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Connexions Other Voices May 14, 2020: Thinking Clearly in a Time of Crisis
The May 14, 2020 issue of Other Voices, the Connexions newsletter, challenges us to think clearly and ask critical questions about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic and what it is teaching us.
As Laval Detention Centre Empties, CBSA Pushes Tracking Bracelets on Migrants
After two months of resistance by detainees and their supporters, the Laval Immigration Holding Centre now stands almost empty. Only 2 men and 1 woman remain inside, watched over by dozens of guards. While the struggle continues to empty this prison entirely, and to ensure it never reopens, we now confront other ways the state controls migrants and is even pushing forward new forms of surveillance under cover of the pandemic.
New Agri-Food Immigration Pilot Program not a solution, gives control to bad employers, excludes most workers
Migrant food and farm worker groups from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec are jointly raising the alarm about the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot Program to be launched by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Connexions Other Voices March 19, 2020: Morality in an Amoral World
The March 19, 2020 issue of Other Voices, the Connexions newsletter, looks at morality in the context of the coronavirus crisis.
Canada Emergency Response Benefit Must Support Migrant & Informal Workers
Migrant and worker rights organizations call on the Cabinet to ensure that comprehensive income supports are immediately accessible to everyone regardless of immigration or previous work status.
Migrants on Hunger Strike at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre: Act Now in Solidarity
Migrants detained at the Laval Immigration Detention Centre have launched an indefinite hunger strike to demand their release in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
To the cliff’s edge and back
Fair Vote Canada is greatly relieved that the government appears to be backing down on its unseemly power grab in response to the COVID-19 crisis.
News conference: Impacts of COVID-19
OCAP and SHJN are calling a news conference on measures necessary to mitigate deadly impacts of COVID-19 on homeless people, those on social assistance, and on those whose lives are being saved by the overdose prevention sites.

Thursday, April 25th is World Malaria Day (April 24, 2019)
Thursday, April 25th is World Malaria Day, a day established by WHO member states to draw attention to the continuing need for investment in, and commitment to, the fight against malaria one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases.
Turkey: IFJ joins international call to end judicial harassment of journalists (April 14, 2019)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined today several human rights and freedom of speech organisations to condemn the judicial harassment against Turkish Journalists.
No One Is Illegal Condemns Trudeau’s attempt to let CBSA -- Canada’s ICE -- stop asylum seekers from applying for refugee status at the border (April 14, 2019)
Bill-C97 is an attack on asylum seekers, a criminalization of migration, and the right to work, and a coordinated attempt to make the poor and racialized endlessly insecure. Individuals do not seek asylum lightly.
OCAP to lead rally and delegation to Shelter & Housing Administration at Metro Hall (April 14, 2019)
OCAP will lead a delegation of homeless people, advocates and allies to Metro Hall to challenge the City and its administrators on their plans to evict over 400 homeless people to the streets through service cutbacks as the weather warms.
Pakistan: Fatwa puts journalists in serious danger (April 14, 2019)
This fatwa is an outrageous attack on the safety of Pakistan’s media and those working in the increasingly volatile area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. IFJ figures shows that Pakistan’s media remains under threat with journalists killed, abducted, attack
Malawians Cry Out for Help in Devastating Disaster (March 22, 2019)
Emmanuel International Canada is asking Canadians for support to help provide urgent relieve supplies.
Connexions project awarded funding from Documentary Heritage Communities Program (April 11, 2019)
The Connexions Archive is pleased to announce that it will be receiving funding from Library and Archives Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program to carry out a project to digitize and share the documentary history of Toronto citizen groups.
Leaving no one behind on World Water Day 2019 (March 21, 2019)
This World Water Day, 22nd March, is about tackling the water crisis by addressing the reasons why so many people are being left behind. “Clean water is vital for human survival–especially in developing countries,”
Joint Media Advisory (March 18, 2019)
The Promoting Maternal, Newborn, Infant and Child Sustainable Health Efforts (PROMISE) project, now in its third year and the success of the work, provided through a unique Canadian consortium of charities, has saved the lives of many newborns
Past Its Expiration Date: CDT Releases Brief on Balancing Data Retention and Deletion in Education (March 15, 2019)
Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) is releasing an issue brief that offers recommendations and best practices for the education sector in retaining data that can serve students and deleting information that is no longer needed.
