Our Spring 2023 Newsletter is ready! Check it out and learn everything about our new Capacity Development Training program, an innovative initiative that aims to expand our services for newcomers by collaborating with non-profit organizations across Canada that face resource limitations, while serving refugee claimants in their communities. You will also find the FCJ Refugee…
The FCJ Refugee Centre hosted on Friday a special event to say thanks to the Vaccine Ambassadors and recognize their great work during the COVID-19 pandemic. They were a key component of the success and impact of the City’s vaccine campaign, being essential points of contact in the neighbourhoods where they live and/or work, providing…
First proclaimed in 2015, Toronto Newcomer Day is an annual event held in May that welcomes newcomers to Toronto, helps them understand and access a wide range of services, and celebrates their contributions to the city All Torontonians are invited to join in welcoming newcomers in Toronto with activities and entertainment at this showcase of…
Let’s get together and build community! The FCJ Refugee Centre’s annual Diverse Residents, One Community Street Party is coming up! Join us for this family event, where you’ll find activities for children, games, food, music, live performances, piñatas, and much more.
The theme for the 2023 National Volunteer Week (April 16 – 22) is Volunteering Weaves Us Together, which highlights the significance of volunteerism in strengthening and energizing our communities by showcasing the interconnected actions we take to support one another. At FCJ Refugee Centre, we have been working in solidarity with our community since the…
Two FCJ Refugee Centre representatives, Jovana Blagovcanin, Anti-Human Trafficking Manager, and Chiara Rossi, Anti-Human Trafficking – Women Coordinator, participated as witnesess in a House of Commons’ meeting on Human Trafficking of Women, Girls and Gender Diverse People, in the Standing Committee on the Status of Women. They brought attention to the vulnerability of migrant women…
U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) on Friday. The STCA, signed in 2002 and which came into effect in 2004, originally meant asylum seekers crossing into either Canada or the United States at formal border crossings were turned back and told to…
FCJ Refugee Centre was selected as one of the 25 recipients of the Toronto Community Champion Award. The recipients were annouced this Monday at an award ceremony at the Toronto Reference Library. Part of the Stronger TOgether initiative, funded in part by the Government of Canada, the Toronto Community Champion Award recognizes organizations that provided exceptional…
* Registration for this program is now closed, as the maximum number of places has been reached. Sign up for our free weekly English classes at the FCJ Refugee Centre! Class: In person Level: Beginner Duration: 24 weeks Requirements: Commit to attend to every class for the 24 weeks When: Saturdays, 1:00pm to 3:00pm Starting:…
Hundreds of people took to the streets in Toronto on Sunday to demand equal rights and permanent resident status for all undocumented people, migrant workers, students, families and refugees. We were there.
Our Winter Newsletter is ready! We have a special edition focusing on the recently released report It Happens Here: Labour Exploitation Among Migrant Workers During the Pandemic, published by the FCJ Refugee Centre and the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking. It reveals that employer discrimination, unsafe working conditions and gaps in government policy put…
On this International Women’s Day, and beyond, let’s all #EmbraceEquity. A focus on gender equity needs to be part of every society’s DNA. And it’s critical to understand the difference between equity and equality. The aim of the #EmbraceEquity campaign theme is to get the world talking about Why equal opportunities aren’t enough. People start…
The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change (MWAC) launched the quilt they sew together using pieces created by participants, migrants and from communities connected to migrant support organizations in Toronto, including FCJ Refugee Centre. In the coming months this quilt will travel across Canada to different cities to raise awareness for the Status for All campaign…
In 2020, the federal government proclaimed February 22nd as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in Canada. The crime of Trafficking in Persons was added to the Canadian Criminal Code in 2005, less than 20 years ago. The law criminalizes forced organ removal, forced marriage, indentured servitude, labour exploitation, and sexual exploitation. These crimes are commonly…
New research shows that employer discrimination, unsafe working conditions and gaps in government policy put migrant workers at risk of being exploited once they arrive in Canada. FCJ Refugee Centre and the Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking’s newly released report, It Happens Here: Labour Exploitation Among Migrant Workers During the Pandemic, reveals that migrant…
