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How to get involved in Canada
Helping refugees starts at home
Refugees anywhere in the world are people like each of us. They live in a community of friends, family and social groups. Frequently, it is the strength of their community that allows them to survive. This page contains suggestions on how you can enlist your community—friends, family, colleagues and others—to raise funds to support UNHCR’s work with refugees and other displaced people.
Refugee Night at U of O: The Good, the Bad and the Outrageous
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Welcome to a celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the 1951 U.N. Refugee Convention and Canada’s role in refugee protection. It will be a sweet-and-sour evening of high drama, low humour and serious talk about Canadian refugee policy. Come join actors, professors, refugees, refugee lawyers, and special guest Furio De Angelis for a night of drama, debate, testimonials, audience quizzes and too many surprises to count. Presented by the Refugee Forum and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.
Feb 22, 2012, 19 : 30 - 21 : 30
University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East
Featuring
“The Asylum Players” presenting “Excluding Manuel”
Presentations by
Refugee Lawyers
Law Professors
Law Students
Special Guest
Furio De Angelis, UNHCR Representative in Canada
Download event poster (PDF format, 446 KB)
Community Fundraising
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If you would like to help refugees, UNHCR would like to help you organize a fundraising event in your community. Please download our Community Fundraising Handbook for ideas. After reading the handbook, please contact withyou@unhcr.ca for more information and we'll help you raise funds for refugees.
Download Community Fundraising Handbook (PDF, 213 KB)
Canadian Seminars, Workshops and Events
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Occasionally UNHCR, NGOs, and special interest groups in Canada host Seminars, Workshops and Events that are of concern to Canadians in the area of refugees and the issues related to their assistance and fundraising. We will provide links to information regarding those events here.
May 27th, 2010
Workshop on Designated Representatives in the Canadian Asylum Process
Toronto, Ontario
Download Workshop details (PDF, 14 KB)
Public Speaking
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If you are interested in public speaking in order to share the stories of refugees with Canadians at your church, school, or social group, please download a free copy of our Facilitator's manual. This document, originally designed to help students speak about refugees with their peers, has some excellent information and techniques that can easily be adapted for any audience.
Download ENGLISH Facilitator's manual (PDF, 525 KB)
Download FRENCH Facilitator's manual (PDF, 452 KB)
Leave a Lasting Gift
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Consider making the UN Refugee Agency a beneficiary of your will or life insurance, or of a gift of financial securities. Contact us or your financial advisor to put yourself in the picture.
Find out how to leave a lasting gift