February 2012
28 posts
Speaking Tour in Canada-No More Blood: The...
No More Blood: The Struggle for Peace and Human Rights in Mexico
Four respected Mexican human rights defenders will visit five Canada cities to tell their stories about their efforts to protect rights and dignity in Mexico amidst an enormous increase in threats and violence. Want to know more than what you learn in infrequent, selective media reports? Come hear our guests and find out...
Québec must revise its immigration law and...
For immediate release Québec must revise its immigration law and programs to put an end to the systemic discrimination of migrant workers, says the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse Montreal, February 20, 2012 – The Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse is urging the Québec government to change its immigration law and programs...
CFP: Foodways:::Diasporic Dinners, Transnational...
Please circulate widely – apologies for duplicate postings
CALL FOR PAPERS
FOODWAYS: DIASPORIC DINERS, TRANSNATIONAL TABLES AND CULINARY CONNECTIONS
Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto
Please join us for the 2012 Annual Conference of the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto
Thursday October 4 – Sunday, October 7, 2012
Abstracts due:...
Challenging racism and sexism in the workplace &...
Film Screening of “The Road Taken” & Panel Discussion on Challenging racism and sexism in the workplace & labour movement
Friday, February 24, 2012 7:00pm until 10:00pm
35 St. George Street, Room 248 (Galbraith Building - 1 block north of College Street or 5 blocks south of Bloor Street West)
The Afrikan Liberation Month Film Series will feature film screenings ...
Toronto Event: Free Trade Agreements, Corporate...
TORONTO EVENT
ERODING DEMOCRACY
Free Trade Agreements, Corporate Rights and Resource Extraction in the Americas
Thursday February 23rd, 7:00PM
Ryerson University
78 Victoria Street, RM - POD 250
PUBLIC FORUM WITH GUEST SPEAKERS:
MANUEL PEREZ ROCHA, IPS Washington DC - Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. where he directs an...
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chris ramsaroop inviting your support for the...
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Migrant Workers Family Support Gala Tonight in...
Fundraising Gala - Migrant Workers Family Support Fund - Saturday February 18th!
The evening will include live music as well as traditional dancers, music, and food. Community and migrant workers support groups will speak about the tragedy and what can be done to help the migrant workers living and working in our community. Also, the formation of the Waterloo Region Migrant Workers...
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Media advisory: Community Rally/Action Around...
Media advisory: Community rally to demand Coroner’s Office and Ministry of Labour take action in wake of migrant farmworker deaths Who: Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW) What: Rally Where: Office of the Chief Coroner-32 Grenville St (College and Bay) When: Friday, February 17, 2012. 12:00pm FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE (Toronto)- As Ontarians prepare to celebrate Family Day,...
Waterloo Region Migrant Workers Interest Group...
Waterloo Region Migrant Workers Interest Group (WRMWIG) In the wake of a tragic accident on February 6, 2012, which claimed the lives of 9 migrant agricultural workers from Peru, an immigrant worker from Nicaragua (all of whom resided in the Kitchener area) as well as a Canadian truck driver, various community groups and individuals in the Waterloo Region have expressed interest in forming a...
This Saturday-Fundraising Gala - Migrant Workers...
Fundraising Gala - Migrant Workers Family Support Fund - Saturday February 18th! The evening will include live music as well as traditional dancers, music, and food. Community and migrant workers support groups will speak about the tragedy and what can be done to help the migrant workers living and working in our community. Also, the formation of the Waterloo Region Migrant Workers Interest Group...
LACYORK: US Migration and Diaspora Links
From: LACYORK - the listserv of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (CERLAC)
On-line archives of all past postings to this list are accessible at: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/lacyork.html
MIGRATION & DIASPORA:
U.S. Immigration Policy: Private Prisons and Shattered Families...
Toronto Event: Free Trade Agreements, Corporate...
ERODING DEMOCRACY
Free Trade Agreements, Corporate Rights and Resource Extraction in the Americas
Thursday February 23rd, 7:00PM
Ryerson University
78 Victoria Street, RM - POD 250
PUBLIC FORUM WITH GUEST SPEAKERS:
MANUEL PEREZ ROCHA, IPS Washington DC - Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. where he directs an advocacy and research project on...
