In a country where over one in five people are immigrants and far more are children and relatives of immigrants, questions of who gets into…
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Flying in Family Class: An In-Depth Series (Part I)
Family reunification is at the core of the Liberal government’s immigration policy. After our two-part in-depth piece on the pros and cons of the family…
View More Flying in Family Class: An In-Depth Series (Part I)Promise on Parent-Grandparent Sponsorships Unfulfilled
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) resumed receiving sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents (PGP) of Canadian citizens and permanent residents on Monday morning. The…
View More Promise on Parent-Grandparent Sponsorships UnfulfilledAttn McCallum: Do Not End Open Work Permit Program
Dear Minister John McCallum, We are reaching out to you as a group of Canadians and immigrants with a vested interest in seeing improvements made…
View More Attn McCallum: Do Not End Open Work Permit ProgramMaintaining Momentum for Syria
It’s been over one month since images were published showing three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on Turkish shores and Canadian support for intervention in…
View More Maintaining Momentum for SyriaRefugee Resettlement Groups: “The More, The Merrier”
Toronto-based not-for-profit organization Lifeline Syria has been at the forefront of efforts to bring Syrian refugees to Canada. Launched at the end of June, its…
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Rethink Ethnic Event Sponsorship
by Iris Chen (@iris_chen) in Vancouver Event sponsorship management, especially the evaluation and selection process, could be a time consuming task and a headache for many…
View More Rethink Ethnic Event SponsorshipA life upended by war; a fresh start in Canada
by Michelle Zilio (@michellezilio) Speaking from their new apartment in Laval, Quebec, the Dandachi family says the past 17 days have been like a “honeymoon” compared to…
View More A life upended by war; a fresh start in CanadaJumping through hoops to become Canadian
by Vicky Tobianah in Toronto The first significant changes to Canada’s Citizenship Act in almost four decades will make it more difficult for new immigrants…
View More Jumping through hoops to become CanadianA “scandal” at every turn
by Luc da Silva I read something interesting last week that got me thinking about the many “scandals” that we read about on a daily…
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