Release

March 10, 2025

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Dear CCR family,

The CCR is hiring:

Communications Coordinator

Candidates are encouraged to submit their applications by September 15, 2024, but the positions will remain open until filled.

Canadian Council for Refugees part of multilateral meetings in Geneva

Geneva, June 7th 2024 - NGO delegates from 26 countries gathered in Geneva this week have called for international action to expand resettlement and ad

Press release

6 June 2024

Press release

8 April 2024

The Canadian Council for Refugees to Challenge Cessation in the Courts

The Canadian Council for Refugees will appear before the Federal Court today to challenge the rules on loss of status for refugees, as a public interest party in the Gnanapragasam case.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Government Rejects Widely Supported Call for Open Work Permits for Migrant Workers

MONTRÉAL – In response to a parliamentary petition by the Open Work Permit NOW campaign to end employer specific work permits, the Government of Canada has doubled down on maintaining tied labour as an important feature of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and Canada’s immigration system.

Press release

19 December 2023

Diana Gallego elected President of the Canadian Council for Refugees

The Canadian Council for Refugees is pleased to announce that Diana Gallego was elected President at its Annual General Meeting on November 18th 2023. Diana has been a member of the CCR Executive Committee since last year, and comes to us from FCJ Refugee Centre in Toronto, where she serves as Senior Director. Diana is proudly the first Amina Malko Fund recipient to become CCR President.

Canadian Council for Refugees
Amnesty International Canada
The Canadian Council of Churches

Media release

June 16, 2023

Black Legal Action Centre
Canadian Council for Refugees
Refugee Law Office

Media release

February 10, 2023

Canadian Council for Refugees
Amnesty International Canada
The Canadian Council of Churches

Media release

4 October 2022