Canada’s immigration level has increased in recent years. Citizenship and Immigration Canada reported that 257,515 newcomers entered Canada in 2012, which is a jump from the previous year’s total of 248,751. Yet, for McMaster University social work professor Mirna Carranza, this slight spike in numbers does little to highlight the [...]

We all know that growing up isn’t easy. But growing up between cultures presents a distinct set of challenges. Kids want desperately to fit in with their classmates, while parents often expect them to retain family traditions. Although Canada promotes itself as being a multicultural country, everyday realities and experiences [...]

Tany has been attending RE-create for almost a year. At the open studio space for youth on Hamilton’s James Street North, her Monday and Thursday afternoons are spent painting, drawing and exploring various art mediums. This spring, she and 14 other youth who frequent the studio fixed up and decorated [...]

Hamilton native Ian Wilkie did not expect to face such resistance keeping his family together in Canada, his home country. Father to three children, ages six to 11, Wilkie is facing an uphill legal battle as he fights for his Egyptian wife Wafaa Abdou to be released from immigration detention. [...]

“It is clear that a country cannot be deemed unanimously “safe” when there is a real and disproportionate risk to women, individuals from LGBTQ communities, and ethnic minorities fleeing persecution based on gender, sexuality, and race.” – Hamiltonians for Migrant and Refugee Health Since the release of the ‘Safe Country’ [...]