship for all Canadians, regardless of whether their family has been here

for five years, five generations or since before the first settlers arrived.

The ICC relies on the generosity of individual, corporate and foundation donors, along with the Government of Canada, to support its programs.

Made in Canada. Registered charity number: 82303 4145 RR0001