OPINION – The E-Race-d Migrant Workers of COVID-19: Why Canada’s Colourblind Approach to COVID and Immigration Needs a Major Rethink
COVID and Migrant Workers as a Starting Point While we rush to seal our loosely-defined borders and legal exceptions, let us not lose sight of the reality of who it is ‘doing the work‘
My Friend Miranda is an Amazing Facilitator: Reflections from a Week on Virtual Calls
Today’s post is dedicated to a friend and mentor of mine. I’ve seen a lot of good facilitators (half my network are or have experience as professional facilitators) but this week, and in the context of the new online COVID reality, I saw another display of the best.
Immigration Consequences of a Quarantine Act Conviction for Foreign Nationals
Canada Invoking Emergency Order under the Quarantine Act Today’s posts looks at an interesting legal question. Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced this morning an Emergency Order under the Quarantine Act
Implied Status Student/Worker in B.C? – B.C. Government Extends Temporary MSP (you need to contact Health Insurance BC)
In a welcome announcement today, temporary MSP has been extended to those with expired student and work permits (i.e. on implied status). This temporary MSP will be effective until July 31, 2020.
Protected: This Coloured Body is Used to Quarantine (A Poem)
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Why Canadian Law Schools Need to Pay Attention to the Racialized Dynamics of Mooting
I want to write this piece partially because when a law student who passed on her experiences to me, it triggered my own experiences which led me to really thinking about the importance of sharing this in a more public form.
Assessing Family Ties in the Context of Study Permit Applications – A Few Useful Cases
Hello, VIB blog readers: It has been too long. I recently came back from meandering streets and towns of Cuba. I had an incredible time and needed the break.
