immigration
Canada’s 2025 Express Entry system updates stall the government from solving its own problems
March 18, 2025By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer The government of Canada is no stranger to using immigration to exploit foreign labour and distract from the source of the country’s domestic woes. They have done it again with the new year’s changes to the Express Entry system. Since 2015, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has relied on the Express Entry program to sort out so-called “skilled workers” who wish to immigrate to the country and attain a permanent residency (PR) status. This system pools together applicants and ranks them according to a “points-based system” which looks at criteria including “skills, education,…
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Stop normalizing racism towards South Asians
February 3, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Content warning: descriptions of anti-South Asian rhetoric. Whether it’s “taking our jobs,” “ruining the economy,” or not “assimilating” to western norms, immigrants are increasingly being used as an excuse for our “crumbling” society. This is…
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I researched this so you don’t have to: Immigration policy in Canada
November 15, 2024By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Canadian immigration policy has risen to the forefront of national discussion lately, in large part due to newly announced resident targets. On Thursday, October 24, immigration minister Marc Miller shared the country’s updated plan to…
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Hostility towards immigrants won’t solve the housing crisis
October 17, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, Staff Writer Content warning: non-graphic mentions of hate crimes against racialized communities. This year, the Canadian government announced its first-ever limit for temporary residents, which includes temporary foreign workers, international students, and asylum claimants. Amid this decision,…
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International students aren’t responsible for Canada’s systemic problems
October 7, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer This January, immigration minister Marc Miller announced Canada’s federal government will be introducing a cap on the intake of international students. His claim is that it will help offload “pressures on housing, health care, and…
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Crooked Teeth is a queer Syrian refugee’s reconnection “home”
June 10, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Crooked teeth is the young boy who swears he likes women. Crooked teeth are in the mouth of an officer staring back at you coldly. Crooked teeth is being the only racialized panelist discussing refugees.…
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BorderPass aims to improve international students’ academic endeavours
November 22, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer International students in Canada face a variety of challenges, including financial burdens, language barriers, affordable housing, health care, and academic pressures. BorderPass is a Canadian company that helps international students with the systemic challenges they…
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Attorney Neri Colmenares speaks on the growing fascism in the Philippines
November 2, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, staff writer On October 17, SFU Harbour Centre set the stage for “Defending Human Rights: Resistance Against the Growing Fascism in the Philippines,” an event that explained the political and economic climate of the Philippines. Headlining the…
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SFU should revive their Latin American courses
October 13, 2023By: Michelle Young, Opinions Editor In 2020, SFU suspended their Latin American studies program. There was little explanation for this, and since it’s been three years, I can only assume they aren’t prioritizing its return. As someone who had been…
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Opinions in Dialogue: The intricacies of immigration
June 29, 2023By: Vanessa Martínez, SFU Student and Jessica Lo, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of death and child neglect. Editor’s note: The authors in this piece both use a pseudonym to protect the privacy of their families. Immigrants and refugees are…
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