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In both advocacy and community, I have been hearing a lot about ‘lived experiences.’ While generally a positive term about showing up with authenticity and
My Rocky Relationship with Being Racialized In advance of a talk (as I like to do) I spend time reflecting on the questions the panel
The streets have changed we last said hi. We didn’t even have a chance to say bye. Abandoned blocks bursting with a newfound energy that
Dear M: I still call you my first Black friend. But having a Black friend ain’t never enough but an excuse to divert from the
Dear Anxiety: I have a hearing in less than two hours. I am writing you to spill my heart and in hopes that I put
On the surface level, you see accomplishments / accolades / doing things I wasn’t supposed to do at my age, and frankly undeserved privileges in
We’re in a world stuck between two conversations. One conversation is for us. The other is between us. In one you are telling us what
Will Tao is an Award-Winning Canadian Immigration and Refugee Lawyer, Writer, and Policy Advisor based in Vancouver. Vancouver Immigration Blog is a public legal resource and social commentary.
My name is Will Tao and I am a Barrister and Solicitor practicing exclusively in the field of Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law. I work for a full-service Canadian immigration and refugee law firm called Heron Law Offices based in Burnaby, B.C.
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Acknowledges that he lives and works on the traditional, unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples – sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.
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