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…
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Tag: Poverty
Novel Provides Realistic Portrayal of Mental Illness
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…
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Canadian Dentists Expand Mission to Help Iraqi Orphans
Hossein 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…
View More Canadian Dentists Expand Mission to Help Iraqi Orphans‘Canadian Dream’ Less Likely Under Quebec’s Bill 70
Community organizations and immigrant lobby groups in Quebec are speaking out against a provincial welfare reform bill that would require new social assistance applicants to…
View More ‘Canadian Dream’ Less Likely Under Quebec’s Bill 70Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Aims to End Poverty
Jose Duque, an immigrant from Venezuela, is using music to keep children in band practice and out of trouble on the streets. In his native…
View More Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Aims to End PovertyImmigrant Families Struggle to Deal with Disability
According to the 2015 child poverty report for Toronto, newcomer children, children of colour and children with disabilities are among the largest groups living in…
View More Immigrant Families Struggle to Deal with DisabilityDebunking the Racialization of Disease
There is an ever present bias in the historical theories of racialized people being more susceptible to disease, and these theories have been perpetuated by…
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‘There Are Terrible Forces At Work Here’ — A Canadian in Nepal
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…
View More ‘There Are Terrible Forces At Work Here’ — A Canadian in NepalResearch Watch: Studies Paint Depressing Picture
It may not be time for report cards in school just yet, but when it comes to research, several annual report cards are in. In…
View More Research Watch: Studies Paint Depressing PictureCanadians “flying blind” on census
by Our Vancouver Correspondent One of Canada’s most authoritative voices on immigration and demographic trends is worried that the abandoning of the long-form census will…
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