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The St. Louis: a ship no one was waiting for
In 1939, Canada refused to take in more than 900 Jewish refugees from the liner St. Louis. In 2018, Ottawa apologized to them.
ReadThe head tax: the price of a door
From 1885 to 1923, Chinese immigrants had to pay to enter Canada. In 2006, Ottawa offered a full apology.
ReadThe machine does not refuse alone
Ottawa requires its departments to assess the risks of their algorithms before using them, and to keep a human in the loop when the answer is no.
ReadWhen the "nationality" box becomes a suspicion
In the Netherlands, a tax algorithm treated foreign nationality as a sign of fraud. Tens of thousands of parents were wrongly accused, and a government fell.
ReadArrested at a wedding, on Dante Street
In 1940, Italian Canadians were interned without charge. In 2021, the prime minister offered an official apology in the House of Commons, beginning with a Montreal story.
ReadThe diploma in the drawer
Nearly one in three recent immigrants with a degree says they are overqualified for their job; Quebec is trying to speed up recognition of skills acquired elsewhere.
ReadThe tontine, a bank of trust
Rotating savings circles from Africa and its diasporas show how mutual trust can replace interest and credit.
ReadGrowing old far from your language
Nearly one Canadian senior in five feels lonely. For those who immigrated as adults, loneliness often has the accent of a language no one around them speaks anymore.
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