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Policy

Changes Coming to Parent and Grandparent Immigration?

Kelly Toughill September 21, 2017 No Comments CitizenshipFamilyGrandparentsHalifaxImmigrationINTERNATIONALparentspermanent residentrefugeesVisa

Thousands of families will soon get a second chance to bring parents and grandparents to Canada. That’s the good news recently announced by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. The bad news is that there is…

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Education

Internships Don’t Start Here

Lu Xu September 15, 2017 No Comments DalhousieHalifaxinternshipUniversity

Gaining overseas work experience while attending university may sound appealing, but some Dalhousie University international students say they’re having trouble completing this mandatory part of their school program because they can’t find a job here…

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Arts & Culture

Canada’s (M)other Tongues

Caora Mckenna August 22, 2017 No Comments bilingualFOREIGNHalifaxlanguageMIREMSNova Scotiathe Signal

If you’ve ever travelled or worked abroad, speaking and listening in a language that isn’t your own, you know the feeling of lying down at night exhausted. Your brain worked all day fumbling from one…

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Arts & Culture

The Loneliness of Being an Immigrant

Lu Xu August 16, 2017 No Comments ChefChineseEntrepreneurHalifaxKitchenlonelinessThe Walrus Foundation

“I don’t have anything else to do,” says Keith Bi. He is cleaning pig intestines—a tedious job. In the sink of his café in downtown Halifax sit two bowls filled with cold water and floating…

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Arts & Culture

Ethnic Media in Nova Scotia: A Niche Need Waiting to be Filled

Caora Mckenna August 13, 2017 No Comments ethnic mediaHalifaxMIREMSNova Scotia

Inside the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market on Halifax’s waterfront you’ll find a stack of the Dakai Times newspapers. Printed in Chinese and English, the quarterly newspaper is a tiny nod to the growing immigrant population…

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Economy

Words do not Beget Attitudes; Economic Context Does

Marco Navarro-Genie July 16, 2016 No Comments AtlanticBrisonCFACome from AwayeconomyHalifaxMaritimes

When prominent Nova Scotia MP and President of the Treasury Board Scott Brison recently spoke about banning the expression “come from away” (CFA, in short) from the vocabulary of Atlantic Canadians, he drew attention to…

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Education

“Culture Shift” Underway at Atlantic Universities

Peter Halpin July 13, 2016 No Comments AtlanticEDUCATIONHalifaxSTUDENTSUniversity

Atlantic Canada could become a field of dreams for entrepreneurs, immigrants and international students. And, if we give talented newcomers an incentive to move to the region and stay here, they will help build its…

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Commentary

Minister Brison’s Wake-Up Call to Atlantic Canadians

Robin Arthur July 12, 2016 No Comments AtlanticBrisonCome from AwayHalifaxIbbtisonNova ScotiaRobin Arthur

Nova Scotia MP and senior federal minister, Scott Brison, has opened up a debate, suggesting the phrase “come from away” should be banned from Atlantic Canadian vocabulary. He’s on a mission to change that. The…

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Books

Visa Officers Largely Bias-Free: Author

Howard Ramos June 16, 2016 No Comments CitizenshipethnicHalifaxImmigrationinternational studentssponsorshipVisa

In a country where over one in five people are immigrants and far more are children and relatives of immigrants, questions of who gets into Canada and how decisions are made on immigration matters are…

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Commentary

Nova Scotia Has A Race Problem

Stephen Kimber May 3, 2016 No Comments Black Lives MatterdiscriminationHalifaxNova Scotiaracism

Where to begin? With the too-soon deaths of three young black men killed in separate incidents within a week last month? Or with last Monday’s announcement the provincial government is restructuring — which is to…

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