More than 1000 migrant farm workers in Ontario have been infected with COVID-19. Three of them have died. Advocates point out the housing and working conditions as the main causes and criticize their restrictive work permit. This time, a worker speaks up.
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A new form of global class structure has evolved in which white parents in the developed world hire nannies from Cameroon or the Philippines to leave their own children and come look after white ones in the west
View More Is This Our Land? Review of ‘An Immigrant’s Manifesto’
A new feature documentary might have you thinking twice when buying tomatoes and greenhouse products next time you visit the grocery store. “Migrant Dreams” explores…
View More Documentary Explores Plight of Migrant WorkersIn this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: the Black community reflects on the shortcomings of Black History Month; groups…
View More Overhaul Black History Month, Community SaysAt a time when Canada has seen a shift in immigration policy, particularly when it comes to resettling Syrian refugees, a study reveals that myths…
View More Migrant Myths Influence Immigration PoliciesThe efforts by the Canadian government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by February 2016 is generous, but it does not address the factors that caused…
View More Panel Discusses Root Causes of Migration Crises
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s recent actions demonstrate that not only is he a crusader of wild talk, but ready for wild action, too. In…
View More Hungary PM’s Closed Borders Are XenophobicOver the last week, the Canadian public has awakened to the grim reality of the current refugee crisis springing from Syria after images emerged of…
View More Canadians Divided on Role of Government in Refugee CrisisDiaspora populations are increasingly being seen as “bridge builders” between host countries and the nations they come from, particularly amid crisis situations as with the…
View More Diaspora groups as essential bridge builders