Current curbs on international travel, economic crises, the targeting of minority groups, organized crime and inhumane practices like female genital mutilation (FGM) in faraway places are among the factors that will continue to force migrants to put their lives at risk to reach Canadian shores.
View More Border Services lists “X-Factors” Driving Irregular Migration
A coalition of Nigerians in Canada calls on Ottawa to intervene after deadly attacks and crackdown on anti-police violence protestors.
View More Nigerian-Canadians Condemn Crackdown on Protestors
While studying for the Canadian citizenship test, columnist Ayse Koca found the study guide’s tone to be unfair and patronizing towards newcomers prepping for an already difficult test.
View More The Condescension of Canada’s Citizenship Test
Racism exists in Canada – but it looks and feels different than that found in the United States, writes Peter Uduehi.
View More Canada Has Its Own Brand of Racism
For the last several months, much of the political discussion in the United States has revolved around President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall between the…
View More Job Market for Immigrants Consists of Minimum Wage and MoonlightingWhile performer and playwright Natasha Martina was researching in a library in Dublin for a play, she came up with the idea to combine her…
View More Tales of Immigrant Women in Canada
Here in Canada, the seemingly peaceful transition of power that is about to take place in Nigeria, as a result of the recent elections, is…
View More Nigerian-Canadians Look Forward to Change at the Helm
When I was a small child, sitting in the back seat of my father’s car on a street in Cape Town, South Africa, I said…
View More Homophobia in Africa: Tackling the Root#JeSuisCharlie #IAmBaga Both powerful hashtags. Both ways for people all around the world to express public outcry over the mass killings of people in France…
View More Boko Haram: Where is the Global Outcry?The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran will be visiting Canada and the U.S. to gather information from the diaspora on suspected violations.…
View More Diaspora Diary: UN human rights panel on Iran to tap into views of diaspora in Canada