CAREGIVERS’ JOURNEYS: OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF NEW INFOGRAPHIC
30 October 2018
The Migrant Mothers Project is here to announce our official launch of a new infographic titled “Recognizing Signs of Migrant Caregiver Abuse & Exploitation.” We hope this infographic can be used to encourage conversations within the caregiver community, service providers and the broader public, while supporting on-going migrant workers campaigns that address the backlog of PR applications and call for a Federal Workers Program for Caregivers with PR upon entry for caregivers and their families.
Please see this infographic on our Facebook, Twitter, and here!
CAREGIVERS’ JOURNEYS: NEW INFOGRAPHIC TO BE LAUNCHED OCTOBER 30, 2018
23 October 2018
The Migrant Mothers Project is looking forward to launching a new infographic on October 30, 2018 that highlights the current challenges facing migrant caregivers in Canada due to the current policy context and how caregivers respond to workplace abuse and exploitation as they seek to fulfill their long-term goal of becoming permanent residents and reunifying with their families in Canada. This infographic is based on Caregivers’ Journeys‘ research findings published in the Journal of Family Violence. We hope this infographic can be used to raise awareness and to encourage conversations within the caregiver community, service providers and the broader public; while also supporting on-going migrant workers campaigns. Stay tuned on our Facebook, Twitter, and here!
CAREGIVERS’ JOURNEYS: COMING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THE OLD AND NEW PATHWAYS (UPDATE)
23 April 2018
The Migrant Mothers Project wants to thank all the participants, facilitators, panelists, and organizers for your amazing advocacy work and the community building that came out of the Caregivers’ Journeys event. To show our gratitude and to capture the event’s exciting happenings, we want to present to you the Caregivers Journey’s Community Event Summary. We hope that the following document will serve as a record of the advocacy strategies and goals brought forward at the time: Feb 2018 Community Consultation Summary
CAREGIVERS’ JOURNEYS: COMING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS ISSUES WITH THE OLD AND NEW PATHWAYS
4 February 2018
The Migrant Mothers Project hosted a community event to share findings from the Caregivers’ Journeys Study and to address issues with the old and new pathways. This community event included a panel of advocates and caregivers to discuss current conditions in the old live-in caregiver and new caregiver program and how to work with community legal services and language assessment centres. Workshop sessions for caregivers, service providers, and community members focused on mental health, signs of abuse and safety planning and advocacy strategies. Through the panel and workshops, we hope to have inspired action and create a space for meaningful dialogue.
ONTARIO TODAY PODCAST
FAMILY VIOLENCE: WHAT’S THE ROLE OF THE LARGER COMMUNITY?
14 MAY 2015, CBC RADIO BROADCAST
Rupaleem Bhuyan joined Ontario Today to discuss the role of the community when faced with family violence and abuse. Read the question board in the CBC website here. The podcast can also be downloaded here.
HOUSE OF COMMONS COMMITTEES
STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION
23 April 2015, CIMM-44
Rupaleem Bhuyan was invited to speak in the House of Commons Committees to talk about Bill S-7. The evidence (available here in the House of Commons Committees page) looks into further discussing the term barbaric, and what constitutes as barbaric cultural practices. Update: Since 15 June 2015, Parliament passed Bill S-7 to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, the Civil Marriage Act and the Criminal Code.
NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTERSECTIONS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND PRECARIOUS IMMIGRATION STATUS
5 JUNE 2014, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ST. GEORGE CAMPUS
In partnership with the Woman Abuse Council of Toronto, the Migrant Mothers Project hosted over 120 people to take part in a day long event titled, “Intersections of Violence Against Women and Precarious Immigration Status—A National Symposium for Advocacy and Community Mobilization.” The symposium was a full-day event held at the University of Toronto to engage with an active network of service providers, activists, policy analysts, researchers and immigrant women in Canada.Panels and workshops focused on advocacy and community engagement strategies for/with immigrant women with precarious status on a range of cross-cutting issues. Videos of the panels and further resources are available on the symposium website.