WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE PRESENT HEALTH EMERGENCY
A Free Public Forum
When: Wednesday April 1, 2020, 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Where:
78 Queen's Park West, Toronto M5S 2C5
UofT Law, Jackman Building J140 (basement level)
(The law school is right in front of Museum Station – west side - southern exit, just south of the Royal Ontario Museum)
On April 4, 1985 the Supreme Court of Canada recognized that refugee claimants have the right to fundamental justice in Canada. That hard-won right has increasingly come under threat. Our panelists will talk about how refugee rights are under attack and what refugee claimants and human rights activists are doing to resist and push back.
Panelists
- Loly Rico is the co-director and founder of FCJ Refugee Centre and former President of Canadian Council for Refugees
- Aleks Dughman-Manzur is Director of LGBTQ+ Refugee Programs at Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto and Vice-President of Canadian Council for Refugees
- Vincent Wong is an Adjunct Professor and William C. Graham Research Associate at the International Human Rights Program at UofT Law
- Sean Rehaag is the Director of York University’s Centre for Refugee Studies, and an Associate Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School
Moderated by Debbie Douglas, Executive Director, OCASI - Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
Free event – please register (for planning purposes only)
Light dinner provided.
For more information contact rrd@ocasi.org
Organized by Toronto Refugee Rights Month Planning Committee
With support from International Human Rights Program - UofT Law
Sponsored by:
Canadian Council for Refugees
Centre for Refugee Studies
International Human Rights Program - UofT Law