Research on Statelessness and Canada
Below is a listing of research and advocacy that has been conducted on Canada and statelessness, which includes testimonials from stateless persons.
Budlakoti, Deepan. 2022. Double Punishment and the Importance of Mutual Aid to Promoting Individual and Collective Safety. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.
Statelessness, Forced Isolation and Crimmigration in Canada panel that took place on April 1st 2022 with Deepan Budlakoti, Alex Neve, and Senator Kim Pate.
Jamie Liew. 2022. We Must Not Allow Stateless People to be Made Outsiders. The Globe and Mail.
Patti Tamara Lenard. 2022. The Injustice of Statelessness in Canada. University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy Studies blog.
Adnan Khan. 2021. Citizen of Nowhere: The Complicated Limbo of Deepan Budlakoti. The Walrus.
Read a letter by Deepan Budlakoti regarding his experience as a stateless person in detention.
*This letter is for informational purposes only. Although Deepan's experiences may be similar to that of other stateless persons in detention, our post does not constitute an endorsement of or an agreement with any of the opinions expressed. CCS bears no responsibility for the accuracy of the content. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.
Jamie Liew. 2020. The Law's Broken Promises to Stateless Persons. Brown Journal of World Affairs.
Jocelyn Kane. 2019. Statelessness in Canada: A study on the situation of stateless persons in Canada. UNHCR Canada.
Daiva Stasilius. 2017. The Extraordinary Statelessness of Deepan Budlakoti: The Erosion of Canadian Citizenship Through Citizenship Deprivation. Studies in Social Justice. Download the report here.
Delphine Nakache and Yves le Bouthillier. 2016. Le droit de la citoyenneté au Canada. Éditions Yvon Blais. Click here for more information.
Gregg Erauw. 2015. Compatibility of the 1954 Convention Relating to The Status Of Stateless Persons With Canada’s Legal Framework And Its International Human Rights Obligations. The paper can be accessed here.
Jocelyn Kane. 2013. The Social Construction of Statelessness in Canada: A Study of National Media 1930-2011
Jocelyn's Ryerson University Master of Arts major research paper explored notions of knowledge production and narratives of truth surrounding statelessness in Canada.
Amanda Cheong. 2012. Changing Conceptions of Citizenship Among Stateless Chinese-Bruneian Immigrants in Vancouver. Amanda's University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts thesis was chosen by the UNHCR Statelessness Research Award Jury as the Best Research in the Undergraduate Category.
UNHCR. 2012. Proceedings of a Roundtable on Statelessness: Statelessness in the World and in the Canadian Context
In 2012, the UNHCR held a Roundtable "aimed to outline the contemporary situation of statelessness in the world, present the most common legislative gaps and challenges, such as obstacles to the enjoyment of human rights and the lack of durable solutions, and advocate for universal accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions." The paper can be accessed here.
Andrew Brouwer. 2012. Stateless in the Canadian Context: An Updated Discussion Paper
Prepared for the UNHCR, this paper is an updated version of the 2003 paper Statelessness in Canadian Context, also written by Andrew Brouwer. The 2012 version details the legislative and policy changes pertaining to citizenship and statelessness in Canada since 2003. The paper can be accessed here.
Andrew Brouwer. 2003. Stateless in Canadian Context. The paper can be accessed here.
Below is a listing of research and advocacy that has been conducted on Canada and statelessness, which includes testimonials from stateless persons.
Budlakoti, Deepan. 2022. Double Punishment and the Importance of Mutual Aid to Promoting Individual and Collective Safety. Journal of Prisoners on Prisons.
Statelessness, Forced Isolation and Crimmigration in Canada panel that took place on April 1st 2022 with Deepan Budlakoti, Alex Neve, and Senator Kim Pate.
Jamie Liew. 2022. We Must Not Allow Stateless People to be Made Outsiders. The Globe and Mail.
Patti Tamara Lenard. 2022. The Injustice of Statelessness in Canada. University of Ottawa Centre for International Policy Studies blog.
Adnan Khan. 2021. Citizen of Nowhere: The Complicated Limbo of Deepan Budlakoti. The Walrus.
Read a letter by Deepan Budlakoti regarding his experience as a stateless person in detention.
*This letter is for informational purposes only. Although Deepan's experiences may be similar to that of other stateless persons in detention, our post does not constitute an endorsement of or an agreement with any of the opinions expressed. CCS bears no responsibility for the accuracy of the content. Please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for more information.
Jamie Liew. 2020. The Law's Broken Promises to Stateless Persons. Brown Journal of World Affairs.
Jocelyn Kane. 2019. Statelessness in Canada: A study on the situation of stateless persons in Canada. UNHCR Canada.
Daiva Stasilius. 2017. The Extraordinary Statelessness of Deepan Budlakoti: The Erosion of Canadian Citizenship Through Citizenship Deprivation. Studies in Social Justice. Download the report here.
Delphine Nakache and Yves le Bouthillier. 2016. Le droit de la citoyenneté au Canada. Éditions Yvon Blais. Click here for more information.
Gregg Erauw. 2015. Compatibility of the 1954 Convention Relating to The Status Of Stateless Persons With Canada’s Legal Framework And Its International Human Rights Obligations. The paper can be accessed here.
Jocelyn Kane. 2013. The Social Construction of Statelessness in Canada: A Study of National Media 1930-2011
Jocelyn's Ryerson University Master of Arts major research paper explored notions of knowledge production and narratives of truth surrounding statelessness in Canada.
Amanda Cheong. 2012. Changing Conceptions of Citizenship Among Stateless Chinese-Bruneian Immigrants in Vancouver. Amanda's University of British Columbia Bachelor of Arts thesis was chosen by the UNHCR Statelessness Research Award Jury as the Best Research in the Undergraduate Category.
UNHCR. 2012. Proceedings of a Roundtable on Statelessness: Statelessness in the World and in the Canadian Context
In 2012, the UNHCR held a Roundtable "aimed to outline the contemporary situation of statelessness in the world, present the most common legislative gaps and challenges, such as obstacles to the enjoyment of human rights and the lack of durable solutions, and advocate for universal accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions." The paper can be accessed here.
Andrew Brouwer. 2012. Stateless in the Canadian Context: An Updated Discussion Paper
Prepared for the UNHCR, this paper is an updated version of the 2003 paper Statelessness in Canadian Context, also written by Andrew Brouwer. The 2012 version details the legislative and policy changes pertaining to citizenship and statelessness in Canada since 2003. The paper can be accessed here.
Andrew Brouwer. 2003. Stateless in Canadian Context. The paper can be accessed here.