Public Debate | International Students and Migrant Workers: Challenge and Perpective

Over the last two decades, the number of international students and migrant workers has been constantly increased, and they have been exposed to complex challenges. Particularly since 2024, the government of Canada put in place numerous changes in the immigration programs, further restricting their conditions of entry and stay in Canada. Within the on-going election campaigns of the federal government, the immigration policy is also one of the main issues of political and social debate. In this context, this public debate is organized to share common concerns of international students and migrant workers and advance collective reflection for a better future.

Program

• Immigration policy : recent changes and electoral issues (Cheolki Yoon, Saint Paul University)
• Roundtable 1: international students (university student associations in the Ottawa-Gatineau region)
• “Canada has destroyed me”: presentation of the Amnesty International investigation report on the exploitation of migrant workeres in Canada (Marisa Berry Méndez, Amnesty International Canada francophone)
• Table ronde 2: migrant workers (Canadian Labour Congress, Migrant Rights Network & Migrante Canada-Migrante Ottawa)
• Language: French & English with interpretation

Organized by Saint Paul University Student Association, School of Social Communication of Saint Paul University, Amnesty International Canada francophone and Immigrant Workers Centre.