{"id":1646,"date":"2025-03-17T14:52:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T14:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1646"},"modified":"2025-04-30T19:09:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T19:09:00","slug":"active-citizenship-at-the-margins-a-journeys-to-active-citizenship-conference","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/news\/active-citizenship-at-the-margins-a-journeys-to-active-citizenship-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Citizenship at the Margins: A Journeys to Active Citizenship Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 13, 2025, <a href=\"http:\/\/journeystoactivecitizenship.ca\"><strong>Journeys to Active Citizenship<\/strong><\/a> hosted a virtual conference where speakers, activists and artists came together to discuss justice, housing, migration, Indigenous health, and the power of art in active citizenship as it relates to newcomers. The speakers shared powerful insights on community advocacy, human rights, and systemic change.<\/p>\n<p>Featured sessions and speakers include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Justice &amp; Active Citizenship \u2013 Nat Paul, Iqra Rafique &amp; Helen Anderson <em>(French interpretation available)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Precarious Status &amp; Migration \u2013 Desmond Cole &amp; Gabriel Allahdua <em>(French interpretation available)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Housing &amp; Human Rights \u2013 Latonya Ludford &amp; Khulud Baig <em>(French interpretation available)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Indigenous Health &amp; Solidarity \u2013 Connie Paul <em>(French interpretation available)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Art as Active Citizenship \u2013 El Jones, Rachel Lutz &amp; William Ramirez<\/li>\n<li>JAC in Practice \u2013 Real stories from settlement agencies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Missed the conference and want to catch up? You can now watch the recordings on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL-xEVC4xn0cbMbUycLLd35qjfyIxYNZz6\">YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Active Citizenship at the Margins: A Journeys to Active Citizenship Conference\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PL-xEVC4xn0cbMbUycLLd35qjfyIxYNZz6\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Journeys to Active Citizenship presented this conference in partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/ocasi.org\/\"><strong>Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)<\/strong><\/a>, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/crrf-fcrr.ca\/\">Canadian Race Relations Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/nych.ca\">North York Community House<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-watch sessions from the Journeys to Active Citizenship Conference, Active Citizenship at the Margins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1647,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[24,87],"class_list":["post-1646","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-resources","category-settle-thrive-belong"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}