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The Right of Return: Why We Want to Come Home

September 7, 2021September 10, 2021 - by Kamal Al-Solaylee

Researchers have long understood why people leave their homelands. But what happens when they decide to go back?

Illustration of a university campus. On one side, students relaxingly speak to each other and work at computers in the sun. On the other side, in the shadows, are overcrowded ladders of students climbing in through windows.

Education / September/October 2021

The Shadowy Business of International Education

August 18, 2021May 29, 2022 - by Nicholas Hune-Brown

Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it

A doctor is trapped below a staircase while other doctors continue the climb

Health / June 2021

Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work

May 5, 2021August 14, 2023 - by Jagdeesh Mann

Physicians trained abroad want to help with the fight against COVID-19. Why won’t Canada let them?

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May 2021 / Memoir

The House That Mum Built

April 21, 2021March 24, 2022 - by Anubha Momin

Touring the homes of Frank Lloyd Wright helped me see what my architect mother had always wanted in life

An illustration of a person typing at a desk and a family with luggage. In between them is a stack of paperwork, which leaves a Canadian maple leaf shadow.

Current Affairs / May 2021

How Immigration Really Works

April 14, 2021September 22, 2023 - by Kelly Toughill

Who will choose Canada’s next wave of newcomers? It could be someone in your town

An officer at the Cameron County Detention Centre watches security footage from the control room, on many screens.

March/April 2021 / Technology

When Border Security Crosses a Line

February 17, 2021March 9, 2021 - by Hilary Beaumont

International crossings are now testing grounds for unregulated surveillance technology

Photograph of a man kneeling on a woven mat in front of an orange wall.

Environment / June 2020

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

May 20, 2020June 10, 2020 - by Carolyn Thompson

Global environmental disasters are forcing thousands of people to flee their homes, their countries, and everything they know

An illustration of men in construction gear and hard hats parachuting into a city.

Politics

Small Towns Are Dying. Can Immigration Save Them?

November 28, 2019April 13, 2022 - by Étienne Lajoie

Newcomers can extend the lives of shrinking villages, but only if Quebec can confront its xenophobia

The Walrus Talks

Living Better: Annahid Dashtgard

November 25, 2019November 27, 2019 - by Annahid Dashtgard

How do you learn not to self-hate?

Three women stare across a sea at a group of businesspeople in front of a cityscape on the opposite shoreline

November 2019 / Society

When Canada’s Immigration Policies Pull Families Apart

November 5, 2019June 12, 2020 - by Kate Yoon

After years of training in Canada, my dad still had to go back to South Korea to get the job he deserved

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The Right of Return: Why We Want to Come Home

Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work

How Immigration Really Works

When Border Security Crosses a Line

Stranded by the Climate Crisis

Small Towns Are Dying. Can Immigration Save Them?

Living Better: Annahid Dashtgard

When Canada’s Immigration Policies Pull Families Apart

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