Canada’s current immigration regime poses challenges for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) asylum seekers, says new report Recent changes such as the Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act (Bill C-31, 2012) have led to a refugee system that creates particular … Continue reading
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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a report on January 12, 2015 on its investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women and girls in British Columbia. http://www.fafia-afai.org/en/iachr-report-released/ The IACHR finds Canada is obligated under international human rights … Continue reading
Edited by J. Creet and A. Kitzmann. University of Toronto Press, 2014 Memory plays an integral part in how individuals and societies construct their identity. While memory is usually considered in the context of a stable, unchanging environment, this collection … Continue reading
Edited by Leah F. Vosko, Valerie Preston and Robert Latham McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2014 Liberating Temporariness? explores the complex ways in which temporariness is being institutionalized as a condition of life for a growing number of people worldwide. The collection emphasizes … Continue reading