NATIONAL LINKS

The following links will take you to the related Internet sites that may be of some interest. The brief explanation for each site has been taken out of their existing material. The Immigrant Centre of Manitoba DOES NOT accept the responsibility for the contents of these sites.

Access to Justice Network (ACJNet)
The Access to Justice Network (ACJNet) opens doors to legislation, people and organizations, publications, databases and discussion forums on justice and legal issues. These resources are organized under subject headings such as: aboriginal people, crime prevention, plain language, women, and youth.
www.acjnet.org/

Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of British Columbia (AMSSA)
AMSSA represents a coalition of over 75 organizations providing multicultural and immigrant settlement services in the Province of British Columbia. AMSSA believes in a harmonious, just, and equitable society which values the diverse mix of the many cultures and peoples calling Canada their home.
www.amssa.org/

Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture
The CCVT is a non-profit, registered charitable organization, founded by several Toronto doctors, lawyers and social service professionals associated with Amnesty International. The mandate of the CCVT is to respond to the continuing needs unique to survivors of torture and their families in Canada and abroad, and to increase public awareness, in Canada and abroad, of torture and its effects upon survivors and their families.
www.icomm.ca/ccvt/

Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
The Canadian Council for Refugees is a non-profit umbrella organization committed to the rights and protection of refugees in Canada and around the world and to the settlement of refugees and immigrants in Canada. The membership is made up of organizations involved in the settlement, sponsorship and protection of refugees and immigrants. The Council serves the networking, information-exchange and advocacy needs of its membership.
www.web.net/~ccr/

Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC)
Founded in 1980, the Canadian Ethnocultural Council (CEC) is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition of national ethnocultural umbrella organizations which, in turn, represent a cross-section of ethnocultural groups across Canada. The CEC's objectives are to ensure the preservation, enhancement and sharing of the cultural heritage of Canadians, the removal of barriers that prevent some Canadians from participating fully and equally in society, the elimination of racism and the preservation of a united Canada.
www.ethnocultural.ca/

Canadian Human Rights Commission
Established in 1978, the Canadian Human Rights Commission has three main objectives:
to promote knowledge of human rights in Canada and to encourage people to follow principles of equality;
to provide effective and timely means for resolving individual complaints; and to help reduce barriers to equality in employment and access to services.
www.chrc-ccdp.ca

Catholic Immigration Centre (CIC)
The Catholic Immigration Centre (CIC) is an agency that has been serving the immigrants and refugees in the Ottawa-Carlton region for over 40 years. We are community-based, non-profit agency. Our holistic and muticultural client-centered programs and services are available to all newcomers and the community at large.
www.cic.ca/

Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS)
The Centre for Refugee Studies is engaged in research on refugee issues.  Our goal is to inform public discussion as well as policy development and practice innovation by international, governmental, advocacy and service organizations as well as to support teaching in refugee and migration studies. Refugee studies is conceived in broad terms, as being concerned with the displacement of populations and individuals across and within borders, for reasons of persecution, expulsion, violence, violation of fundamental human rights, and loss of essential human security and livelihood.  
www.yorku.ca/crs/

Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC)
Chinese Canadian National Council (CCNC) was founded in 1980 with a mandate to promote the rights of all Canadians, especially those of Chinese Canadians and to encourage their participation in all fields of the society.
www.ccnc.ca/

Citizenship & Immigration Canada (CIC)
The mission of Citizenship and Immigration Canada is to build a stronger Canada by:

deriving maximum benefit from the global movement of people;
managing access to Canada;
defining membership in Canadian society; and,
protecting refugees at home and abroad.
www.cic.gc.ca/

Commonwealth Jobsearch
INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION AND JOBSEARCH PROFESSIONALS providing a range of immigration and jobsearch services to people seeking to improve their lifestyle by coming to live and work in Canada.
www.corpinfohub.com/cjs.htm

COSTI
COSTI provides educational, social and employment services to help all immigrants in the greater Toronto area attain self-sufficiency in Canadian society. COSTI, founded by the Italian Canadian community to meet a shortage of services for immigrants in the post war era, is today a multicultural agency that works with all immigrant communities having a shortage of established services.
www.costi.org/

Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB)
The Immigration and Refugee Board is an independent tribunal established by the Parliament of Canada. Our mission, on behalf of Canadians, is to make well-reasoned decisions on immigration and refugee matters, efficiently, fairly, and in accordance with the law.
www.irb.gc.ca/

Inter-Church Committee for Refugees (ICCR)
The Inter-Church Committee for Refugees (ICCR) is a coalition of ten Canadian church bodies which was founded in 1980. The mandate is to promote an equitable generous and compassionate response to refugees by Canada and by Canadians. The work includes monitoring the world refugee situation and Canadian responses, developing joint church positions, reports, briefs and letters to the Canadian government and relevant international forums. ICCR also works with national churches on difficult cases and educational materials.
www.web.net/~iccr/

Kitchener – Waterloo Multicultural Centre
The K-W Multicultural Centre exists for the purpose of fostering the unique cultural diversity which exists in this community and of encouraging the full integration and interaction of all its residents. We are interested in helping New Canadians and others access services in our community and meet their needs, not simply be absorbed into society.
www.golden.net/~kwmc/

Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet
The Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet is a non-partisan project devoted to the dissemination of ideas and scholarly information, in an effort to foster scholarly collaboration, policy research, and innovative thinking on the Palestinian refugee issue. The Palestinian Refugee ResearchNet is maintained by the Inter-University Consortium for Arab Studies (Montreal), with the support of the Faculty of Arts Computing Lab, McGill University, and the International Development Research Centre. The site coordinator retains sole responsibility for the materials included herein.
www.arts.mcgill.ca/MEPP/PRRN/prfront.html