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Immigrants & Refugees - LinksPacific Immigrant Resources SocietyAugust 1, 2007 - 10:03am
www.pirs.bc.ca - Pacific Immigrant Resources Society (PIRS) is a non-profit, community based organization that has been providing services for immigrant women and their young children in Vancouver since 1975. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Immigrants & Refugees | Women )
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)July 10, 2006 - 11:53am
http://www.refugees.org/ - this website provides worldwide information on refugees, including refugee reports. ( categories: Links | United States | Immigrants & Refugees )
Guide to International Refugee Law Resources on the WebJuly 10, 2006 - 11:48am
http://www.llrx.com/features/refugee.htm - this information guide was compiled by a former employee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. ( categories: Links | International | Immigrants & Refugees )
Forced Migration OnlineJuly 10, 2006 - 11:44am
http://www.forcedmigration.org/ - Forced Migration Online (FMO) provides access to a wide variety of online resources dealing with the situation of forced migrants worldwide. ( categories: Links | International | Immigrants & Refugees )
Centre for Refugee StudiesJuly 10, 2006 - 11:40am
http://www.yorku.ca/crs - this York University site provides an academic page with interesting updates, links, and reference materials on refugee and migration issues. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Immigrants & Refugees )
Center for Gender and Refugee StudiesJuly 10, 2006 - 11:37am
http://www.uchastings.edu/cgrs - this is the San-Francisco based organization which acts as a resource for gender based asylum seekers. ( categories: Links | United States | Immigrants & Refugees | Women )
Border Action Network - ArizonaJuly 10, 2006 - 10:04am
http://www.borderaction.org/ - this network is a grassroots, membership based organization that formed to protect human rights, civil rights and the Sonoran desert along the Arizona-Mexico border. ( categories: Links | United States | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
Coalition Against the Deportation of Palestinian Refugees / Coalition Contre la Déportation des Réfugiés PalestiniensJuly 10, 2006 - 10:00am
http://refugees.resist.ca/ - a coalition of organizations and individuals formed to support Palestinian refugees in Canada facing deportation back to refugee camps in Lebanon and Palestine. http://refugees.resist.ca/ - une coalition était formée entre des organisations et des individues pour supporter les refugiés Palestiniens au Canada qui vont être déporter aux camps de refugiés au Liban et en Palestine. ( categories: Links | Québec | Bilingual | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
No One Is Illegal - TorontoJuly 10, 2006 - 9:20am
http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/ - this campaign is organized by a group of immigrants, refugees and allies who are working to educate, mobilize and network to defend immigrants, migrant workers, refugees, and Indigenous peoples, and to oppose war and racism. ( categories: Links | Ontario | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
Campaign to Stop Secret Trials and DeportationsJuly 10, 2006 - 9:08am
http://www.ecawar.org/csstad.php - this group, part of the Edmonton Coalition Against War and Racism, is interested in protecting and expanding civil rights, especially among those of racially and politically profiled groups who have been targeted under "Public Security" legislation, through voluntary casework. ( categories: Links | Alberta | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
South Asian Network for Secularism and DemocracyJuly 10, 2006 - 9:05am
http://www.sansad.org/ - this organization promotes secular and democratic values among South Asians living abroad and opposes the growth of intolerance in South Asia. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Immigrants & Refugees | People of Colour )
No One Is Illegal - VancouverJuly 10, 2006 - 9:03am
http://vancouver.nooneisillegal.org/ - this campaign is a movement of refugees, immigrants and allies that organizes various campaigns for regularization and for justice and self-determination for immigrants, refugees, and indigenous people. ( categories: Links | British Columbia | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
Stopracialprofiling.caJuly 10, 2006 - 8:44am
http://www.stopracialprofiling.ca/ - Stopracialprofiling.ca is a website dedicated to a campaign to stop racial profiling in Canada. It brings together community groups, law makers, lawyers, activists, targets of racial profiling and all affected communities. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | People of Colour )
STATUS CampaignJuly 10, 2006 - 8:41am
http://www.ocasi.org/status/ - the STATUS Campaign is a broad coalition of individuals and organizations advocating for the regularization of status of all non-status immigrants living in Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada (NOIVMWC)July 10, 2006 - 8:39am
http://www.noivmwc.org/noivmwcen/ - this is the website for a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian organization who's mission is to ensure equality for immigrant and visible minority women, within a bilingual Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Women )
Association for New CanadiansJuly 10, 2006 - 8:13am
http://www.anc-nf.cc/ - this is a non-profit, community based organization that provides settlement and integration services for immigrants and refugees. ( categories: Links | Newfoundland | Immigrants & Refugees )
Multicultural Association of the Greater Moncton Area (MAGMA) / Association Multiculturelle du Grand Moncton (AMGMA)July 7, 2006 - 2:59pm
http://www.multiculturalassociation-moncton.com/ - an umbrella organization of ethno-cultural associations and individuals in the Greater Moncton Area that is actively involved in the settlement and adjustment of new immigrants and refugees. http://www.multiculturalassociation-moncton.com/ - une organisation qui crée un réseau des associations culturelle et des individues en le Grand Moncton et qui est aussi impliqué dans l'établissement et le réglage des nouveaux immigrants et réfugiés. ( categories: Links | New Brunswick | Immigrants & Refugees )
Multicultural Association of the FredrictonJuly 7, 2006 - 2:50pm
http://www.mcaf.nb.ca/ - this association assists new arrivals by providing referral services and ESL classes as well as sponsering intercultural events. ( categories: Links | New Brunswick | Immigrants & Refugees )
Multicultural Association of Carleton CountyJuly 7, 2006 - 2:47pm
http://www.nb-amcc.org/ - a volunteer organization that provides resources and facilitates the adaptation of new immigrants to the rural area of Carleton County. ( categories: Links | New Brunswick | Immigrants & Refugees )
Intercultural Heritage Association / Association du Patrimoine InterculturelJuly 7, 2006 - 2:45pm
http://www.iha-api.ca/ - a bilingual association whose focus is to increase the positive participation and contribution of immigrants and minorities to the social and economic fibres of the New Brunswick community. http://www.iha-api.ca/ - une association bilingue avec le but d'augmenter la participation positif et la contribution des immigrants et les minorités visibles à la communauté de Nouveau-Brunswick, dans une manière économique et sociale. ( categories: Links | New Brunswick | Bilingual | Immigrants & Refugees | People of Colour )
OrganizingCanadian Council for RefugeesJune 18, 2006 - 8:22am
http://www.web.net/~ccr - The Canadian Council for Refugees is a non-profit umbrella organization committed to the rights and protection of refugees in Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
Interfaith Sanctuary CoalitionJune 18, 2006 - 8:29am
http://www.exponenciel.com/sanctuary/ - A group of numerous faith organizations and individuals who fight for the respect of sanctuaries, the implementation of a procedure of appeal for all refugee status seekers in Canada and the resolution of the cases of families and individuals currently in sanctuary. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
STATUS CampaignJune 18, 2006 - 8:39am
http://www.ocasi.org/status/ - A broad coalition of individuals and organizations advocating for the regularization of status of all non-status immigrants living in Canada. ( categories: Links | Canada | Immigrants & Refugees | Organizing )
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