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reminder: Youth Network conference call - Sunday, August 9th - 8 pm (Ontario , Québec), 9 pm (Atlantic), 7 pm (Manitoba), 6 pm (Alberta), 5 p m (BC)
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Jul 31st, 2009 - 09:29:21 |
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Just a reminder of the next conference call - NOT this Sunday, but the
Sunday after!
Please confirm that you will join the call by sending me an email at:
cfrench (at) ccrweb.ca and send any suggestions that you have for the agenda.
I've attached the notes from the last conference call for your information.
I will send out the agenda for next Sunday's call, as well as call-in
instructions in the middle of next week.
Looking forward to speaking with you all again,
Colleen
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*Notes from: Youth Network Conference call -- July 12^th 2009*
*Agenda:*
*1) Who is on the call (introductions)*
Present: Oana (Ottawa), Deandra (Toronto), Lewon (Toronto), Luis
(Toronto), William (Toronto), Colleen (Montreal), Kuol (Halifax), Hannah
(Toronto)
Chair -- Luis; Note-taker - Colleen
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2) Updates on local activities *
*Toronto -- *Toronto Community Housing has formed a group 'Speak on It'
to raise awareness of issues and to take action. A forum has already
been held and there will be monthly meetings.
Some goals:
- share issues with other communities (example: violence and
displacement in Sri Lanka outside of the Tamil community)
- organize workshops on various issues
- look at indigenous issues -- what are in impacts of the
vocabulary that we use; organize a rally; visit the 6 Nations reserve
- submitting a grant application to increase youth participation in the
C2D2 conference in October 2009 (www.c2d2.ca for
details)
*3) Updates following the CCR Consultation in Quebec City, 28-30 May 2009*
a) Response from the CCR Executive (see notes from Oana Grigorescu)
- Oana is leading a group that is creating a youth orientation guide to
CCR Consultations and getting involved in the CCR. Suggestion: one page
should be on the process of submitting and selecting Consultation
workshop topics. Let Oana know your suggestions for what should be in
the guide (oanabella (at) gmail.com)
- there will be a one-day meeting for youth the day before the start of
the CCR Consultation. We will need people to get involved and help to
organize it.
- there is some funding to bring youth the CCR Consultation in
November. If you have ideas of other funding sources, please let us know.
- youth will be recognized for involvement at CCR Consultations ad in
helping to organize (certificates)
- need to work on building funding for youth efforts that do not depend
on government funding
b) Representatives from the Youth Network on Working Group Steering
Committee(s)
- See notes from the Immigration and Settlement Working Group
- Selecting a Youth Network representative
- See Colleen email on 13 July for the simplified description
c) YouTube channel now available at: www.youtube.com/ccrwebvideos
- William will send a copy of the video from the Quebec City
Consultation to the posted on YouTube and the CCR website
- would like to film/create similar videos at future Consultations.
*4**) Deciding priority actions and issues*
a) Issues and actions that the Youth Network has been working on
- survey on newcomer youth and priorities: please send comments on
online survey to Colleen -- see: http://ccrweb.ca/en/survey
- transportation loans - campaign update; actions
Check out the first postcard design at:
http://www.ccrweb.ca/transportationloans.htm You can order postcards to
support the campaign in your own community.
b) Problems that the Youth Network should address / Issues raised
- Selecting priorities for national action in the coming months/year
Suggestions:
- Humanitarian & Compassionate Applications
- Youth in limbo (undocumented youth)
: we need to get more youth involved in CCR campaigns that
touch on these issues (need more input on this)
- Indigenous issues -- how to bring this on the CCR agenda?
o Some possibilities: Consultation workshop; invite indigenous groups
to CCR Consultations
- Support for Tamil community
o Raise public awareness
o Need to keep youth informed
o Need hands-on support -- within the Tamil community; build a broader
solidarity campaign (note: use CCRTOR -- CCR Toronto listserve -- see
Colleen's email)
- Overseas refugee issues and Canadian youth -- look at
suggestions following May 2009 workshop (Hannah will send these to
everyone by email)
*5) Other business*
- Accessibility: how can youth get more involved in the CCR;
creation of youth space
*NEXT CONFERENCE CALL*:
Sunday, August 9th - 8 pm (Ontario, Québec), 9 pm (Atlantic), 7 pm
(Manitoba), 6 pm (Alberta), 5 pm (BC)
--
Colleen French
Communication and Networking Coordinator / Coordinatrice de la communication et du réseautage
Canadian Council for Refugees / Conseil canadien pour les réfugiés
6839A Drolet #302, Montréal QC, H2S 2T1
Tel : (514) 277-7223, extension / poste 1
Fax / Téléc. : (514) 277-1447
Email / Courriel : cfrench (at) ccrweb.ca
Website / Site web : www.ccrweb.ca
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