Author Archives: Moboluwajidide Joseph

International Women’s Day has its roots in as far back 1909, although the current version we know with its global reach did not emerge until 1977 when it was adopted by the United Nations. Celebrated annually on March 8th, IWD was designed to be a celebration of the achievements of women, and a rallying point […]

~ Not too long back, perhaps a year or two ago, I had to go to Ottawa to get my passport renewed. It was impossibly cold, and I had come unprepared. My phone was unable to connect to data and so I found my way to the Nigerian High Commission by asking passersby for directions. […]

As of the end of 2019, statistics from the 2020 Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Annual Report to Parliament show that 827, 586 international students held valid study permits in Canada. Nevertheless, for what is a large community of individuals who are actively contributing to the economy ($22 billion and 170,000 jobs), international students’ struggles and […]