En 2010, plus de 280 000 immigrants sont arrivés au Canada.[1] Parmi eux, des femmes, qui ont décidé de partir, de tout quitter pour espérer mieux gagner leur vie.
Read moreOn November 13, 2002, the Government of Canada, in this ase, Adrienne Clarkson, designated June 27 of each year as Canadian Multiculturalism Day.
Read moreThis will be the first in a series of blog posts where I explore my immigrant youth experience, for the first time, and through a critical feminist perspective. Staying engaged in immigrant communities is difficult enough, but this engagement is complicated when remembering the intersectional theories of oppression I have learned. How do you reconnect […]
Read moreWhen I first came to Canada, I was just amazed and happy about everything. Suddenly, I was surrounded by people from different cultures, taking care of my life all by myself, learning stuff every day. And I loved it.
Read moreIt has been 4 years and 5 months since I left my country. It was a big adventure, moving away alone, to a new country and a new culture. A few weeks before leaving my 5 years old nephew said: ”My aunt Laura is moving to a country called Canada, and over there, she doesn´t have any friends!”
Read moreCa y est ! C’est le grand jour ! Au revoir Papa ! Au revoir Maman ! Direction : le Canada !! Nous sommes le 2 octobre 2009 et j’embarque pour un séjour de sept mois à Montréal.
Read moreIci, je suis une étrangère. Dans la rue, dans les magasins, à l’épicerie, on me parle en anglais plus souvent qu’en français et on me demande d’où je viens. Là bas, je suis une étrangère. Au premier abord, je ressemble à tout le monde, mais quand je dis que j’habite ici, le regard change.
Read moreWhen my parents told me 5 years ago that we were moving to Canada, I knew my life would change but I would have never thought it was going to be this way. Soon after I came, I realized that adapting to a hostile environment was going to be harder than I thought.
Read moreLa Fondation filles d’action a besoin de toi! Nous t’invitons à participer à la création d’un fanzine qui te permettra de partager ton vécu en tant que jeune femme immigrante.
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The February 2010 edition of No One Is Illegal Radio focuses on migration and sex work, specifically on the root causes of migration, the effects of anti-trafficking legislation on women-identified (im)migrants, and the criminalization of sex work.
Read moreTU ES UNE FILLE OU UNE JEUNE FEMME IMMIGRANTE DE MOINS DE 25 ANS*?
TU AIMERAIS PARTAGER TES DÉFIS ET TES SUCCÈS EN LIEN AVEC L’IMMIGRATION?
Read moreA basic and central principle of anti-oppression politics is to not compare oppressions, as if one form is more important and pressing than another. All oppressions are intertwined; in order to work towards true empowerment and justice for any one person, the concerns of others must also hold weight.
Read moreThis is my first post on kickaction, so helloworld! I hope this is just one of many conversations we’ll be having and hopefully some of them will be hil-a-rious. This one, unfortunately, not so much. (But keep tuning in!)
Read moreOn Sunday I went to the Makila collective’s latest screening of videos & films, the Soirée MAKILA at the SAT in Montreal to see Ellen Tang’s 8min documentary Girl Anymore. “Can you choose who you become? A first-person exploration of two-generations experience with choice and transition”as the synoposis says…
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