Recent comments about international students in Canada significantly abusing the asylum system are misleading and obscure the context needed to understand a complex issue.
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Placing migrants who are not criminals in prisons risks serious violations of their human rights and perpetuates narratives about the criminality of immigrants.
Valuing open source development is a way to attract talented people that are major drivers to economic growth.
Germany and Italy are among the countries that are looking for ways to handle rises in undocumented migration and, in many cases, are making it harder for people to remain in their countries.
Canada has cultivated a reputation for being welcoming toward refugees. However, a new pilot program risks jeopardizing that reputation by making asylum seekers prove their economic worth.
To make a success of Canada’s immigration targets, we must all work to make communities more welcoming to newcomers.
Research finds that while some anti-immigration attitudes persist in Canada, no provinces significantly stand out for being more hostile to immigrants.
As institutions continue to push diversity and cluster hires, they can reinforce the negativity of tokenism.
As Canada plans to welcome 500,000 new permanent residents a year by 2025, the government must make changes to make the immigration system more fair and transparent.
Safe spaces for conversations around immigrants’ experiences are important because identity is central to diversity and inclusion in the 21st century. Theatre can be a tool for community engagement.
Newfoundland and Labrador’s economic development plan includes attracting more immigrants. But the province needs to acknowledge the difficulties of systemic racism if it wants the plan to succeed.
U.S. President Donald Trump and his apologists might be surprised what the economic data says about immigrants who come to Canada from the so-called “shithole” countries.
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Professor of Economics, University of Calgary
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Assistant Professor, Political Science, MacEwan University
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Director, Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST); Co-Chair, Pathways to Prosperity Partnership, Western University
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Researcher, CERC in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Lecturer in International Relations, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Professor in the Faculty of Business & Communication Studies, Mount Royal University
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Lecturer, Political Science and International Relations, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor of Economics, MacEwan University
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PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Western University
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Canada Research Chair in Socially Engaged Theatre; Director, Centre for Socially Engaged Theatre (C-SET), University of Regina
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Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, and Anti-Racism; Assistant Professor of History, University of Waterloo
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Director, Centre for Refugee Studies & Associate Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Canada
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John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University
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PhD Candidate, Human Geography, York University, Canada
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Director of the Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada
