Support the Waterfront Marathon!
The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is back! On Sunday, October 15, 2023 the Romero House community will be walking and running to raise money for the important work of welcoming refugees. We would love your support!
The Toronto Waterfront Marathon is back! On Sunday, October 15, 2023 the Romero House community will be walking and running to raise money for the important work of welcoming refugees. We would love your support!
Join us Friday, July 28 at 12pm outside Minister Freeland’s office (near Spadina subway station) to demand more action from the Federal Government to address the housing crisis affecting refugee claimants.
Kathryn Tomko Dennler and Brianna Garneau, researchers at York University, published a report on November 10, 2022 about the removals/deportation process in Canada for people with a refused refugee claim. Romero House was proud to act a community partner in this report, which was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Romero House has partnered with the FCJ Refugee Centre and the City of Toronto to participate in a vaccine ambassador program that sees community members tackling vaccine hesitancy, misinformation and accessibility. We are grateful to have had two wonderful ambassadors working with Romero House. Below are the reflections from Winnie Muchuba on the important work…
International Women’s Day was honoured for the first time in 1911. In that year, more than 1 million people attended rallies to demand women’s rights to fair work, to vote, and to hold public office. One week later, the ‘Triangle Fire’ in New York City took the lives of 140 working women, most of them…
Does Canada have a mechanism to welcome climate migrants?Read the article below written for Romero House by Gwenyth Wren, law student at Osgoode Law SchoolAs a result of the climate change, extreme weather events and natural disasters will worsen which can add to the threats that force people to flee across international borders. Furthermore, desertification,…