Trudeau condemns U.S. separation of families for first time as calls mount to scrap the Safe Third C'What's going on in the United States is wrong. I can't imagine what the families living through this are enduring,' the prime minister s...
HIV lawyers help fight stigmaMichael Battista has acted for a number of refugee claimants who sought protection in Canada as a direct result of their HIV-positive sta...
Michael Battista Wins First SPPG Teaching Innovation AwardCongratulations to Michael Battista on winning The Teaching Innovation Award from University of Toronto. To read further about this excit...
Canada announces new policy on medical inadmissibility New program delivery instructions regarding medical inadmissibility were issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to...
TVO - How renegotiating the Safe Third Country Agreement could put refugees at riskANALYSIS: Reports suggest Canada is looking to reopen the STCA with the U.S. — but, some experts warn, that could have negative consequen...
The Star - Transgender woman moved from men’s jail"A transgender woman from the U.K. who was stopped by customs at Pearson airport for overstaying her previous visit was detained for a da...
Metro - Ex-Humber instructor's immigration dreams short-lived after email error"Michael James Eves had to quit his job as a multimedia 3D animation instructor at Humber College and return to England in 2014 because t...
Global News Immigration lawyer explains why she believes Canada’s immigration law is discriminatory "Adrienne Smith, a former analyst at Immigration Canada and now an immigration lawyer, explains why she thinks Canada’s immigration law d...
Global Canada rejects hundreds of immigrants based on incomplete data, Global News investigation“[Immigration officers] treat that number as a very firm number, which means if it’s anything over [$6,655], then the person can be inadm...
The Star- Refugee board creates guidelines for deciding LGBTQ claims"A Nicaraguan man was refused asylum in Canada because he had not pursued gay relationships. A gay man from St. Kitts was denied because ...
The Guardian - Canada introduces gender-neutral 'X' option on passports"Canadians are able to identify as gender neutral on their passports from Thursday under changes that have been enthusiastically welcomed...
Fox News - Canada introduces gender-neutral passport option"In a move to promote acceptance and equality, Canada has introduced a third sex category option on passports and other government docume...
Global News- Immigration Canada ‘breaking the law,’ when denying some disabled applicants"Families looking to become Canadian permanent residents are being unfairly rejected by immigration officials, say legal experts, and in ...
Global News - Canada’s immigration minister considers scrapping ‘discriminatory’ law "Canada’s Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said his office is considering removing a section of the country’s Immigration Act that advoc...
The Lawyer's Daily- Immigration lawyers urge major reforms to ‘excessive demand’ immigration ban"Lawyers clashed in Parliament this week over whether Ottawa should fix — or completely abolish — its contentious immigration ban on “med...
Global News -Advocates demand Trudeau end ‘unjust’ immigration law, call it a ‘black eye’ for Canada"Disability advocates, workers and immigration lawyers from across Canada are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government t...
Global News - MPs tell Trudeau Liberals to scrap ‘discriminatory’ immigration law"Justin Trudeau's Liberal government is being told it should scrap a section of Canada's immigration act that advocates and others, inclu...
Law Time - Pushback over rejecting immigrants for health reasons"Canada has moved a step closer to limiting its ability to reject immigrants for health reasons after a parliamentary committee recommend...
