I was standing in front of my suitcase and thought about what I had packed into it. I had one suitcase for my documents and their certified translations, as well as one suitcase for my…
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Why I am Still Considering Immigrating to Canada…
I am among the thousands of folks waiting in queue immigrate to Canada. This wish was triggered after my previous experience of having lived in Canada as an international student. I moved to Canada in…
View More Why I am Still Considering Immigrating to Canada…Communicating in a New Country
Communication is more than understanding the words. I was always aware of language barriers when I decided to move to Canada. But I didn’t know that this would go beyond an understanding of words and…
View More Communicating in a New CountryA Game with No Winner
“Canada needs you!” This is a sentiment I heard over and over while I was in Canada. I came to Canada with my husband and daughter, in August 2015, on a student visa to pursue…
View More A Game with No WinnerRisking War with Iran Over Nothing
THE Trump administration appears to be renewing the possibility of violent confrontation with Iran using a questionable pretext — Iran’s testing of conventional missiles. No one in the U.S. government or the press seems to…
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Dion, Be More Nimble on Iran
More than a year of since assuming office, the Liberal government has sadly still not fulfilled its campaign pledge to restore diplomatic relations with Iran. It is moving in the right direction, but the pace…
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Renewed Interest in Re-Engaging Iran ‘Coming Much too Late,’ Hoodfar’s Niece says
It’s been 100 days since the Iranian regime imprisoned Concordia University anthropologist Homa Hoodfar in the country’s notorious Evin Prison. As the Iranian Canadian Congress called on the Trudeau government to re-establish diplomatic ties with…
View More Renewed Interest in Re-Engaging Iran ‘Coming Much too Late,’ Hoodfar’s Niece saysOne Year On, Canada Slow to Re-Engage with Iran
The nuclear agreement reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries on July 14, 2015, marked a milestone in the history of world diplomacy. The final agreement, which was a result of 20 months of arduous…
View More One Year On, Canada Slow to Re-Engage with IranDiaspora Supports Thaw with Tehran
Analysts and members of the Iranian-Canadian community say they are optimistic about a thawing of relations between Iran and Canada now that a new government is in power. Despite the fact that a large and…
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Iranian-Canadians Hopeful Over Nuclear Deal
Diplomacy smiles, declared a Tehran newspaper last Friday, hours after Iranian state television broadcasted the speech of the American president live for the first time in Iran’s revolutionary history. Car horns honked, people stood atop their sunroofs…
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