Thanks to Día de los Muertos Collective for include our beloved Co- Director Francisco Rico-Martínez in the beautiful altar at Union Station. Created by the Día de los Muertos Collective, and coordinated by Jess De Vitt, Jesús Mora, and Luis Rojas, this community-based and participatory ofrenda, or altar, fosters a space for public mourning in…
Register » The Migrant Women’s Counter Human Trafficking Alliance is a regional project that aims to enhance capacity and knowledge regarding the specific barriers and challenges presented in international cases where women have been victimized and marginalized by Human Trafficking. At FCJ Refugee Centre we are committed to approaching women through a peer led model…
The FCJ Refugee Centre Youth Team invite you to join the Uprooted Homework Club! The Uprooted Homework Club is a safe space for newcomer children and youth to come together and do homework. The program will run every Thursday for six weeks, starting on November 4th. It will be facilitated on Zoom from 3:30pm –…
The FCJ Refugee Centre Youth Team invite you to join the Uprooted Academic Skill Building Workshops! These workshops will take place for 6 weeks to support you in all aspects of your academic success. Oftentimes, newcomers have disengaging and inequitable experiences with the Canadian education system due to structural barriers. These workshops fill this gap…
We’re so excited to announce new semesters of the Uprooted U and Uprooted Jr programs, and we’re thrilled to be welcoming back our amazing teacher Tyler Correia to both of them. These courses are an immersive academic experience, with weekly online classes focusing on literature, social status, world events, and the evolving political climate we…
There is a growing concern among community stakeholders, advocacy groups, service providers, and other community agencies that the ease of the new Canada Refugee Protection web portal can inadvertently enable clients to start an irrevocable immigration process that can jeopardize the wellbeing of clients and their families. When providing orientations regarding this portal please make…
As a part of our Uprooted Junior Program, FCJ Refugee Centre & Musicbox Children’s Charity are offering free music classes. Where: Through Zoom When: Tuesday and Thursday afternoons Time: 4:30 pm to 5:00 pm Come together to learn a new skill, share in music and have fun! For more information and to register, please contact:…
For 30 years, we at the FCJ Refugee Centre have been walking with uprooted people. We remain unwavering, and relentless in our commitment to walk with people who have faced and continue to experience exclusion, marginalization and oppression. Today and every day we stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities across this country. Canada’s history begins…
The Migrant Women’s Counter Human Trafficking Alliance is a regional project that aims to enhance capacity and knowledge regarding the specific barriers and challenges presented in international cases where women have been victimized and marginalized by Human Trafficking. At FCJ Refugee Centre we are committed to approaching women through a peer led model that will…
1. Anti-Human Trafficking Women’s Coordinator Application deadline: September 6th, 2021 Hours & salary: 37.5 hours weekly, $22.5/hr Start date: Immediately One year contract with a possibility for renewal and extension The Anti-Human Trafficking (AHT) women’s coordinator is tasked with developing and implementing the women’s programming, through an anti-human trafficking lens at the FCJ Refugee Centre….
Special program for vulnerable Afghans The government announced on August 13 an expanded resettlement program, intended to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees. See web page (which is being updated). This program includes: A previously announced and active program for Afghans who worked for the Canadian government (“Special program for Afghans who assisted Canada”). These people can…
For 30 years, the FCJ Refugee Centre has been amplifying the voices of Toronto’s most marginalized communities: Undocumented Residents. We are proud to continue working alongside The City to invite all Torontonians to increase awareness, engage in discussion, and embrace Toronto as a true Sanctuary City, where everyone is welcome and treated with dignity. A…
It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our beloved Francisco, who died in his home surrounded by his loved ones in the afternoon of Friday, August 13, 2021 at the age of 63. Because of COVID-19, attendance at the funeral will be by invitation only, but will be live streamed at…
Francisco Rico-Martínez, co-director of FCJ Refugee Centre, was diagnosed with cancer last year and, at this point, it is clear that he doesn’t have much time left. He is at home and they are working to keep him comfortable. As you can imagine, this is very hard on Loly and his family, as well as…
On July 25, hundreds of migrants and their allies from across the country marched in Ottawa demanding the Federal Government to grant full and permanent immigration status for all migrants.
