Janice Dickson

Ottawa said it would resettle 40,000 Afghan refugees, but many who believe they are eligible for resettlement in Canada have not heard back and feel abandoned

One year after the Taliban takeover, Afghans who formerly worked for Canada have told The Globe and Mail they feel completely abandoned

Canada’s largest aid agencies say that because Ottawa considers the Taliban a terrorist group, a law prohibiting financing of terrorism significantly impedes their work

Mohammad Salim Saberi said he’s in hiding while he continues to wait for word from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada on whether he will be approved for resettlement

The new immigration plan announced on Tuesday focuses on addressing labour shortages and an aging population

Now living in Peshawar and running out of money, the families still don’t know if they will be accepted for resettlement in Canada as part of the 40,000 Afghans the IRCC promised would be accepted

The entire NGO sector in the country consists of about 55,000 staff members, of whom most are Afghans and 28 per cent are women

The report says decades of discrimination against Indigenous peoples have led to ‘widespread abuses that persist across Canada’

Mursal Nabizada, one of nine Afghan women lawmakers that MPs were trying to bring to Canada, was killed in her home

Dr. Beth Van Schaack’s office is responsible for advancing efforts around justice and accountability, says there’s a whole ‘ecosystem’ focused on justice for Ukrainians

The federal government agreed last month to repatriate six Canadian women and 13 children who spent years detained in these camps in northeast Syria

Wahid Ibrahimi, who worked as a security guard at the Canadian embassy in Kabul, fled with his family to Pakistan when the Taliban took over. Advocacy group Operation Abraham helped get them to safety

77 aid organizations pen letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland asking the government to commit to a predictable three-year boost to reach $10-billion by 2025

Several aid organizations have written an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, urging Ottawa to increase international assistance beyond last year’s $8.15-billion

Women in Honduras share stories of seeking medical care for their pregnancies, only to be forced to forfeit their reproductive rights

Roman Oleksiv lost his mother and suffered severe burns to 80 per cent of his body after a pair of Russian missiles struck the centre of Vinnytsia in July, 2022

As Russian attacks cut off their water and power, and children and grandchildren take shelter elsewhere, many elderly Ukrainians are staying behind in increasingly bad situations

As hundreds share their stories, investigators work to determine if soldiers are using sexual violence strategically, which could open the door to prosecuting senior-level Russian officials

Performing as the war with Russia continues comes with challenges, but the show goes on to raise support

Ukraine and Russia frequently blame each other for shelling around the plant, and there have been a number of such accusations this week