Category: Statement

The youth voice the community’s need for a Poverty-Free Ontario

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Filipino-Canadian youth voice the community’s need for a Poverty-Free Ontario Toronto, ON – November 5, 2009 – On this national Day of Action, Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance–Ontario stands in solidarity with student and community groups as we struggle for accessible education and a Poverty-Free Ontario. We are… Read More The youth voice the community’s need for a Poverty-Free Ontario

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

The youth urgently call to stop street violence in Côte-des-Neiges

Kabataang Montreal Over the past three weeks, incidents of street violence involving Filipino adolescents, and  alleged members of the South Asian community have increased in the Côte-des-Neiges area. According to reports received by Kabataang Montreal (Filipino youth of Montreal), several Filipino youth have been involved in fights and were hospitalized as a result.  In response… Read More The youth urgently call to stop street violence in Côte-des-Neiges

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

As the violence continues, the Live-in Caregiver Program still remains unquestioned

National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) SIKLAB-Ontario (Advance the rights and welfare of overseas Filipinos) Media release As the violence continues, the Live-in Caregiver Program still remains unquestioned May 9, 2009 Toronto, ON – Filipino advocacy groups strengthen their call to abolish the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) as the experiences of Filipina domestic… Read More As the violence continues, the Live-in Caregiver Program still remains unquestioned

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TURNS TO UNJUST SOLUTION TO SATISFY CHILD-CARE DEMANDS

Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance – Ontario March 11, 2009 Press Release UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TURNS TO UNJUST SOLUTION TO SATISFY CHILD-CARE DEMANDS Filipino student group appalled by the hypocrisy of Uof T’s Family Care Office in endorsing modern-day slavery Toronto, ON – The Filipino Canadian Youth Alliance – Ontario (FCYA-ON),… Read More UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TURNS TO UNJUST SOLUTION TO SATISFY CHILD-CARE DEMANDS

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Filipino women in Canada: continue the struggle to scrap the LCP and for our genuine freedom!

National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada March 8, 2009 Statement Filipino women in Canada: continue the struggle to scrap the LCP and for our genuine freedom! On this year’s International Women’s Day, the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada continues to call for the scrapping of the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) and sends… Read More Filipino women in Canada: continue the struggle to scrap the LCP and for our genuine freedom!

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Filipinos welcome U.N.’s critique of Canada’s human rights record, cite human rights violations of live-in caregivers

National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada Press Release Filipinos welcome U.N.’s critique of Canada’s human rights record, cite human rights violations of live-in caregivers For immediate release: February 6, 2009 A national advocacy group of Filipinos in Canada welcomed the recent recommendations of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) urging Canada… Read More Filipinos welcome U.N.’s critique of Canada’s human rights record, cite human rights violations of live-in caregivers

Philippine Women Centre of Ontario

Growing Filipino community in Canada still faces major obstacles to successful integration, says advocacy group

National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada SIKLAB-Canada Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance Filipino Nurses Support Group – BC and Quebec Press release Growing Filipino community in Canada still faces major obstacles to successful integration, says advocacy group For immediate release: January 30, 2009 While recently released statistics reveal that Filipinos are the largest source of immigrants… Read More Growing Filipino community in Canada still faces major obstacles to successful integration, says advocacy group

Magkaisa Centre

One year after the death of 15-year old Deeward Ponte, the struggle against systemic racism continues!

January 27, 2009 Today marks the one-year death anniversary of Deeward Ponte, the 15-year old Filipino youth who was stabbed at Gray’s Park in Vancouver, and later died in the hospital. As Ugnayan ng Kabataang Pilipino sa Canada/Filipino-Canadian Youth Alliance (FCYA), we extend our sympathy to the Ponte family and pay tribute to the memory… Read More One year after the death of 15-year old Deeward Ponte, the struggle against systemic racism continues!

FCYA/UKPC Ontario

Honor the Memory of Fallen Youth, Unite Against Racism and Youth Violence

November 28, 2008 marks 5 years since the untimely passing of 17-year old Mao Jomar Lanot, a Filipino student whose life was tragically taken after being beaten outside of Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School in Vancouver, British Colombia. The impacts of the tragic event not only affected his family but was felt by the entire… Read More Honor the Memory of Fallen Youth, Unite Against Racism and Youth Violence

FCYA/UKPC Ontario