Refugee Next Door Campaign Toolkit

Solidarity, justice for all and advancing human rights, are true core values of the labour movement.

Labour Community Services and Toronto & York Region Labour Council launched the Refugee Next Door (RND) campaign in 2019. Since then, the RND Advisory Committee has created the Refugees in Canada: Facts and Myths video that was shared at the Canadian Labour Congress 2021 Convention. With a continued commitment to sharing this work, the RND toolkit can be easily utilized within your organizations, workplaces and communities.

Included in this toolkit:

Downloadable RND Campaign Booklet
Downloadable images that can be used for social media, newsletters, reports or websites
Links to the Refugees in Canada: Facts and Myths video - available in English and French
Opportunity to book an RND presentation with an LCS staff member
Ability to share this toolkit on social media or email

The toolkit content below is intended to be easily incorporated into your organizations' newsletters, social media, websites, meetings and more, with a simple copy and paste approach. We hope that you find the following materials useful and encourage you to connect with us if you have any questions by emailing info@labourcommunityservices.ca.

Sincerely,

Refugee Next Door Advisory Committee

Refugee Next Door Campaign Booklet

We are all Canadians. Since the First Nations gave Toronto the name “a gathering place”, this city and region have been the destination of choice for generations of immigrants and refugees who come with their skills and dreams of making a better life for themselves and their families.

Today, however, we are hearing more stories about threats to our society in the form of immigrants and refugees. As our airwaves fill will these stories aimed at painting them in a negative light, Labour Community Services believes it is important to take a look at refugees coming to Toronto today, and what their arrival means for our unions and communities. Read more...

Social Media Posts/Newsletter Inserts

Instructions: Click on an image below to download and use with the following copy for social media, newsletter and/or website content.

Copy for Social Media Posts:
Labour has a role in continuously standing up for justice for all Canadians, especially for newcomers and refugees. Our communities are strengthened by our diversity. Learn more at: www.labourcommunityservices.ca/refugeenextdoor #RefugeeNextDoor @Labour_CS @torontolabour

Copy for Newsletters/Websites:
Labour Community Services and Toronto & York region Labour Council present the Refugee Next Door campaign. Labour has a role in continuously standing up for justice for all Canadians, especially for newcomers and refugees. Because we stand up for human rights, our actions embrace people from all walks of life. Our communities are strengthened by our diversity. For more resources and to learn more, please visit: www.labourcommunityservices.ca/refugeenextdoor

Refugees in Canada: Facts and Myths Video

Through highlighting facts, while dispelling myths about refugees and the refugee experience, we hope that everyone will find this video a useful tool in understanding and standing up for human rights.

English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0xUdx-or8s
French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWPHOcHtTkc&t=2s

Learn more at: www.labourcommunityservices.ca/refugeenextdoor

Book an RND Presentation

Book an LCS staff member to present the Refugee Next Door campaign to your organization where they will go through what the campaign is about, play the Refugee Next Door: Facts and Myths video and help direct any questions you may have to appropriate resources.

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This is the first version of the Refugee Next Door Campaign Toolkit - last updated on March 16, 2022. For campaign updates, please visit: www.labourcommunityservices.ca/refugeenextdoor.