We are excited to announce that Uprooted Jr. series will be hosting weekly, one hour art classes, starting Monday, January 31st, 2022 at 4:00pm. We are thrilled to welcome our talented Youth Network member Alexis, who will be teaching the art classes. The art classes are open to all children and youth who are interested…
The FCJ Refugee Centre is hosting a new COVID-19 vaccination clinic for residents of Toronto Without OHIP Card, on February 4th, from 1 PM to 5 PM. Children aged 5 to 11 (born 2019-2016) can receive their 1st or 2nd dose 1st and 2nd doses available Boosters for anyone 18+ years of age PFIZER will…
Register » The Migrant Women’s Counter Human Trafficking Alliance continues organizing our bi-weekly meetings. The sessions are open to all newcomer migrant women! The goal for members is to engage in community building and social connection. Sessions will provide a safe space and tight knit community for all migrant women. This will allow the opportunity…
A message from Diana Gallego, Interim Director FCJ, Refugee Centre: This year FCJ Refugee Centre has been celebrating a milestone of 30 years of continued work with refugees and precarious migrants. 2021 has been a challenging year; we experienced a great loss and many members of our community faced great challenges. Our resilience resides on…
Great turn out at the Status For All rally organized by Migrant Rights Network, a national coalition of organizations working on migrant rights in Canada. The event is part of the current National Campaign to advocate for Full Status for all migrants in Canada. FCJ Refugee Centre is proudly part of the organizing committee through…
Today, November 25th, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Violence against women is any act of gender-based violence that results in physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, which can severely impact a woman at all stages of her life. According to the United Nations (2021), “violence against…
Our Fall 2021 Newsletter is ready! Check it out and find information about the Anti-Human Trafficking Forum and the Migrant Women’s Counter Human Trafficking Alliance, the new activities of the The FCJ Youth Network and the Youth Alliance, our music classes, the Uprooted U program, all the upcoming events, and much more. Click here to…
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…
