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The New Canadians

Commentary By Laura Carlin You’ve decided to change your life, move halfway around the world and start over. You may not speak the language of your (...)

| March 2006 | 847 views

Canada: Humanitarian Cases Risky

By Guidy Mamann There are many foreigners in Canada who may not qualify for immigration to Canada but who are convinced that they can successfully (...)

| February 2006 | 788 views

Letter to Dr. Moura Quayle

Clement Abass Apaak, an Archeology student from Ghana, is the president of the Simon Fraser University Student Society. In this letter to a Canadian deputy (...)

| February 2006 | 1486 views

Profile of Canada’s New PM

Stephen Harper himself would tell you he’s a prime example of policy over pizzazz. And after Canadians gave his Conservatives a minority government on Jan. (...)

| January 2006 | 780 views

Nigerian Immigrant Wins Award

Daniel Igali, a Nigerian immigrant and professional wrestler, is among a number of graduates that have been nominated and granted accomplishment awards by (...)

| January 2006 | 771 views

Long Journey to Burnaby Mountain

By Stuart Colcleugh. Panther Kuol fled war-torn Sudan as a boy and spent 13 years in a Kenyan refugee camp before becoming an SFU student this fall (...)

| January 2006 | 717 views

CSFDarfur in Partnership with Oxfam

CSFDarfur is officially working in partnership with Oxfam Canada. Robert Fox, Executive Director for Oxfam Canada, has said that Oxfam has set up a fund (...)

by Gibril Koroma | December 2005 | 771 views

Romeo Dallaire in Vancouver

Surrounded by academics, activists and students, Canadian Senator and former Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire lent his name to a nationwide student (...)

| October 2005 | 968 views

Canadian Company Secures Land in Kenya

Tiomin Resources Incorporated, a Canadian Company,recently announced that it has completed the acquisition of approximately 100 acres of land in proximity (...)

by Gibril Koroma | September 2005 | 1131 views

Handel Wright is Canadian Chair

How do youth in Canada and the United States navigate issues of race, culture and national identity? Handel Wright, a new UBC education professor, says (...)

| September 2005 | 989 views

Izabobo: African Culture in Vancouver

Despite contacts with Africa and Africans spanning decades, many Canadians still know little or nothing about the continent.Especially in British Columbia (...)

| September 2005 | 1119 views