Records Reveal ICE Using Mass Surveillance Database To Track People With Aid of Local Law Enforcement (March 15, 2019)
Over 80 local agencies are sharing residents' location information with ICE
Students across the globe demand that adults address the climate crisis, as UN report warns Arctic melting might be inevitable (March 15, 2019)
Hundreds of thousands of young people are leaving their classrooms and filling the streets this March 15th to demand real climate action, only two days after the release of new research by UN Environment warning that devastating temperature rises
GAO Report Concludes Climate Change Will Cost Taxpayers Even More if Government Fails to Act (March 6, 2019)
The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released its 2019 "High Risk" report.
New protection measures for Atl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound’s unique glass sponge reefs support marine life recovery (March 6, 2019)
Today’s announcement by the federal government of new fishing closures and other protection measures in Atl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound provides a significant contribution to the recovery and health of unique and fragile glass sponge reef ecosystems in th
Human Rights Organizations: End Canadian Arms Ssales to Saudi Arabia (March 6, 2019)
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) joined eleven other human rights organizations to send a letter calling the Canadian government to immediately suspend arms sales to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The best and worst cities in Canada to be a woman in 2019 (March 6, 2019)
Study results point to uneven progress, with many women still waiting for meaningful change
The best and worst cities in Canada to be a woman in 2019 (March 6, 2019)
Study results point to uneven progress, with many women still waiting for meaningful change
Hong Kong-based grassroots news website blocked in China (March 6, 2019)
The website of a Hong Kong grassroots news organisation, reporting labour issues around the globe, has been blocked in mainland. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) would call for the Chinese government to ensure freedom of expression.
Migrant Caregivers win major victory but permanent resident status on arrival for migrant workers still needed (March 6, 2019)
Newly announced pilot Caregiver Program, and Interim Program important steps in the right direction, and a direct response to Caregiver organizing.
International Women’s Day (March 5, 2019)
On 8th March 2019 it is International Women’s Day. A time to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate.
Jewish group welcomes revocation of Beth Oloth’s charitable status; calls on government to apply same standards to Jewish National Fund Canada (January 28, 2019)
Independent Jewish Voices Canada (IJV) welcomes news that Beth Oloth Charitable Organization has had its tax-deductible status revoked by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
Framed by police: Two Reuters journalists jailed for 7 years (January 16, 2019)
Two Reuters journalists have each been sentenced to seven years in prison after they were found guilty of breaching the official secrets act in Myanmar.
Press Conference to Demand Immediate Action on Deadly Housing Crisis (January 16, 2019)
Following yet another brutal death of a homeless woman on January 15, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) is calling a press conference this Thursday, January 17 at noon to demand action on Toronto’s deadly housing crisis
Vigil for homeless woman who died earlier this week to be held today (Thursday, Jan 10) at 6pm (January 10, 2019)
Vigil for homeless woman who died earlier this week to be held today (Thursday, Jan 10) at 6pm. Vigil will be held at the site of her death at 730 Dovercourt Rd and demands made of the city for immediate action on this deadly housing crisis.
Bangladesh: Internet throttled, journalists attacked during parliamentary elections (January 4, 2019)
All 3G and 4G internet services were shut down and journalists were attacked during parliamentary elections in Bangladesh on December 30. The International Federation of Journalists condemns the throttling of the internet services and the attacks.
2018 Reverses Downward Trend in Killings of Journalists and Media Staff with 94 Victims of Violence (January 4, 2019)
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published a list of 94 journalists and media staff killed in work-related incidents during 201
CBC Features Complaint Filed Against Registered Charity for Supporting Israeli Army, Settlements (January 4, 2019)
A comprehensive complaint has been filed with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) regarding the Jewish National Fund of Canada (JNF Canada)

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