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…
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…
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…
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…
The Summer 2026 Newsletter is here! Check out what we’ve been up to, and have a look to our upcoming events and activities, including our 35th Anniversary Gala Dinner! We have prepared a very special section, with everything you need to know about the October 15th event where we will celebrate more that three decades…
The 2026 Refugee Soccer Cup, hosted by the Ontario Coalition of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants, was once again a huge success. Thank you to the organizers, and congratulations to this year’s brilliant champions, Sojourn House, winners for the second time in a row! We enjoyed a high level of play from all the teams,…
The Ontario Coalition of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants invites you to the 2026 Refugee Soccer Cup! Celebrating its sixth year, this will be a very special edition, right after the FIFA World Cup. Let’s keep the spirit of this amazing summer of soccer alive! Come and enjoy a relaxing day, and bring your family…
The Street Party is always our favourite event of the summer, and this time, in the year of our 35th anniversary, was no exception. It was a beautiful day to embrace our diversity, build community, and enjoy incredible performances from a vibrant mix of artists. We also enjoyed great food, fun games, and fantastic weather!…
FCJ Refugee Centre held last night its Annual General Meeting (AGM), a very special moment of the year where, in addition to approving the annual report, accounts, and past year’s proceedings, we extended our grateful recognition to the board members whose term is coming to an end, and warmly welcomed our new incoming members. It…
As part of the activities organized to celebrate Pride Month this June, the FCJ Refugee Centre’s Youth Network engaged in a meaningful exploration of Toronto’s Pride history, right in the heart of the Church-Wellesley Village, one of Canada’s most historic and vibrant 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. The Youth Network joined a guided walking tour through the village,…
You are invited to perform at the FCJ Refugee Centre Diverse Residents, One Community Street Party! Whether you are a singer, musician, dancer, spoken word artist, comedian, cultural performer, or have another talent you’d like to share, this is a good opportunity to show it. It will be a day of music, dance, and food…
You can now read our Spring newsletter, an edition packed with information, proposals, and photos. Inside, you will find in-depth articles on the recent cuts approved for refugee healthcare coverage, and on the changes and restrictions introduced by the new Bill C-12 in Canada’s refugee system. This issue also features an extensive review of everything…
Thank you to everyone who joined us on May 13th at the event on labor exploitation organized by the FCJ Refugee Centre’s Anti-Human Trafficking team in collaboration with the Mary Ward Centre, as part of the Victims and Survivors of Crime Week. It was an enriching, immersive, and interactive experience where we explored the various…
Speaking at the House of Commons of Canada this Wednesday, FCJ Refugee Centre’s In-House Lawyer, Joshua Eisen, highlighted the need for regulatory exceptions to the new ineligibility provisions introduced by Bill C-12; and denounced “the extraordinary and unjustifiable delays” for Humanitarian and Compassionate applications, which according to IRCC now stand at more than 10 years….
FCJ Refugee Centre joined healthcare providers, refugees and community members this Friday in Toronto to call on the federal government to reverse the announced cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP) refugee healthcare coverage. The federal government has cut 15% of the refugee healthcare budget and is introducing unaffordable co-payments for essential healthcare, including…
