There is an egregious crisis brewing at the United States-Mexico border, according to US officials. Thousands of migrants – mostly families and unaccompanied kids are seeking to gate crash. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin…
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Café Babanussa is a story about mental illness that has never been told before. Through the journey of a young, mixed-race woman exploring Germany in the 1980s, we see how mental instability creeps into the…
View More Novel Provides Realistic Portrayal of Mental IllnessHossein is a 10-year-old Iraqi orphan with long hair, big olive-coloured eyes and a shy smile. He loves going to school and playing soccer. He also loves visiting his Canadian dentist for annual check-ups. Hossein’s…
View More Canadian Dentists Expand Mission to Help Iraqi OrphansCommunity organizations and immigrant lobby groups in Quebec are speaking out against a provincial welfare reform bill that would require new social assistance applicants to enter the job market sooner. Activists say that Bill 70,…
View More ‘Canadian Dream’ Less Likely Under Quebec’s Bill 70Jose Duque, an immigrant from Venezuela, is using music to keep children in band practice and out of trouble on the streets. In his native country, Duque participated in the El Sistema program, for over 16…
View More Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Aims to End PovertyAccording to the 2015 child poverty report for Toronto, newcomer children, children of colour and children with disabilities are among the largest groups living in poverty. Families that fall into more than one of these…
View More Immigrant Families Struggle to Deal with DisabilityThere is an ever present bias in the historical theories of racialized people being more susceptible to disease, and these theories have been perpetuated by modern day media, say some Canadian researchers. Goldameir Oneka, University…
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The world media is awash in images of death and devastation in Nepal. It’s an oddly schizophrenic experience to be ‘watching’ the current crisis from the dual perspectives of participant and observer — both on…
View More ‘There Are Terrible Forces At Work Here’ — A Canadian in NepalIt may not be time for report cards in school just yet, but when it comes to research, several annual report cards are in. In this edition of Research Watch we take a look at…
View More Research Watch: Studies Paint Depressing PictureOne of Canada’s most authoritative voices on immigration and demographic trends is worried that the abandoning of the long-form census will prevent experts like him from answering this crucial question: are ethnic enclaves also hotbeds…
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