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Ads Up Canada Refugee Network

Ads Up Canada Refugee Network, or Ads Up Canada is a registered Canadian charity.

The organization works to provide an alternative pathway and durable solution to refugees who have been indefinitely detained by the Australian government on Manus (Papua New Guinea) and Nauru, and onshore in Australia. Ads Up Canada work with the Canadian Private Refugee Sponsorship Program to provide a resettlement pathway to these refugees.

The organization began as grassroots action among Australians and Canadians in Toronto who wanted to take steps to help refugees detained indefinitely by the Australian government. The organization became a registered not for profit in 2020 and was granted charity status in 2021.

The organization is co-directed by University of Toronto professor Dr Laura Beth Bugg and clinical psychologist Dr Juliet Donald, both based in Toronto, Canada

The organization currently partners with MOSAIC a sponsorship agreement holder based in Vancouver BC, the Jewish Immigrant Aid Services (JIAS) a sponsorship agreement holder based in Toronto ON, and the Refugee Council of Australia (RCoA).

Similar to Ads Up Refugee Network USA, Ads Up Canada works to support those detained offshore by the Australian government by activating the Australian diaspora in North America, however the two organizations are separate.