by Kelly Toughill | Jan 6, 2019 | Atlantic Canada, Policy
The disappearance of Bhutanese from Halifax is discouraging to those who believe the future of Atlantic Canada is tied to increased immigration, but it is also an opportunity to look at the factors that encourage newcomers to take root – and the factors that lead them...
by Kelly Toughill | Jan 6, 2019 | Atlantic Canada, Policy
Cultural food security is key to how and whether immigrants take root in their new home. In Halifax, Common Roots Urban Farm was the only source of some traditional foods for newcomers, but the community garden was shut down and no one knows where – or if – it will...
by Kelly Toughill | Nov 16, 2018 | Atlantic Canada, Policy
Provincial governments in Atlantic Canada have been trying to encourage immigrants to become entrepreneurs for more than a decade. Read how they are doing in this article published May 6, 2018, in The Conversation.
by Kelly Toughill | Nov 16, 2018 | Policy
A decision by the United States against victims of domestic violence has doomed the Canadian government’s attempts to stem the flow of would-be refugees flooding into Quebec from New York. Read the article published June 10, 2018 in The Conversation.
by Kelly Toughill | Apr 25, 2018 | Atlantic Canada, Policy
Immigrants in Atlantic Canada have better job prospects than immigrants in any other region of Canada. Read the key facts about immigration in this region in a special report prepared for the Public Policy Forum’s Atlantic Revitalization Project....
by Kelly Toughill | Aug 2, 2017 | Policy
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defended the new lottery system used to select which parents and grandparents of citizens and permanent residents can move to Canada. Critics say the lottery is poorly organized and excludes qualified families, but Hussen says it is...
