Downtown Toronto Local Human Services and Justice Coordinating Committee Presents A Virtual Lunch and Learn Session: The Colour of Justice: Recognizing Indigenous, Black, and Racialized Voices Within the Context of Mental Health and Justice Services
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Event location: Online
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Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Presenters:
Diana Gallego is a Colombian-trained lawyer, with experience in advocacy, human rights and social justice. In 2002, Diana was forced to flee Colombia with her husband and son. This experience shaped a new commitment and led her into working with immigrants and refugees. Diana graduated in Community Work from George Brown College in Toronto, where she is currently a part time professor in the Centre for Community Services. She joined the FCJ Refugee Centre in 2015. In 2023 she was elected president of the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR). Within the CCR, she also serves on the Inland Protection steering committees, where the social and economic integration of refugees and family reunification are two of the main focuses of her advocacy. Diana has been part of the Canadian Council for Refugees for the last 17 years and is the first Amina Malko Fund recipient to become CCR President. She is the Co-Executive Director of the FCI Refugee Centre.
Tsering Lhamo came to Canada in the early 2000s as a refugee claimant. She joined the FCJ Refugee Centre in 2017 as a student placement while pursuing her diploma in Social Service Worker from Seneca College. Tsering’s work with migrants of precarious status is deeply intertwined with her personal narrative as a third-generation Tibetan stateless refugee. Tsering was Co-Chair of the Housing Network in the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR). She is the Co-Executive Director of the FCI Refugee Centre.
Learning Objectives:
1) The presentation will deliver access to crucial training materials and educational resources about procedures in the refugee process. It will include the timelines on the refugee determination process and the differences between a port of entry and Inland refugee claim.
2) The training offers guidelines on the resources and how to support refugee claimants and other vulnerable communities in the different stages including when they are facing deportation. The conversation will include the relevance of mental health services.
3) How to navigate Detention Deportation, providing a holistic support and housing alternatives to detention.
4) A second part of the presentation attendees will learn about root causes and awareness of trafficking: trafficking in Canada, understanding and identifying a trafficked person and how to support.
Target Audience: HSJCC members, individuals and organizations of the human services and justice sector that provide services for people with mental health, substance use, neurodiversity and other human service needs within the criminal justice system.
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm
Registration deadline is March 26th, 2025
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If you have any questions, contact Domenica Dileo at ddileo@cmhato.org