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
Canada’s approach to immigrants are likely to be viewed more favourably for some time to come, even as a new administration under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris look set to unwind years of unfriendly policies beginning Jan. 20.
View More How Will President Biden Affect Canadian Immigration? Only Time Will Tell
Statistically, immigrants holding STEM degrees do better in America than in Canada. Two immigrants on either side of the border share their stories.
View More Two STEM Immigrants on Different Sides of the Border Share their Experiences
It’s a joke that gets retold every American election season, and 2020 is no exception. Americans are once again venting their frustrations and saying they will move to Canada because their favoured candidate did not win. Enter Maple Match.
View More Dating Site Returns to Help Americans Find a Match in Canada
The transnational pride on display in the wake of the nomination of Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s Vice-Presidential candidate has been ‘irrepressible’.
View More Kamala Harris: A Source of Pride in Her Ancestral Homelands
I consider it my good fortune to have been born, as you said, in one of the so-called “shithole” countries in Africa.
View More Open Letter to Trump: Grateful I Chose Canada over the U.S.