November 1, 2011
The Social Rights Advocacy Centre (SRAC) have their fingers crossed for the Supreme Court to announce that it has done the right thing on Thursday November 3rd by agreeing to hear Nell Toussaint's...
Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, All of Canada
April 12, 2011
Just one day prior to the dissolution of Parliament, the Conservative government proposed "Conditional Permanent
Residences" for sponsored spouses. This proposed measure would apply to spouses and...
Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
January 14, 2011
More than 50 Filipino migrant workers recruited to Canada under the Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW) program have filed a $10 million class action suit against Denny’s restaurants in British Columbia...
Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
January 10, 2011
An article in the Globe and Mail says that poverty is growing in the suburbs of Vancouver especially for newcomers and people of colour.
Ethnicity and Race, Immigrants and Refugees, Poverty Research, British Columbia
February 25, 2009
MOSAIC has recently updated some of their public legal guides. Check out Immigration and Refugee Law Guide (Editor's Note, Sept 2010: This Guide is now called Legal Issues for Newcomers and is...
Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, British Columbia, All of Canada
December 18, 2008
Seven foreign agriculture workers recently fired and evicted by Canada’s largest mushroom producer, Rol-Land Farms, joined members of UFCW Canada, Justicia for Migrant Workers, and academics to speak...
Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, Ontario
September 20, 2008
Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
September 8, 2008
The Prairie Metropolis Centre which is dedicated to research on immigration, integration and diversity has recently produced a report, The Housing Circumstances of Recently Arrived Refugees: The...
Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Manitoba
September 8, 2008
Battered Women's Support Services (BWSS) Immigrant Women Engagement in the Legal System project has released their first report, Engaging Immigrant Women In The Legal System-Community Engagement...
Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Research, LGBTQ, Violence, Women, British Columbia
July 22, 2008
The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned an earlier decision which found the Safe Third Country Agreement violated international and Canadian law. Under the Safe Third Country Agreement persons...
Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada, United States
July 11, 2007
Employment, Immigration and Industry is responsible for immigration policy, settlement programs, language training programs and federal/provincial relations and agreements related to immigration.
Alberta, Immigrants and Refugees
February 27, 2007
Amir Kazemian spent almost three years in the sanctuary of a church in East Vancouver after the immigration board rejected his refugee claim. Last weekend a Vancouver police officer arrested Amir...
Immigrants and Refugees, British Columbia
August 30, 2006
Immigration Newfoundland has information on immigrating to Newfoundland.
Immigrants and Refugees, Newfoundland
July 10, 2006
http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/index.asp - this is the Québec government website on immigrating to Quebec.
http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/index.asp - ça c'est le site web du...
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, Québec
July 10, 2006
This New Brunswick government website entitled Immigrating to New Brunswick has information on programs and services for immigrants to New Brunswick.
Immigrants and Refugees, New Brunswick
July 10, 2006
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/ - this is the Nova Scotia government site on immigrating to Nova Scotia.
Immigrants and Refugees, Nova Scotia, Government information
July 10, 2006
http://www.gov.pe.ca/immigration/ - this is the PEI government website on immigrating to PEI.
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, Prince Edward Island
July 10, 2006
http://www.cic.gc.ca/ - this is the Canadian government’s site for immigration and citizenship information.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/ - ça c'est le site web du Governement Canadien pour l'information sur...
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, All of Canada
July 10, 2006
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/ - this Canadian Government website has information on the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.
http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/ - ce site web du Governement Canadien a de l'...
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, All of Canada
July 10, 2006
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/ - this Canadian Government agency was created in 2003 and is responsible for border security.
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/ - cette agence du Gouvernemt Canadien était créé...
Immigrants and Refugees, Government information, All of Canada
July 10, 2006
www.immigratemanitoba.com - this is a Manitoba government site on immigrating to Manitoba.
Immigrants and Refugees, Manitoba
July 10, 2006
http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca - this Ontario Government website has information on immigrating to Ontario.
Immigrants and Refugees, Ontario
June 18, 2006
http://integration-net.ca - A Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) funded site with links to refugee and immigrant services across Canada.
Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
January 8, 2006
The Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives (Link removed - No longer exists) writes a response to a mistake which appeared in the Toronto Star. The newspaper wrote that an adult refugee recieved...
Immigrants and Refugees, Seniors and Elders, All of Canada
December 7, 2005
Child poverty continues to be a problem in Canada. Immigrant families, in particular, are living in poverty, due largely to the failure of the Canadian government to recognize their credentials. Not...
Children and Youth, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
June 29, 2005
Amnesty International released a report critical of Australia's mandatory detention of immigrants and refugees. The report recommends that Australia urgently make comprehensive amendments to the...
Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, International
May 21, 2005
Volpe announced new policies for reducing immigrant application times, increasing language exemptions for older immigrants, and increasing the number of visitor visas for relatives. For more details...
Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
May 21, 2005
The Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada issued a press release of the announcement in February 2005 that most spouses and common-law partners of Canadian citizens and permanent residents...
Family, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
May 21, 2005
Solidarity Across Borders, a Montreal network of refugee groups, individuals and their allies, is planning a one-week march from Montreal to Ottawa to draw attention to the struggles of refugees and...
Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, All of Canada
October 6, 2002
The United Way's publication A Decade of Decline not only analyzes the changes in financial wellbeing of Torontonians through the level of household income, the rate of poverty, the depth of poverty...
Immigrants and Refugees, Poverty Research, All of Canada
February 9, 2001
(Editor's Note, Sept 2010: The links in this article have been removed because Getting a Work Permit in BC has been discontinued, and is no longer available from LSS or MOSAIC).
This guide contains...
Immigrants and Refugees, Workers' Rights, British Columbia
September 20, 2000
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on July 9, 2000 in Mavis Baker v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration that administrative decisions made on the basis of prejudice against single mothers,...
Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, All of Canada
