Advocate
Current Advocacy Campaigns
Christie Refugee Welcome Centre is a participating member of the Ontario Coalition of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants, a group of refugee houses and agencies who work with vulnerable refugee claimant populations across Southern Ontario.
The Ontario Coalition of Service Providers for Refugee Claimants has a number of calls to action to the Government of Canada and Provincial Governments. Read our calls here:
Supports for refugee claimants
Call to ensure that refugee claimants housed in federal accommodations have adequate access to legal and settlement supports
Transition Child Benefit
Call to reverse the elimination of the Transition Child Benefit (TCB)
Housing Crisis in Ontario
Call to address the worsening housing crisis in Ontario
Other Advocacy Campaigns
You can also support these other actions to advocate for refugee claimants and migrants in Toronto
Shelter Space for Refugees
Tell Parliament to Fund Shelter Space for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Permanent Residency for Undocumented People
Support permanent resident status for all undocumented people in Toronto
Family Reunification
Join the Canadian Council for Refugee’s family reunification campaign
Reunite Separated Children
Call on the Canadian government to more urgently reunite separated children with their family members in Canada
Withdraw from Safe Third Party Agreement
Call for Canada to withdraw from the Safe Third Country Agreement, a bilateral deal between Canada and the United States which sees select refugees forcibly returned to the US upon seeking asylum in Canada