Facing the Biggest Challenges of Our Generation
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- 18 décembre 2018
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Patti Tamara Lenard
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
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“If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”0
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- 12 avril 2019
The images, and voices, from Libya’s migrant detention centres are sickening. An online blog posted a letter written by an anonymous refugee from Darfur, detained in Libya. “RS” writes of having left his village, destroyed by the Janjaweed, to find …
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Finding Asylum Just Got Harder0
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- 12 avril 2019
Refugee advocates in Canada breathed a sigh of relief in October of 2015. Immediately upon the election of the Liberals under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, the doors opened to thousands of Syrian refugees. Tens of thousands of Syrians have …
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Punishment or Banishment?0
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- 22 février 2019
So-called jihadi brides are in the news, accused of supporting terrorism by having travelled to ISIS territory to marry ISIS fighters in support of the caliphate. Three Western states are implicated: the UK, the US, and Canada.
UK citizen Shemima …
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Time to Make the Rainbow Refugee Assistance Plan Permanent0
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- 21 mars 2018
In too many countries around the world, LGBTQ persons are criminalized — singled out for who they love — with criminal penalties including prison time and death. Canada’s refugee admission system is not perfect, but one of its great strengths …
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Border Challenges Set to Test Canada’s Welcoming Self-Image0
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- 15 février 2017
Canadians are on the brink of a difficult test: are we prepared to live up to our stated commitments to tolerance by welcoming immigrants and refugees who fear living in Trump’s America?
Canadians often describe Canada as a welcoming country, …
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We Are All Responsible for the Safe Passage of Syrian Refugees0
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- 8 septembre 2015
Philosophers are fond of asking this question, to press peoples’ intuitions about the right thing to do: Imagine you are walking by a pond, in your fanciest suit on your way to an important meeting, and you notice a baby …
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Not for Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada0
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- 16 novembre 2014
The conference Not For Sale: Protecting the Victims of Human Trafficking in Europe and Canada was organized jointly by the Embassies of Switzerland and Austria, in collaboration with the Centre for International Policy Studies at the University of Ottawa. The …
EN SAVOIR PLUSA Failure to Protect: Canada’s Shameful Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis0
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- 9 décembre 2013
By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard
The Canadian government’s response to the Syria refugee crisis is pathetic. In the face of what some are calling the worst refugee crisis in a generation—in 2013 the number of registered Syrian refugees …
EN SAVOIR PLUSProtecting Whom? Certainly Not Refugees or Canada’s Reputation for Justice0
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- 31 octobre 2013
By Emma Kenyon and Patti Tamara Lenard
The Throne Speech has come and gone, and buried in the hoopla surrounding the demise of cable television bundling were some terrifically misleading claims about “progress” towards meeting Canada’s immigration priorities.
The government …
EN SAVOIR PLUSIndecent Proposals: Why the Fraser Institute is Wrong on Immigration0
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- 3 septembre 2013
Published September 9, 2013 on the Broadbent Blog
My best guess is that the Fraser Institute expects no one to read the report behind their newest sensationalist press release, in which they claim that the cost of immigrants to Canada …
EN SAVOIR PLUSImmigration Raids are not Entertainment0
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- 18 mars 2013
On Friday, the Globe and Mail reported that, accompanied by television crews to film their activities, the Canadian Services Border Agency (CSBA) raided construction sites in British Columbia believed to be staffed in part by irregular migrants, with the purpose …
EN SAVOIR PLUSCanada Steps up Global Competition for ‘Brains’—At What Cost?0
The global competition for talent—the ‘battle for the brains’—is fierce, and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney knows that Canada can no longer assume that it is uniquely attractive as a destination for high-skilled migrants. Along with many other states, we must …
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The Ethics of Buying Clothes Produced in Sweatshops
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- 26 février 2018
