Thursday, February 3: Canada: Land of Immigration -- A Myth to be Busted?
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science 1-430
Speakers:
Harsha Walia, No One Is Illegal;
Dr. Anna Kirova, Faculty of Education;
Dr. Malinda Smith (Moderator), Department of Political Science
Sponsored by the Department of Political Science
Canada’s immigration record and multicultural policies are perceived to be some of the most progressive in the world. Is that perception matched with reality? Join the discussion about Canada’s changing immigration policies; do we welcome immigrants with open arms or do we give them the cold Arctic shoulder?
Bios:
Harsha Walia is a South Asian activist, writer and researcher formally trained in law. As an activist, she has been involved in the migrant justice movement for a decade with No One Is Illegal. She has also been involved in anti-racism education and organizing, anti-war and anti-occupation mobilizing, South Asian community work, feminist spaces, and Indigenous and Palestinian solidarity. Her articles, essays and commentaries have appeared in mainstream and alternative journals, newspapers, magazines and books.
Anna Kirova is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Alberta. Most recently, her research focuses on collaborative arts-based research with vulnerable children, and community-based participatory research involving immigrant and refugee children and their families. She has extensive knowledge and has written on the impacts of global migration on children’s education.
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