Immigration To Canada: Residential School

Canada Dept: Rethinking immigration: The case for the 400,000 solution A girl washes before school at Prerna, a residential school for marginalized girls in India The Breaking Caste, according to Globe and Mail. One is an exhaustive look at immigration to Canada including where the next Canadians will come from, how Canada can compete globally for the best and brightest and how Canada must change to foster equality for all residents. Led by demographics reporter Joe Friesen, the series was short-listed in the category of explanatory reporting by a medium-sized news organization. Breaking Caste a series of articles by Stephanie Nolen, The Globe s India correspondent looks at the dissonance between India s rising status as a 21st-century power and the miserable reality for people left, because of their ancestry, at the bottom of the social order. The project was shortlisted in the category of features by a medium-sized news organization and video: Activist dreams of turning India s poorest girls into agents of change Emily Hughes, 9, holds up a Canadian flag during a Canadian Citizenship ceremony in Ottawa on Sept. 29, 2010. Hughes along with her parents came from England to Canada in 2005. Pawel Dwulit for The Interactive Video: On first day of school, a door opens to a better future for India s poorest girls (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.