CCR Meetings
 
Summer Working Group Meetings 2010
27-28 August 2010, Montreal

Pamphlet about the meetings : please use this pamphlet to promote participation in the meetings. Or use this pamphlet aimed specifically at youth. PDF

Friday 27 August, 9:30am - 5pm:

  • Overseas Protection & Sponsorship

and 5:30pm - 7:30pm

Saturday 28 August, 9:30am - 5pm:

  • Inland Protection
  • Immigration & Settlement
Working group meetings are open to all interested NGO representatives and individuals and the CCR encourages broad participation.  The meetings are closed to government and media. 

Location: Anglican Diocese of Montreal, 1444 Union (metro: McGill).  Meeting rooms are on the second floor. Map

How to get there:

By public transport: McGill metro station (on the green line).  Take the Union South exit and cross the street to enter 1444 Union.  The meeting rooms are on the second floor.

By car - Click here for a map of the area.

Parking: There is underground parking available at the church, at a daily rate of $16-$18 on Friday and $6 (Saturday).  Street parking may also be available.

Youth Orientation Session and Anti-Oppression Workshop

Friday, 27 August 2010, 5:30 – 7:30pm
1444 Union (metro: McGill)*, Montreal

The CCR Youth Network invites all youth and youth-allies to participate in a special youth session, to be held in the occasion of the CCR Working Group meetings on Friday evening, 27 August, in Montreal.     

This session will include:

- Orientation to the Working Group Meetings

- Anti-Oppression Workshop: Making the CCR Youth Network a Positive and Accessible Space for All

We’ll provide snacks.

 
General Information
Consultations

The Canadian Council for Refugees holds two Consultations each year, one in the spring (May or June) and one in the fall (November or December). The Consultations are held in different cities.

CCR Consultations address issues of refugee protection and immigrant and refugee settlement. They bring together 300 or more people from across Canada and beyond. Participants include refugees, immigrants, representatives of NGOs, government, UNHCR, academics and international guests.  A General meeting of members is always held at these Consultations, where the resolutions that drive CCR policy are moved and adopted.

The consultations offer a key opportunity for information-exchange, networking, strategy development and discussion.

People who work with newcomers and those with a personal interest in refugees and immigrants are warmly invited.

The consultation is an excellent opportunity to:

  • meet and learn from experts in the field
  • exchange information and prepare resolutions on a broad range of refugee and newcomer issues
  • contribute to the CCR working groups’ ongoing dialogue on policy and legislation.
Working group meetings

The CCR’s three Working Groups provide the forum for CCR members and other refugee and immigrant rights advocates to exchange information, network and develop policy positions in particular areas of concern.  Each Working Group is responsible for preparing resolutions, following up on action items, and planning workshops for the consultations, as well as for advising the CCR Executive on policy.  The Working Group meetings are closed to representatives of government and the media.

The CCR Working Groups meet four times a year.  Two of these meetings take place during the consultations (see above).  The other two series of working group meetings take place in February (in Toronto) and in September (in Montreal).

The working group meetings offer an excellent opportunity to:

  • Participate in efforts to promote refugee protection and resettlement, and the settlement of refugees and immigrants
  • Discuss in depth pressing issues affecting refugees and immigrants in Canada
  • Share information and strategies with others from across Canada

Further information about the three working groups.
 
Upcoming Meetings
  • Summer Working Group meetings 2010 - 27-28 August 2010, Montreal
  • Fall Consultation 2010, 24-26 November (NB Wednesday to Friday), Calgary
 
Past Consultations