Migrant Nation S3 E5: Grad Students are loosing status - Canada is waisting talent (2026-05-22)

🎙️ Listen to the show from Friday May 22nd of Migrant Nation — The Voice of Migrants in North America ! 🎓 Did you know that many international graduate students and researchers in Canada are facing growing uncertainty around immigration status, permits, and pathways to remain in the country — despite contributing enormously to research, education, and innovation? Today on Migrant Nation, we will discuss how immigration policies are impacting graduate students, researchers, and academic workers across Canada, and why so much talent is being pushed away. 🎧 Our guest: Doctor Itzayana Gutiérrez Arillo 👩‍🏫 About our guest: Itzayana Gutiérrez Arillo is a historian, curator, and postdoctoral fellow in Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University. Their research explores anti-Asian racism, media history, migration, print culture, and transcultural belonging across the Americas and Asia. Their work includes research on graphic media, racial violence in print culture, queer underground archives, and historical relationships between Asia and Latin America. They have contributed to international publications, digital exhibits, and museum projects, including collaborations with McGill University, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, and the Museo Barroco Internacional. 🎧 Don’t miss this important episode of Migrant Nation — What Migrants Need to Know! 🗓 When: Friday 22 May 2026 | 5:00 PM (EST) 📻 Where: CKUT 90.3FMT 90.3 FM & CiTR 101.9 FM 🔗 Listen podcast: CKUT Live Stream https://ckut.ca/archive-player/?id=29656 📞 Join the conversation live: 📱 Call: +1 514 448 4013 📧 Email: conseilmigrant+[email protected] 💬 Facebook: Conseil Migrant https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BwsYWZ1c2/ 📣 How you can help: ✅ Share this post and invite others to tune in ✅ Repost via Facebook: @MigrantNationMigrant ✅ Tag international students, researchers, and migrant workers ✅ Encourage universities and community organizations to share through their networks