[We encourage Montreal-area organizations and groups to discuss and collectively sign this declaration. If your organization would like to endorse this declaration, get in touch. If you would like to get involved more directly in the Solidarity City campaign, also…
Category: Education
Building A Solidarity City Together! A Teach-In & Conference (May 20)
Building A Solidarity City Together! A Teach-In & Conference Saturday, May 20, 2017, 9:30am to 5pm 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 7th floor (métro Guy-Concordia) Free. Welcome to all. Wheelchair accessible. Childcare on-site. Please get in touch about any accessibility needs. Pre-registration…
Building a Solidarity City Conference: Workshop Schedule and Descriptions
SCHEDULE – SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2017 All events at 1455 de Maisonneuve West, 7th floor [Full descriptions of all workshops are included below] Conference info: http://bit.ly/SolidarityCityMay20 Pre-registration is encouraged (but not required): http://bit.ly/2pJO6OP – 10am-10:45am: Opening Plenary: Building a Real Sanctuary/Solidarity…
Solidarity Across Borders demands that the City of Montreal implement tangible and meaningful measures for a “Sanctuary City”; no more SPVM collaboration with CBSA
For Immediate Release – For news editors and the Montreal community Solidarity Across Borders demands that the City of Montreal implement tangible and meaningful measures for a “Sanctuary City” The City of Montreal and Mayor Coderre need to get…
Press Release: Despite promises, kids still denied schooling on the basis of immigration status
Press release – For immediate release Despite promises, kids still denied schooling on the basis of immigration status Families gather before the first day of school, ask that the Minister of Education finally hand in his homework Press scrum : Today,…
Picnic, BBQ and Rally: When will kids with precarious immigration status be allowed to go to school? (August 28)
Picnic, BBQ and Rally When will kids with precarious immigration status be allowed to go to school? Join us on Sunday, August 28th, at 12:30pm Location : beside l’école le Plateau, at the end of Calixa-Lavallée avenue, at the heart…
Rally: We will Break Down the Barriers to Schooling for Immigrant Children!
To share on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/events/1621035958170172/ The Law on Public Education in Quebec will be modified in the coming weeks. This reform represents a crucial opportunity in the fight for education for all, regardless of immigration status. We may be…
Mother Living “Underground” in Montreal Speaks Out
The mother of 17-year old “Daniel” has released a recorded statement addressed to Kathleen Weil, the Minister of Immigration of Quebec. Describing her difficult life as an undocumented, single mother in Montreal, “Guadalupe” asks the Minister of Immigration to help…
new video capsule: On vit ici, on grandit ici, on va à l’école ici !
The Education Across Borders Collective (CESF) announces the release of a short video created using real life stories and testimonials from undocumented children in Quebec. This collective project aims to denounce the violation of the right to free access to…
Update: Teenager deported this morning
STOP THE DEPORTATION OF A MONTREAL-AREA STUDENT A Montreal teenage high-school student to be deported alone and separated from his family this Thursday morning +++++++ Update (October 16, 11:45am): The teenager facing removal today was in the end deported on…
Lettre ouverte aux nouveaux députés (Collectif éducation sans frontières)
Lettre ouverte aux nouveaux députés Exigez avec nous que l’accès à l’éducation soit détaché du statut d’immigration 23 avril 2014, Montréal Aux élu-e-s à l’Assemblée nationale. Il est des exceptions qui sont de véritables hontes ou qui devraient l’être.…
Chronologie et informations (Collectif éducation sans frontières)
ACCÈS À L’ÉCOLE GRATUITE POUR LES ENFANTS SANS PAPIERS AU QUÉBEC CHRONOLOGIE ET INFORMATIONS (mise à jour, printemps 2014) Des centaines voire des milliers d’enfants qui vivent temporairement au Québec ou qui vont y grandir n’ont pas accès à l’éducation…