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English (Anglais)
2020
Articles & Reports
- Calgary Economic Development: Calgary’s Newcomers as Economic Drivers
- Calgary Herald: Immigrant doctors frustrated at being left on COVID-19 sidelines
- CBC: Lift barriers to accredit foreign-educated doctors quickly, report’s author urges
- CTV News: ‘We want to join this fight’: Immigrant physicians make plea to serve on front lines of COVID-19
- Maclean’s: Trump is turning Canada into a haven for the world’s best and brightest
- National Post: COVID-19: Canada-U.S. border closed to non-essential travel for indefinite period
- National Post: Ripple effect on Canadian immigration likely from Trump’s new visa restrictions
- The Star: ‘We’re here, we’re ready.’ Thousands of foreign-trained doctors, nurses eager to help in the COVID-19 crisis. Why isn’t Canada acting?
Radio
- Border Talk: COVID-19 and Canada
- Canada’s Brain Waste Problem: How Canada has Overlooked Immigrant Doctors with Ai-Men Lau and Robert Falconer
Television
2019
Articles
- CBC: U.S. too focused on ‘freezing out asylum seekers’ to fix refugee deal with Canada: researcher
- Maclean’s: Canada now brings in more refugees than the U.S.
- Mother Jones: The United States Is No Longer the World Leader in Resettling Refugees
- Narcity: Canada Accepted The Highest Amount Of Refugees In The World In 2018 According To New Data
- Star Edmonton: Canada’s resettlement of refugees highest in the world for first time in 72 years, new data shows
- Star Edmonton: United Conservatives pitch ‘rural renewal’ immigration strategy for Alberta
- Reuters: Canada defends ‘Safe Third Country’ pact with U.S. as court wraps up
- UNHCR Refugee Brief: Canada overtakes United States as top refugee resettlement country
Radio/Podcasts
- Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge: Asylum claims processing.
- CBC: U.S. too focused on ‘freezing out asylum seekers’ to fix refugee deal with Canada: researcher
- Danielle Smith Show: The chaos that is Canada’s refugee and asylum system
- Roy Green Show – Canada resettles world’s largest number of refugees
- Ryan Jespersen: Son of refugee says open society best approach to immigration in Canada
Television
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2020
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