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The Canadian government should send a clear signal that it cares about constitutional and international law, heed a Federal Court ruling and take steps to immediately suspend the STCA.
Manitoba faces pressing facing demands for new ways of forming relationships with young people to counter hate.
Can Canadians pick up Don Cherry’s discussion from here, and have respectful and inclusive discussions about how we can do better in terms of how we treat and regard newcomers?
Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
Faced with the same problem, South Africa is turning to the familiar toolkit to explain a recurrent problem.
The recent massacre at a New Zealand mosque is a traceable, direct outgrowth of an American white nationalist movement that insists immigrants and people of color are a threat to ‘white civilization.’
MS-13 is not the biggest or most violent gang in the US. But its grisly murders and Latino membership inflame Americans’ anxiety about immigration. GOP campaign ads stoke those fears to attack Democrats.
Up to 5,000 refugees flee hunger and chaos in Venezuela each day – a migrant crisis rivaling Syria’s. Most arrive to poor South American border cities that are dangerously unprepared for the influx.
A survey shows 70% of South Africans feel immigrants pose a threat to the country.
A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here’s what they say those cities get right — and do wrong — when integrating foreign-born residents.
Martin Luther King Jr.‘s vision of love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong.
At a time when anti-immigrant sentiment was widespread, the Sacco and Vanzetti trial starkly divided American opinion and stirred up a violent backlash around the world.
Despite hard work by both governments to overcome mistrust, more is needed to build mutual understanding between Americans and Mexicans. Educational partnerships may hold the answer.
As the United States bars its gates to newcomers, the ‘Aeneid’ – a story of war, exile, racial hatred and irrational fears – is particularly resonant.
If education and tolerance go hand in hand, how is it possible that anti-immigrant sentiments are so virulent in educated populations?
At this time, researchers cannot prove a direct relationship. But social learning theory shows that people learn from one another, via observation, imitation and modeling.
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Professor of political socialization, Department of Education, Practice and Society, UCL Institute of Education, UCL
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Professor of Special Education, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Visiting Professor of International Affairs, Hamilton College
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Eric and Jane Nord Family Professor, Case Western Reserve University
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Senior Research Specialist., Human Sciences Research Council
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Research Professor, Institute of Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Lecturer, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
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Assistant Professor of Human Security, American University School of International Service
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Associate professor, Kinesiology & Physical Education; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor of Law, Queen's University, Ontario
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Director, Centre for Refugee Studies & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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Associate professor, American University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton
