SALCO’s Executive Director was awarded Ontario’s Victim Services Awards of Distinction for 2021
SALCO received ECOSOC Status as an accredited NGO with the United Nations in 2022 and will be participating in Canada’s upcoming review at the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – check out of latest submission
SALCO is currently working on a series of events to highlight South Asian connections to Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous communities in Canada
SALCO is working to release a series of videos in multiple South Asian languages on the basics of employment rights in 2022
SALCO is working with the Anti-Hate Coalition on improving outcomes from hate crime/hate incidents for South Asian communities
SALCO is working with the Colour of Poverty – Colour of Change on E.I. Reform – check out latest submission
Canada Child Benefit: Report Launch – co-authored by SALCO
http://incomesecurity.org/policy-advocacy/no-child-should-live-in-poverty-aucun-enfant-ne-devrait-vivre-dans-la-pauvrete/
Refugee advocates urge Ontario to stay at the table
Ontario civil society groups and refugee advocates urge the Government of Ontario to stay engaged in intergovernmental collaboration to resettle…
The Doc Project on CBC Radio One- Forced Marriage in Canada
"I was worried about science class. And now I'm getting married?" To read the full article, click here: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/features/one-day-she-was-a-grade-9-student-the-next-she-was-a-bride-to-be-1.4262086
Last Tweets
For many the Int Day for the Elimination of Racism feels performative - How come we still don’t have a National Action Plan Against Racism (concrete actions to improve the life for racialized /Indigenous people in Canada? Enough acknowledgement. Time to do something Canada.