By Joyeeta Ray in Toronto, ON On June 13, 2019, the Toronto Raptors won the prestigious Larry O’Brien trophy and the hearts of millions of…
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New Report Shows Immigrants ‘Moving Backwards, Not Forwards’
An immigrant in Canada who has been in the country for 10 years or more should not be earning 67 cents for every dollar earned by a Canadian-born employee in a permanent, full-time job doing the same work
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Incomes in Toronto ‘Racialized,’ says New Report
The average income of longstanding immigrants who have been in Canada for more than 20 years has not increased in 35 years, whereas the average income of the Canadian-born population has increased steadily over that time period
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Immigrant Children’s Health Declines Rapidly After Arrival in Canada
By Hassan Vatanparast and Ginny Lane in Saskatoon, SK A healthy, happy future, free from poverty: This is the aspiration of many new immigrants and…
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Immigration Is a Scary Topic: We Should Talk About It
By Alireza Ahmadian in Vancouver, BC Canada is one of the top destination countries for migrants from all over the world. Policy differences regarding the…
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by Daniel Morton in Vancouver One year after Canada first resettled 25,000 Syrian refugees into Canadian communities — a number that has since grown to…
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The Darker Side of the Indo-Canadian Journey
Review by Anita Singh in Toronto Almost 40 years ago, my grandparents changed our family’s history by deciding to move to Canada. I recently asked…
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Story of Filipino Family Hits Home for Immigrants
by Melissa Shaw in Vancouver A new novel reflects on the experiences of Filipino Canadians through the story of one family, and aims to inspire…
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Journey Back to Vietnam Becomes Universal Story
by Elvira Truglia in Montreal Kim Thuy’s fourth novel continues the author’s style of recalling her own journey to Canada and crossing linguistic and cultural…
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Comedy Reveals Challenges of Canadian Democracy
by Danica Samuel in Toronto “Just because you’ve fallen off ship doesn’t mean you’re drowning.” In the film My Internship in Canada, the person struggling…
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