March 2012
4 posts
Canada should facilitate integration of migrant...
For immediate distribution - February 28, 2012
NEWS RELEASE: see also Globe and Mail article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/migrant-workers-need-better-integration-in-canada-study-urges/article2351982/
Canada should facilitate integration of migrant farm workers
Study identifies major barriers to health care and social services
Montreal - Agricultural labour migrants need...
February 2012
33 posts
A Night to Remember Migrant Farm Workers in Killed...
A NIGHT TO REMEMBER MIGRANT FARM WORKERS KILLED IN CRASH
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas St. W. Toronto.
Members of the Canadian Latino community are hosting a “Night to Remember “. Come join to raise funds to benefit the families of the migrant workers killed in the horrific crash in rural Southwestern Ontario on Monday February 6, 2012. Tickets are $20 dollars at...
Spread Widely: No Mining on Sacred Lands!
No Mining on Sacred Lands! KI Speaks Out Against God’s Lake Resources and McGuinty government. KI LEADERS SPEAK, NEW VIDEO LAUNCHED Monday March 5, 2012, 6:30pm Steelworkers’ Hall, 25 Cecil Street
http://www.facebook.com/events/356845724350130/ RALLY AND MARCH WITH KI Tuesday March 6, 2012, 12:30 p.m. 255 Front St. W.
http://www.facebook.com/events/336485166392612/
N.B. Come...
Join the Torture Tour of Toronto, Thursday, March...
Join the Torture Tour of Toronto, Thursday, March 8, 8:30 am-1:30 pm
Sponsored by Stop Canadian Involvement in Torture and Toronto Action for Social Change
WHAT IS A TORTURE TOUR?
The tour is an opportunity for people to publicly name and protest at sites of Canadian complicity in torture and other forms of cruel, degrading treatment. These sites include government agencies found by...
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...
TheLatin 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 society...
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...