Toronto: The Latin American & Caribbean Solidarity...
The Latin American & Caribbean Solidarity Month: February 2012 contiues with the public forum with Chilean student Leader Camilo Ballesteros, Chilean Students’ Confederation (details below)
Events and activities aim to:
• Generate a dialogue amongst Canadians about issues faced by different communities in Latin America and the
Caribbean and strengthen collaboration amongst civil...
Comunicado de Prensa: Defensores de derechos de...
Defensores de derechos de trabajadores migrantes llaman a juez a dar instrucción para iniciar la primera indagatoria forense sobre la muerte de trabajadores migrantes en Hampstead, Ontario
Toronto, Febrero 10, 2012 - Justicia para Trabajadores Migrantes (J4MW) urge a las autoridades forenses realizar investigación sobre la muerte de once trabajadores que murieron trágicamente en un accidente...
No More Deaths: Justice & Status for Migrant...
No More Deaths: Justice & Status for Migrant Workers!
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/661
In another tragic incident, 10 migrant workers died in a car crash in Ontario this month. It is not the first time. In September 2010, Ralston White and Paul Roach died while working at a farm in Southern Ontario. In December 2009, Alexander Bondorev, Aleksey Blumberg, Fayzullo Fazilov,...
Family Day Action to Demand Justice for Migrant...
Family Day action to demand justice for migrant farmworker deaths
Friday February 17, 2012
12pm
Office of the Chief Coroner
32 Grenville St . (College and Bay)
Followed by march to the Ministry of Labour
400 University Ave. (University and Dundas) As Ontarians prepare to celebrate Family Day, Justicia for Migrant Workers is urging community allies to join us to demand justice for the...
Our official statement about the #farmworker...
Tragedy warrants Coroner’s Inquest,
migrant advocacy group calls on Chief
Coroner to initiate first ever Coroner’s
Inquest involving deaths of migrant
workers in Hampstead, Ontario.
TORONTO, Feb. 8, 2012 /CNW/ - Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW) is urging the Office of the Chief Coroner to undertake a Coroner’s Inquest into the deaths of eleven people who died tragically...
Migration and Diaspora Links compiled by CERLAC
From LACYORK - the listserv of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (CERLAC)
On-line archives of all past postings to this list are accessible at: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/lacyork.html
MIGRATION & DIASPORA:
Ethnic Studies: Class Dismissed http://dissidentvoice.org/2012/01/ethnic-studies-class-dismissed/ GOPers Claim Softened Immigration...
January 2012
6 posts
“In 2006, J4MW BC visited Golden Eagle farms and reported on abuses committed by...”
– http://www.justicia4migrantworkers.org/bc/index.htm#letter
Frontier College: Labour Teacher Position(s)
POSITION AVAILABLE
Title of Position Labourer-Teacher
Term: Full-time
Location: Farms around Ontario
Start date: May 1st to August 18th, 2012
Frontier College is a national, non-profit literacy organization, founded in 1899. We work with children, teens, adults and families to improve their literacy skills.
Labourer-Teachers work as paid manual labourers during the day on farms in South...
Recent Migration and Diaspora Links/Stories by...
From LACYORK - the listserv of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (CERLAC) On-line archives of all past postings to this list are accessible at: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/lacyork.html Submit postings to the list moderator at cerlac2@yorku.ca
MIGRATION & DIASPORA:
Do Not Question the Border Patrol...
Woodland-Style Boot Moccasin Making Workshops
Woodland Winter Workshops
Woodland-Style Boot Moccasin Making Workshops
-4 day workshop
-facilitated by Marion Martin
-includes learning to do beadwork
-material included
-spaces are limited
Dates: Feb 4,5 and 11 &12
Time: 10 am to 3 pm
Cost: $100
Ages: Adults (18+)
Location: Woodland Cultural Centre, 184 Mohawk St, Brantford
Participants will...
YorkU: The Summer Course on Refugee and Forced...
SUMMER COURSE ON REFUGEE AND FORCED MIGRATION ISSUES CENTRE FOR REFUGEE STUDIES, YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO MAY 6-12, 2012 - http://crs.yorku.ca/summer/ Canada is a global leader in refugee research, policy making, and refugee resettlement. Our goal at the Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS), one of the largest and most active refugee studies centres in the world, is to assist with building and...
