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Canada advertizes itself as a place where international students can build a life, not just buy a university degree. That’s a promise with real stakes. (Unsplash)

September 16, 2026

How Canada’s immigration caps are trapping its own graduate students

Negar Valizadeh, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

The federal government built an explicit “study-work-stay” pathway that it’s now unraveling through abrupt, poorly-sequenced policy changes.

The Canadian immigration system refers to all spouses and common-law partners of principal applicants as ‘dependants,’ regardless of whether they actually depend on their significant other or not. (Unsplash)

November 30, 2025

Dependants? Why Canada should recognize migrant spouses and partners with more accuracy

Goodnews Oshiogbele, Western University

The term ‘dependant’ in the immigration system misrepresents migrant family realities and reinforces outdated gendered stereotypes.

Mexican and Guatemalan workers pick strawberries at a strawberry farm in Pont Rouge Que., in August 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

December 12, 2024

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse

Jenna L Hennebry, Wilfrid Laurier University

The 2025 Immigration Plan aims to cut the numbers of temporary migrants in Canada from 6.5 per cent to five per cent of the population. Instead, it will boost the number of non-status people.

Canada needs to do better to attract top talent from around the world by supporting scientists and artists displaced by conflict and persecuted in their native countries. (Shutterstock)

September 10, 2024

3 ways Canada can welcome and support scientists displaced by war and persecution

Christina Clark-Kazak, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

People don’t lose their expertise when they cross borders. But they often face structural barriers due to language, precarious immigration status and decreased access to support from academia.

As they care for our most vulnerable, too many care workers in Canada have been separated from their children for years as they await permanent residence status. It’s time to change that. (Shutterstock)

July 17, 2024

Canada’s new care worker immigration programs need faster processing times to keep families together

Jennifer E. Shaw, Thompson Rivers University; Alicia Massie, Simon Fraser University, and Anita Minh, University of British Columbia

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada must expedite all pending permanent residence applications for migrant care workers to ensure timely family reunification for these essential workers.

The Start-Up Visa program is designed to help foreign entrepreneurs gain permanent residence in Canada. (Shutterstock)

October 22, 2023

Canada’s Start‑Up Visa program is struggling to fill the shoes of its predecessor

Stein Monteiro, Toronto Metropolitan University and Bradley Bernard, Toronto Metropolitan University

The Start-Up Visa program is falling short in a number of key areas, including job creation, global trade opportunities and the long-term viability of businesses.

People gather outside Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in Toronto for a rally led by current and former international students calling for changes to immigration rules during COVID-19 in September 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

July 18, 2022

Canada is foolish to snub international graduate students and scholars

Katrina Plamondon, University of British Columbia; Melisa Valverde, Memorial University of Newfoundland, and Susan J. Elliott, University of Waterloo

International students are not only ideal candidates for settlement in Canada, they’re also vital to our prosperity. So why is it so difficult for them to come to Canada, especially those from Africa?

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