FCJ Refugee Centre

As a part of our Uprooted Junior Program, FCJ Refugee Centre and Musicbox Children’s Charity are offering a new season of free music classes, hosted by skilled volunteers that speak several languages. Come build musical foundations through fun, educational and engaging activities! Open to kids 6-12. Where: In-person at the FCJ Refugee Centre 208 Oakwood Ave. Toronto, ON M6E 2V4…

Today, September 30, is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada, a time to recognize and commemorate the intergenerational harm that residential schools caused to Indigenous families and communities, and to honour those who have been affected by this injustice. Today is also Orange Shirt Day – Every Child Matters. Established to honour residential school survivors, their families, and…

Thank you to everyone who attended this weekend’s one-day conference Research and Advocacy: Sanctuary, Solidarity and the Politics of Migrant Justice, and to all those who made it possible. Throughout the various panels and roundtables, frontline practitioners, members of grassroots organizations, academics, and migrants themselves explored how Canada’s immigration system institutionalizes precarity for migrants with precarious status, and what justice…

This Sunday, we joined hundreds of people on the streets of Toronto, and many more across Canada, for the Cross-Country Day of Action for Migrant Rights. We demanded: ☑️ STATUS FOR ALL: Permanent resident status for migrants already here, and permanent resident status on arrival for migrants coming in the future. ☑️ RENEW PERMITS: Automatically renew expired and expiring work…