Danaïdes Activities

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Change the negative narrative surrounding immigration, particularly humanitarian immigration.

Collect evidence on access to justice for undocumented and precarious im·migrants.

Highlight the issues with current policies and practices that limit access to justice for im·migrants and refugees, and propose solutions.

Share training and workshops on humanitarian immigration law for everyone, whether professionals or individuals.

Contribute and simplify knowledge available to the general public.

Document, mobilize, advocate, and take action to ensure barrier-free access to legal services and status regularization for undocumented and precarious-status im·migrants.

The 5 areas of activities

Research on access to services and legal support for undocumented im·migrants and im·migrants with precarious status. Click HERE to learn more.

Awareness-raising to combat prejudices, stereotypes, and myths about undocumented im·migrants and im·migrants with precarious status, notably with regard to access to justice.

Advocacy to bring about effective, structural, and lasting change to create a justice system and public policies that respond to the needs and challenges of the im·migrant community.

Training, including workshops on immigration and refugee law, for both professionals working with this population and im·migrants and refugees themselves. Click HERE to learn more, or subscribe to our seasonal newsletter to stay informed!

We welcome volunteers and interns in law and social work each year as a part of our educational program. Click HERE to learn more.

To develop activities that integrate the skills and experiences of other organizations and experts in the field, we have created a steering committee and a scientific committee.

Steering committee

Scientific committee

Check out our sections Rêver à l'essentiel, Research, and Participate to learn more about the activities, publications, and content produced as part of the project.

Rêver à l'essentiel

Research

Participate

The Why of the Danaïdes Activities

The Danaïdes’ activities are concentrated on the issues faced by a group we have been defending for over 20 years, and which is often ignored or stigmatized: im·migrants without status or with precarious status, as well as refugees. We seek to organize activities for and by this population, with the aim of promoting the sharing of knowledge, expertise, and stories, thereby contributing to and informing this debate.

These activities take place in an increasingly critical context, within a public debate undermined by prejudice and a lack of understanding of the daily reality of im·migrants, as well as the very meaning of immigration status. That is why the objectives of our activities are primarily aimed at improving understanding of issues related to humanitarian immigration.

We firmly believe that healthy communication, listening, and understanding others are essential keys to improving the lives of this population, the procedures (at both the federal and provincial levels), and, ultimately, the well-being of society and social inclusion.

Who are the Danaïdes ?

A tribute to the first migrant women

In Greek mythology, the Danaïdes are the daughters of Danaos who crossed the Mediterranean to escape a forced marriage. Their feat is the first recorded story of a group of people fleeing an unjust situation to a foreign land.

By using this name, we want to pay tribute to the women and men we have been assisting for many years, who flee unjust situations to come to a foreign country in search of a better life.

Painting credit: The Danaids (1785), Martin Johann Schmidt.