We know it is important to you that your donation is being used effectively and making a real difference in the lives of people seeking refuge and protection in Canada. It is important to us, too. We are committed to accountability and transparency. Our books and financial systems and controls are audited every year. Our Board carefully reviews the outcomes of the audit to ensure we are fulfilling the highest standards and best practices.
In 2025, COMPASS remained a place of peace, welcome and hope for 2,400 people. Our theme, Life Beyond Refuge, gave our team focus and brought hope to those we helped.
Our theme for 2026 is Courageous Welcome. It is a call to people like you who cherish what is right and good: to stand alongside those seeking refuge and to see them through the lens of our shared humanity and our commitment to dignity for all.
Courage will be required on every side. For those forced to flee, courage means leaving behind the familiar in search of safety and hope. For those who offer protection and support, courage means choosing compassion over fear, action over indifference, and welcome over withdrawal.
A warm welcome does not happen by accident. It must be expressed intentionally and experienced genuinely. It lives in policies that protect, in communities that embrace, and in neighbours who show up.
Canadians are known around the world for both courage and welcome. Yet when times grow uncertain and tensions rise, these values can be tested. Courageous Welcome challenges us not only to uphold these ideals when it is easy, but to embody them especially when it is hard.
In 2026, we commit to choosing courage.
We commit to offering welcome.
We commit to walking together toward a future where dignity is protected and humanity is honoured.
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