{"id":10277,"date":"2019-09-03T05:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T05:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/?page_id=10277"},"modified":"2019-10-08T06:25:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:25:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1566793016033{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1566792997115{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;]\n\t\t\t<section class=\" cover height-30 imagebg text-center\" data-overlay=\"8\" >\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"background-image-holder\">\n\t\t\t        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about_back.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about_back.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about_back-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.spadinainstitute.ca\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/about_back-768x340.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t\t    <div class=\"container pos-vertical-center\">\n\t\t\t        <div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t            <div class=\"col-sm-12\">[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:50|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1566792939751{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;]<\/div>\n\t\t\t        <\/div><!--end of row-->\n\t\t\t    <\/div><!--end of container-->\n\t\t\t    \n\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;50px&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221;]<span data-contrast=\"none\">Catholic\u00a0Crosscultural\u00a0Services (CCS) is a national non-profit organization, based in the Greater Toronto Area. 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