Canadians band together after Tehran plane crash
Fifty-seven Canadians lost their lives after an airplane was shot down outside of Tehran last week. It took the news a couple of days to refine the details of the Tehran plane crash. We now know it was...
View ArticleWhat if we’re doing coronavirus prevention all wrong?
As coronavirus started to become more of a serious concern in North America we were told to wash our hands and slow down the spread of infection through social distancing. “Flatten the curve” became...
View ArticleCanadian kindness during coronavirus pandemic
It is easy to get jaded by all the negativity the coronavirus pandemic has caused in our everyday lives, as a result, we forget how in times of crisis there presents an opportunity for human kindness...
View ArticleGranting permanent residence to “guardian angel” asylum seekers is the least...
Marcelin François, an asylum seeker who worked part-time as a nurse’s aide, died of coronavirus in the loving arms of his wife this past April. François was one of an estimated 1,000 asylum seekers...
View ArticleThe Canadian Family is Expanding, Mixed-Orientation Unions Deserve a Seat at...
New Canadians immigrate to Canada through a variety of immigration pathways. One of the most popular is conjugal sponsorship. Historically, sexual intimacy has been a key consideration in determining...
View Article2020: The Year That Was, Perspectives and Prospects
The end of 2020 quickly approaches. This year has been unlike any other. The coronavirus has upended the best-laid plans and brought with it unexpected and unprecedented challenge, upheaval, and...
View ArticleFamily, Facts, and Finally, Flexibility
Kitti Toris is a young woman who turned 18 a few days ago. Born in Hungary, she came to Canada in 2016 to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Viktoria and Laszlo Radi. Kitti is estranged from...
View ArticleCanadian Experience: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
You might think of immigration as a one-off, if, dramatic process, in which an individual leaves his or her country of origin and in a span of several hours, lands, as a permanent resident, in a...
View ArticleA Call for Compassion and Clarity for COPRs
With vaccine development and distribution ramping up in much of the world – including Canada – there are glimpses of light at the end of the tunnel that has been the coronavirus pandemic. And a long...
View ArticleOn the new immigration programs for essential workers and graduates
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of essential workers, yet before the launch of the new pathways, there were limited options for workers in many of these occupations to become permanent...
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