Refugees Welcome Here!: An initiative of Amnesty International, the Canadian Council for Refugees and Amnistie international. In January 2016, the three partners embarked on a public awareness campaign to encourage Canada to welcome more refugees, to achieve more fairness in systems affecting refugees, to foster more welcoming communities across Canada, to rebut myths about refugees and to emphasize the contributions of refugees.
The campaign’s key messages are the following:
- more refugees
- more fairness for refugees
- more welcoming communities
CCR and AI members, allies, youth and others across Canada are invited to participate, mobilize their communities, build on the leadership shown by many across Canada and amplify this ongoing campaign.
The purpose of the Refugee Welcome Here! Toolkit is to provide information about refugees in a Canadian context. It will be helpful to three types of people – those who are: knowledgeable about refugees and new to activism; experienced activists eager to learn about refugees; and, those who are new to refugee sponsorship and looking to deepen their knowledge about refugee protection.
Campaign resources:
- Outreach toolkit
- CCR Youth Photo Project
- Infographics
- Take the Refugees Welcome Here! Pledge
- Refugee Rights Day
- How to Lobby your MP
- Who is a refugee?
- Advocacy
- Destination Canada
- Digital Activism
- Mythbusing: the moment of truth
Useful links:
- Refugees and Immigrants: A glossary
- About refugees and Canada's response
- Syrian refugees
- A brief history of Canada’s responses to refugees
- Did you know... ? Facts about refugees and refugee claimants in Canada
- CCR Library
- Outreach resources
- Canadian Council for Refugees: Become a member
Resources from other organizations
- Including: Advocacy, digital activism, myth busting, and more!