Posts tagged Canada

Pani (Water), Memory and Post-Colonial Identity

Miles from a place fondly called home, a small plastic bottle of FIJI Water peers at me through the doors of a convenience store, teasing and tormenting, begging me to take it back. I reach out fondly, only to jerk my hand away. They say it’s untouched by civilization, They say it... [+]

Watch Out for the Bay Area!

Watch Out for the Bay Area!

Finally. Thanks to the (volunteer-run) Educators for Fair Consideration, we have support for an immigrant youth advocacy program that would give students the necessary tools to organize at the schools and in their communities. Over the duration of the week, we selected 19 students... [+]

In Real Life, Sandra Bullock Would Be Deported

Dear Ms. Bullock, I have been a fan since Speed back in 1994 when I was barely 9. So it pains me to see one of my favorite actors make a movie that doesn’t paint a fair picture of U.S. immigration policies. I took my mother out... [+]

Canada – Call for Video Submissions

Throwing some love towards my Canadian readers (I wish to be in Canada one day, maybe for a doctoral program in political economy). I don’t know much about migration in Canada but I know that it has a better, more efficient and streamlined process for immigration.... [+]

In Some Immigration News Across the Borders – Canada Holds Online Film Festival on Migration

I want to take time out to do this, at least every weekend. Let me know if the comparative / international perspective is helpful and something the blog readers would find interesting. This is by no means comprehensive; just under-reported news I found noteworthy and/or... [+]

Welcome to America – Here We Make ‘Criminals’ Out of Jet-Skiers

This news story feeds perfectly into the socio-political construction of the migrant criminal / ‘inmate’ touched upon in the last blog post. It also shows the ludicrousness and tragicomic hilarity of our archipelagos of detention. Two jet skiers that had an accident in Lake Ontario and... [+]

Critique of Borders – Canada no longer visible from Derby Line, Vermont

Since this site is called ‘No Borders and Binaries,’ lets revisit the philosophy behind that term. The creation of a bordered world is a deliberate attempt to divide, contain and isolate communities, to forget about arbitrary and ‘disorderly’ origins, in order to create a ‘more... [+]

Immigrants Coming Up Big at the Olympics and not just for the United States

This was published in the Toronto Sun, August 8. Article: Open-door policy at work; Immigrants have history of excelling for Canada at the Olympics Lennox Lewis, who left England for Kitchener at age 12. A decade later, he stepped on to the podium in Seoul to accept gold.... [+]