Posts tagged Canada

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... [+]

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... [+]

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.... [+]

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... [+]

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... [+]

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.... [+]