Mission Statement
CCNC Toronto Chapter is an organization of Chinese Canadians in the City of Toronto that promotes equity, social justice, inclusive civic participation, and respect for diversity.
Objectives of the CCNC Toronto Chapter
- To promote all rights of all individuals, in particular, those of Chinese Canadians and to encourage their full and equal participation in Canadian society.
- To create an environment in this country in which all rights of all individuals are fully recognized and protected.
- To promote understanding and cooperation between Chinese Canadians and all other ethnic, cultural and racial groups in Canada.
- To encourage and develop in persons of Chinese descent, a desire to know and to respect their historical and cultural heritage; to educate them in adopting a creative and positive attitude towards the Chinese Canadian contribution to society.
- To develop community resources through voluntary participation, community networks and coalition building.
- To educate, train and empower Chinese Canadians in civic participation, social and political advocacy through participant-led programs.
How does the CCNC Toronto Chapter meet these goals?
By reaching out to the grassroots:
Designing and carrying out programs based on the best interest of the majority of Chinese Canadians residing in the greater Toronto area, especially the racialized and marginalized groups, responding to and serving grassroots concerns, recruiting and developing our membership and leadership from the grassroots, maintaining close liaison with other Chinese Canadian organizations in the GTA.
By working in the areas of civil rights and race relations:
Monitoring the media, fighting negative stereotyping, and individual and institutional racism, race relations conferences and seminars, community education and advocacy.
Volunteer development and leadership training:
Volunteer recruitment and development programs, leadership training, volunteer drop-in, volunteer activities, and orientation programs.
Political awareness and participation:
Organizing all candidates meetings, open forums on public policy, encouraging Chinese Canadians to take part in public decision making, submissions to different levels of government, lobbying the government for institutional equity as well building coalitions with other equity seeking and social justice organizations.
Cultural and social activities:
Heritage festivals, street fairs, special socio-culture projects and community activities, resource library, historical and cultural heritage research and exhibitions, membership newsletter.
