The Migrant Mothers Project (MMP) is pleased to release Unprotected, Unrecognized: Canadian Immigration Policy and Violence Against Women, 2008-2013 a report that examines how recent changes in immigration policy are negatively impacting immigrant women. The MMP is also launching, Till Immigration Tears Us Apart: Stories of Strength through Struggle, a collection of digital stories by migrant women and their advocates. The Migrant Mothers […]
During the past two weeks, there have been several major shifts and changes in Canadian immigration policy. The Migrant Mothers Project team is still making sense of these changes, but wanted to illustrate some of the policies here at this time. Changes to the Live-In-Caregiver Program The long anticipated changes to the Live-in-Caregiver program were […]
On June 5, 2014, the Migrant Mothers Project (MMP) and Woman Abuse Council of Toronto are hosting a National Symposium to address how immigration policy changes are impacting immigrant women’s safety and rights. This full-day event will take place at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus at the George Ignatieff Theatre and Factor-Inwentash Faculty […]
After much encouragement to create additional stories, The Migrant Mothers Project is collaborating with Springtide Resources to create additional Digital Stories with women who have precarious status and their service providers. Starting in May 2014, we plan on creating six additional stories with women with precarious immigration status and service providers working with women with […]
On November 7th, 2013 the Migrant Mothers Project hosted “Our Collective Strength”, a community event to raise consciousness on the intersections of violence against women, precarious immigration status and human rights. This event was generously sponsored by the Women & Gender Studies Institute Community Knowledge Alliance initiative and took place in the William Doo Auditorium […]
The compelling short film, “Seeking Refuge: Ana’s Story”, was made last year by a long-time activist Erin Shaw. The film documents the enormity of injustice faced by Mexican asylum seekers in Canada, who are denied refuge on the pretense that Mexico is a safe democracy. From our own research, we have charted the dramatic rise […]
It was an interesting twist on the Canadian National Anthem, sung today by hundreds of protesters for the National Day of Action outside the offices of Canadian Citizenship and Immigration in Toronto. Doctors, midwives, nurses, social workers, and community members gathered to call attention to the hypocrisy of cutting health care benefits for refugees in […]
Join us for the National Day of Action on June 17, 2013. Events are taking place across Canada and in Toronto at 25 St Clair Avenue East on June 17th at noon. If you want to walk with the Migrant Mothers Project, send us an email to meet-up at the St. Clair TTC just before […]
This winter and spring the Migrant Mothers Project has been traveling around Ontario to get a sense of how folks in different regions of the province are responding to the many policy changes that impact immigrant women and children. As a Toronto-based project, we knew that our perception of immigration issues is influenced by the […]
The Survivor Voices Inclusion Project (SVIP) partnered with the Migrant Mothers Project to draw upon the expertise of women with precarious migratory status, towards improving anti-violence against women services. Participants of the workshop included women with precarious status who took part in Nuestra Fortaleza (a solidarity group for and by Spanish speaking women), service providers […]
The following was written by Francisca Guerrero, a Chilean Journalist traveling in Canada. Franscisa was invited to take part in the final meeting of Nuestra Fortaleza, a solidarity group for women living with precarious immigration status in Canada. Women in the group expressed that they wanted their voices heard, their stories understood by others. With […]
