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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Internships Don’t Start Here
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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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…
View More Canada’s (M)other TonguesThe Loneliness of Being an Immigrant
“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…
View More The Loneliness of Being an ImmigrantEthnic Media in Nova Scotia: A Niche Need Waiting to be Filled
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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Words do not Beget Attitudes; Economic Context Does
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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“Culture Shift” Underway at Atlantic Universities
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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Minister Brison’s Wake-Up Call to Atlantic Canadians
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…
View More Minister Brison’s Wake-Up Call to Atlantic CanadiansVisa Officers Largely Bias-Free: Author
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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Nova Scotia Has A Race Problem
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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