Megan Gaucher

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Upholding the promise of Canadian birthright citizenship requires more than legal action — it needs leadership with the courage to reverse racist reproductive rhetoric and question false narratives. (Eyasu Etsub/Unsplash)

The U.S. narrowly upheld birthright citizenship. What about Canada?

Allison J. Petrozziello, Toronto Metropolitan University and Megan Gaucher, Carleton University

Birthright citizenship has become a point of debate as some governments adopt more restrictive policies aimed at limiting access to citizenship for some migrants.
Despite the benefits migrant grandparents provide, sponsored grandparents are consistently suspected of taking advantage of Canada’s health care and social welfare systems. (Jonathan Castaneda/Unsplash)

Here’s why Canada’s parents and grandparents reunification program is problematic

Megan Gaucher, Carleton University; Asma Atique, Toronto Metropolitan University; Ethel Tungohan, York University, Canada, and Harshita Yalamarty, Toronto Metropolitan University

International conventions dictate that families have a right to be together. But Canada’s current parent and grandparent reunification program makes that difficult.
Migrants cross into Canada illegally from the United States by walking down a train track into the town of Emerson, Man., in February 2017, a month after Donald Trump’s first inauguration as president. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

Why the ‘language of loopholes’ should be avoided if Trump cracks down on the Canada‑U.S. border

Shauna Labman, University of Winnipeg and Megan Gaucher, Carleton University

Focus on supposed ‘loopholes’ that allow migrants to claim asylum echoes Canada’s longstanding preoccupation with how people negotiate the border.

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