December 2011
14 posts
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International Migrants Day →
No One Is Illegal Vancouver - Coast Salish Territories, Justicia for Migrant Workers, and Philippine Women Centre flash mob for International Migrants Day. Forty people sung ‘The 12 Days of Xmas’ to our reworked lyrics in shopping malls and streets and public transit throughout the evening
Vancouver: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration
Lui Network on Global and Transnational Ethnographies and the Immigrant Vancouver Ethnographic Field School invites you to the screening of:
From C to C: Chinese Canadian Stories of Migration. A community-based documentary that aims to raise awareness about contemporary social justice issues by reflecting on, and comparing, the experiences of migrants between Canada and China since the early...
Vancouver: Celebration of International Migrants...
Community Supper and Discussion to Celebrate International Migrants Day When: Monday Dec 19th Where: GVBC, 1803 East 1st Avenue Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Organized by: Philippine Women’s Center, No One is Illegal, and Justicia for Migrant Workers ******************** December 18th has been designated as a Global Day of Action Against Racism, And for the Rights of Migrants, Refugees and...
Come and support migrant farm workers’ rights to...
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Come and support migrant farm workers’ rights to live and be part of our communities!
When: December 13, 2011 at 5:00pm
Where: Norfolk County Administration Building
Council Chambers
50 Colborne St. South
Simcoe, ON
N3Y 4H3
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On December 13, 2011, Justicia for Migrant Workers...
Please sign the petition to protect injured...
Please sign the petition to protect injured workers in Ontario
http://www.change.org/petitions/wsib-reject-the-kpmg-report#via-email
In 2010, the WSIB hired private consultants from KPMG to conduct an audit of its claims processes. Instead of staying within its proper scope and assessing the effectiveness and efficiency of the Board’s work, KPMG told the WSIB to do a widespread review of...
LATUC Holiday Party this Friday: J4MW will be...
LATUC HOLIDAY PARTY & Fundraiser
JUSTICIA FOR MIGRANT WORKERS would like to extend this invitation to our community allies and friends…
The Latin American and Trade Union Coalition Presents…
2011 HOLIDAY PARTY
Celebrating International Human Rights Day
WHEN:: Friday December 9, 2011
7:00 PM
WHERE:: 31 Wellesley St. East, Toronto
OPSEU Office at Yonge St. by Wellesley
Subway...
MOVING BEYOND CANADIAN EXPERIENCE: Tory says it’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts for Media Inquiries:
Izumi Sakamoto, Ph.D. (416)946-8224 izumi.sakamoto@utoronto.ca Language: English, Japanese
Lin Fang, Ph.D. (416)946-5084 lin.fang@utoronto.ca Language: English, Mandarin
Adriana Salazar
(416) 699 4527 ext 229
asalazar@mnlct.org
Language: Spanish, English
On the day of the event, all contacts can be reached...
LATUC Holiday Party: Justicia for Migrant Workers...
The Latin American and Trade Union Coalition Presents…
2011 HOLIDAY PARTY
Celebrating International Human Rights Day
WHEN:: Friday December 9, 2011
7:00 PM
WHERE:: 31 Wellesley St. East, Toronto
OPSEU Office at Yonge St. by Wellesley
Subway Station. Public Parking nearby.
Dinner ■ Live Latin Amerrican Music ■ DJ ■ and more!!
Tickets: $20 - Call (416) 602-1918
LATUC, a coalition of...
November 2011
13 posts
event: Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour...
Sex at the Margins: Migration, Labour Markets and the Rescue Industry
Thursday, November 24, 2011 7:30pm at The Raging Spoon, 761 Queen Street West
Maggie’s: Toronto Sex Workers Action Project is proud to host Laura Agustín, an internationally renowned sex worker rights advocate and an expert on undocumented migration and informal labour markets. She will be giving a talk based on her...
$30,000.00 Scholarship Opportunity for Urban...
Are you currently working with racialized and marginalized students from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods who are not experiencing success in school? Are you interested in entering a Master’s program that seeks to raise critical questions about social inequality, the achievement gap, equity pedagogy and systemic change in schools?
OISE is offering four $30,000 scholarships for teachers...