Join our team!
The CCR is hiring:
Candidates are encouraged to submit their applications by September 15, 2024, but the positions will remain open until filled.
Newsletter type
Release
NGOs issue global call for expansion of refugee resettlement
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
Newsletter type
The Canadian Council for Refugees to Challenge Cessation in the Courts
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.
Newsletter type
Federal Government Sides with Employers and their Exploitative Practices
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.
Newsletter type
Diana Gallego elected President of the Canadian Council for Refugees
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.
Newsletter type
Supreme Court decision on Safe Third Country Agreement Misses the Mark on Refugee Rights, but Offers Some Hope
Canadian Council for Refugees
Amnesty International Canada
The Canadian Council of Churches
Media release
June 16, 2023
Newsletter type
BLAC, RLO, and the CCR pleased with the jury recommendations from the Abdurahman Hassan inquest
Black Legal Action Centre
Canadian Council for Refugees
Refugee Law Office
Media release
February 10, 2023
Newsletter type
Leading human rights groups challenge Safe Third Country Agreement at Supreme Court of Canada
Canadian Council for Refugees
Amnesty International Canada
The Canadian Council of Churches
Media release
4 October 2022
Newsletter type
Refugee family reunification delays made worse through low immigration targets
Canadian Council for Refugees
Media release
22 September 2022
Refugee family reunification delays made worse through low immigration targets
The Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) today called on the federal government to increase the immigration levels so that refugees are not forced to wait years to be reunited with their immediate family members.
Issues
Newsletter type