Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has announced a new cap on international students. In 2024, IRCC aims to issue 360,000 study permits, a 35% reduction from 2023. This announcement comes on the heels of a doubling of the cost-of-living requirement, whereby international students coming to study in any province except Quebec have to demonstrate […]

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The recent climate migration deal between Australia and Tuvalu has been touted as providing a “lifeline” to the people of the South Pacific nation, who face existential threats from rising sea levels and climate change. The Australia-Tuvalu Falepili Union treaty, signed in November 2023, is the world’s first bilateral agreement on climate mobility. Under the […]

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Bayanihan, the indigenous Filipino custom of group work, has been weaponized by President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines to advance his own power. Historically, bayanihan refers to the Filipino tradition of a community coming together to help families physically lift their wooden houses from one location to another. Now the term refers more to volunteering. […]

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