LACC COALITION
MEMBERS
Alongside our local network of 30+ organizations and businesses that signed up to actively support the initiative, we work with a range of partners who, like us, are passionate about building a more inclusive and accessible Canada.
Through joint publishing, research and resource sharing, we look for ways to help our partners contribute to shared agendas.
Contact us to learn more about how to get involved.
NON-PROFITS/ NGOs/ SOCIAL ENTERPRISES
MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS/ COALITIONS
We are the professional association for translators, interpreters and terminologists in the province of Ontario, supporting and protecting the collective status, dignity and integrity of the language professions. ATIO ensures that the public at large is well served. Through its professional standards and certification examination, it guarantees that its members’ clients and the public receive superior quality work.
APLI (Association of Professional Language Interpreters) is an organization for all qualified and trained interpreters in Canada, dedicated to the improvement of the profession for community interpreters, service users and service providers, creating a shared enviroment, to support and minimize work related issues.
The Canadian Language Industry Association (formerly AILIA) is the Canadian not-for-profit trade association whose mission is to promote and increase the competitiveness of the Canadian language industry nationally and globally through advocacy, accreditation, and information sharing.
Global Coalition for Language Rights - We work at the intersection of languages, digital and human rights.
A community-led non-profit focused on education and safe spaces.” They develop, implement and run programs specifically for and about “marginalized global south LGBTQIA2S+.
Ontario Council on Community Interpreting (OCCI) - Facilitating broad stakeholder collaboration to reach the common goal of professionalizing the community interpreting sector.
Envisioning a dynamic settlement network where all newcomers are welcomed with open hearts and minds, and supported to reach their highest potential for a stronger Canada.
BUSINESSES/ PRIVATE ENTERPRISES/ ETHNIC MEDIA
BriConnect organises learning opportunities for front-line workers to better service the Deaf community. We provide immersive multi-day workshops which are adaptable to your working environments. This is a unique opportunity to learn while immersed in a Deaf environment and to utilize your skills as you are learning them in the workshops.
Ethnic Channels Group (ECG), is the world's largest ethnic broadcaster that operates 100+ television channels from around the globe, serving the multicultural population in Canada, USA, MENA and Australia, across 20+ language groups. By selecting the best international channels and delivering them directly to viewers' homes via satellite, cable, IPTV and OTT providers, ECG provides exclusive sought-after programming to audiences worldwide.
As one of Canada’s leading multicultural marketing agencies, Ethnicity Matters helps companies engage, empower and acquire ethnic customers — both new immigrants and second-generation Canadian consumers.
Exacta is dedicated to making communication simple. We’ve been operating in Canada’s interpreting and translation industry for close to two decades. Our multi-industry reputation is for delivering fast results, along with superior standards for interpreting services. Our focus is to provide our customers with a turnkey solution that incorporates our services with knowledgeable experts to help with each step of the booking process.
Language. Culture. Identity. Community We are Building a Multilingual and Multicultural Future Together.
Multi-Languages Corporation is a high-quality certified translation and interpretation service provider founded October 15, 1997 with the vision to provide outstanding language services and improve the industry standards. More importantly, the Multi-Languages culture is about making the world a better place! We are a force for change, transforming the world one person at a time.
New Canadian Media provides nonpartisan news and views representing all Canadian immigrant communities. The views expressed on this site are those of the individual writers and commentators, and not necessarily those of New Canadian Media. Although we accept political advertising, we will never endorse any particular candidate or party. Any advertising that appears on our site has been vetted and reflects accepted community standards.
Language Coaching is a method of training a language to a person that is immediately useful within a particular society & culture, because “if you don’t use it, you lose it!”. Language Coaching takes a holistic approach, which encompasses body language, pronunciation, intonation, and fluency, and places effective communication & self-expression at its forefront.
We are small and personal enough to ensure language continuity, short communications channels, fast feedback and short production cycles - yet large enough to meet your needs with a team of passionate, experienced, professional in-house translators and project managers.
ACADEMIA/ RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
The University of Alberta in Edmonton is one of the top teaching and research universities in Canada, with an international reputation for excellence across the humanities, sciences, creative arts, business, engineering and health sciences.
Gain a solid academic foundation and practical experience while building your network and kickstarting your career in Toronto, Canada’s economic and cultural engine. Want to immerse yourself into a multicultural and multilingual environment, that bolsters your passion for diversity? Glendon is the only bilingual university campus in Toronto, and a small-scale version of today’s society.
The Université de Moncton is a Canadian francophone university in New Brunswick. It includes campuses in Edmundston, Moncton, and Shippagan. The university was founded in 1963 following the recommendations of the royal commission on higher education in New Brunswick. Since then, the institution has been widely regarded as the heir to several Acadian institutions of higher learning such as the Collège Saint-Joseph.
SUPPORTERS and COLLABORATORS.
 Joint National Committee on Languages (JNCL)We speak language policy to power. Today, JNCL-NCLIS represents more than 300,000 professionals from nonprofits, companies, and research institutes, forming an all-inclusive network of all areas of the language field: exchanges, research, technology, translation, interpretation, localization, testing, and others. |  The National Film Board of CanadaThe National Film Board of Canada is Canada's public film and digital media producer and distributor. An agency of the Government of Canada, the NFB produces and distributes documentary films, animation, web documentaries, and alternative dramas. |  Knowledge Equity LabThe Knowledge Equity Lab is an inclusive, trans-disciplinary, experimental space. Based at the Centre for Critical Development Studies at UTSC, it is an incubator for a community of practitioners advancing knowledge equity, centering marginalised and under-represented knowledge-makers as a means of social justice and change. |
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 Battista Smith, Migration Law GroupOur Toronto-based immigration lawyers believe that migration is a fundamental freedom and that immigration barriers to Canada should exist only when necessary. Canadian diversity is our strength, and immigrants are welcomed to Canada. |
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