The FCJ Refugee Centre Youth Network, in collaboration with Mary Ward Centre, Sisters of St. Joseph of Toronto and the CCR Youth Network, is immersed in a project to delve deeper into the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), inviting and mobilizing young newcomers and refugees across Canada to advocate for change, using both these UN goals and Canada’s commitment to leaving no one behind in achieving a better future. In this new episode of Home is Here we learn more about this project and how the youth are designing strategies to achieve greater engagement and help make the SDGs a reality.
Refugee Rights Day is celebrated every year in Canada on April 4th, the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s 1985 ruling that stated that refugee claimants are entitled to fundamental rights.
On this episode of Borderless Voices we talk about the importance of this day with Loly Rico, FCJ Refugee Centre’s Founder.
In this new episode we meet Super Jolly, a new immigrant to Canada that arrived from Mexico and is full of positive energy and good avice. Super Jolly reveals her superpower (“something that I try to use both for others and for myself,” she says) and, among many other things, shares her experience of adapting to a new culture without losing her roots.
Krish Thayaland, Manager of Training and Education at Second Harvest, facilitated a great workshop at the FCJ Refugee Centre about food date labelling. In the workshop, organized by our Food Security Program, Thayaland talked about the difference between “best before” and expiration dates, gave us a lot of useful information, and explained that “best before” doesn’t mean “bad after”, and how understanding that can really help to combat food waste. In this new episode of Borderless Voices he talks a little more about the workshop, and also about the important work carried out by Second Harvest, an organization that has been collaborating with FCJ Refugee Centre for many years.
En este nuevo episodio de nuestra serie Superhéroes sin fronteras conocemos a Mujer Maravilla, quien nos cuenta cómo descubrió su superpoder, y cómo su experiencia como migrante ha sido fundamental para desarrollarlo y para aprender a ponerlo en práctica ayudando a los demás. Mujer Maravilla nos habla también de su experiencia desde que llegó a Canadá, así como de los desafíos, y también la ayuda, que ha encontrado en el camino. Y nos deja un consejo: “Nunca se dejen vencer, busquen apoyo, sigan adelante”.
The federal government is reimposing visa requirements on Mexican nationals visiting Canada, with new rules that started taking effect on February 29. In this episode of Borderless Voices, FCJ Refugee Centre’s Executive Director, Loly Rico, talks about the context of this measure, why it is being adopted now, the impact it will have on the most vulnerable people, and the position of the FCJ Refugee Centre about it.
Loly Rico, FCJ Refugee Centre’s Executive Director, invites you to join us this Saturday, March 2, for the rally and march that will take place in Toronto on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2024, under the slogan No one is free until we are all free.
Express your support and solidarity with all oppressed women and with women who live in precarious situations, both in the world and in our own city, right now.
Estrenamos una nueva temporada de nuestra serie Superhéroes sin fronteras con una participación muy especial: Katnisse. Con ella hablamos de su experiencia como recién llegada, los desafíos a los que ha tenido que hacer frente, el reto de vivir el día a día en un nuevo idioma, lo duro que es a veces estar lejos de la familia… Y sobre todo, ¡de su superpoder! Descúbrelo en este nuevo episodio en español de Superhéroes sin fronteras.
This holiday season, let’s unite as a community to empower families with the joy of a festive dinner and a heartwarming celebration. Join us this weekend for our Food Drive in front of the No Frills closest to our location, at St. Clair and Robina, in Toronto.
Save the date! We are having an Open House on November 22! Join us, visit our new facilities and learn more about all the work we do and our different programs. This is a special occasion for our new neighbors and friends to get to know us better, and for us to thank everyone for their support.
Loly Rico, Executive Director of the FCJ Refugee Centre, tells you everything about it on this episode of Borderless Voices.
