Human Rights

Adrian Humphreys The National Post Published Jan 09, 2023  

“The moral debt owed to immigrants who worked on the frontlines to help protect vulnerable people in Canada during the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic cannot be understated,” a judge said last year in a ruling for…

Policy Options Kaitlin Peters January 9, 2023

In 2021, a Montreal daycare flagged a three-year-old Black child for ”troubling behaviour,” deciding to call Quebec’s youth protection services before having a meeting with the child’s parents. The parents – both of whom had…

Ghada Alsharif The Star Sat., Dec. 17, 2022

David Rodriguez, a 37-year-old cook from Mexico, says he was fired from a Toronto restaurant less than two months after arriving in Canada for standing up to his verbally abusive employer.

Amelia, 37, from Indonesia, says she was fired…

Toula Mazloum City News Dec 16, 2022

The National Farmer’s Union (NFU) is asking the government to give migrants “full and permanent status.”

It comes as International Migrants Day is marked on Dec.16.

NFU says they asked for equal rights for agricultural workers living, working…

Angela Bower CityNews Dec 18, 2022

Protesters gathered in the snow in downtown Vancouver on Sunday to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow up on his promise to expand access to permanent resident status for all migrant workers.

It came in honour of International…

The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022  

Authors: Emma Stirling-Cameron, Researcher in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of British Columbia and Shira Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University

This month, human rights organizations launched 12…

Adrian Ghobrial CTV National News Nov. 29, 2022

 In her past life Aziza Abu Sirdana has only known war, conflict, fear and isolation.

“If you are born in Gaza you don't know what life is,” she told CTV National News.

The 22-year-old Palestinian refugee fled to Canada after she…

The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022  

Authors: Kathryn Tomko Dennler, Immigration Researcher, York University, Canada and Brianna Garneau, PhD Candidate, Socio-legal Studies, York University, Canada

Refugee advocates have long known about systemic problems with immigration…

Janice Dickson The Globe and Mail 25 November 2022

A group of Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects intended to promote the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan say they are now stuck in neighbouring Pakistan and running out of money for food and rent, more than a…

Yavar Hameed &  Haniya Saeed Ottawa Citizen Nov 23, 2022  

On Nov. 14, a campaign was announced in Ottawa to end the federal government’s contracts with provincial prisons for holding immigration detainees. This campaign, spearheaded by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty…