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Toronto,  June 18 , 2013 – CultureLink today announces that it has been accredited under Imagine Canada’s national Standards Program.

The Standards Program is a Canada-wide set of shared standards for charities and nonprofits designed to demonstrate their compliance in five fundamental areas: board governance; financial accountability and transparency; fundraising; staff management; and volunteer involvement. It helps organizations mitigate risk by ensuring that staff and volunteers understand and meet their legal, financial and fiduciary responsibilities.

“This designation is a great testament to the hard work of CultureLink” said Sarah Bukhari, Board Chair of CultureLink.

Not only do CultureLink staff work hard, they also work methodically and transparently to builds public confidence. Among the Standards Program’s goals are the ability to increase an organization’s transparency and capacity, and to strengthen public confidence in individual organizations and the nonprofit sector as a whole.  Our policies and procedures in the five areas of compliance were evaluated by a group of volunteers from the sector, and were found to be compliant with the Standards Program.

“We now join an elite list of high performing non-profit agencies that meet Imagine Canada’s Standards . We are proud to be one of the first accredited settlement agencies in Canada” said Ibrahim Absiye, Executive Director of CultureLink.

About CultureLink:

Established in 1988, CultureLink is a not for profit organization that has 25 years of experience in developing and delivering settlement and integration programs to newcomers to Canada and meeting the needs of diverse communities.

For further information:

Ibrahim Absiye, Executive Director CultureLink

416-588-6288 ext. 202; iabsiye@culturelink.ca