ABOUT US

CSC raises awareness of issues that affect the Canadian Somali community and achieves this objective through education, public awareness, media relations and non-partisan government relations.

CSC aims to create an increased capacity for diversity within the Canadian Somali community by emphasizing a variety of human rights, civil liberties and social justice issues.

CSC works to promote the development of friendly and mutually beneficial relations between Canada and Somalia as well as assisting the Somali people in building a peaceful, united, independent and democratic Somali state.

CSC encourages the full participation of Canadian Somalis in all aspects of Canadian society.

VISION

Canadian Somali Congress works to foster a Canada where Canadian Somalis, as part of the multicultural fabric of this country, live in and contribute fully into Canadian Society with the eventual goal of full integration.

Canadian Somali Congress will:

1. Proactively defend the security, status and rights of the community;

2. Seek the support of various levels of governments on a range of policy issues identified by members of the community;

3. Work with all levels of government on issues of importance to Canadian Somalis;

4. Promote community empowerment through civic participation;

5. Promote the values of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada;

6. Engage Canadian media in order to promote a positive media image of the community.