While the shattering Brexit vote of June had a deservedly chilling impact in Brussels and other European capitals, the grey suits have been busy pushing various lines on the consequences Britain faces for leaving the…
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As a second generation Canadian and descendant of Commonwealth parents, I know the answer to whether Canada and the Royals are right for each other should be a quick “Long live the Queen.” Growing up…
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Most divorces end bad and ugly, needlessly. Brexit’s fate is no different. After almost four decades Britain decided to walk out of a relationship with Europe. However, one must recognize that Britain was always the…
View More The Bad and Ugly Brexit
“Immigration played a role in the Brexit campaign”, reported The Wall Street Journal. Since there were only four percentage points between the winning side (to leave the European Union) and the losing side, it is…
View More Defending Western Values in Brexit’s Wake
While last week’s U.K. election highlighted similarities between our system and Britain’s, this week marks the anniversary of Canadians setting themselves apart from the old country. Sixty-nine years ago yesterday, Parliament passed the Canadian Citizenship…
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The referendum for the independence of Scotland from the U.K. is behind us, but the fallout has yet to settle. The pro-independence party has been getting thousands of new members since the vote and disappointed…
View More Scots are Better Off in a United Kingdom
Last year we witnessed surprising riots and fire in the streets of Stockholm, largely perpetrated by young men whose families originated in the Maghreb region of Africa. This is in Sweden, where official multiculturalism has…
View More Angry Second-generation Immigrants
Politically-mobilized diaspora communities have the potential to act as “spoilers’” in conflict resolution and post-war reconciliation in their home countries, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva has said. Ravinatha Aryasinha told the first-ever…
View More Diaspora Diary: Emigrants can be spoilers in conflict resolution
Thanks to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, “Committing Sociology” has acquired a certain cachet. “Add Committing Geography to the mix,” says Harald Bauder, the academic director at the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement (RCIS). The…
View More Bringing Sociology and Geography to Immigration
They cannot go unnoticed – luxury cars with Syrian number plates roaming the streets of mega-rich Dubai, which is playing host to tens of thousands of Syrians fleeing the fighting in their home country. Owners…
View More Syria: a truly wicked problem