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Tag Archives: Migrant Workers

Mulcair backs ‘outside, objective’ review of in-custody death

February 3, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Federal NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair responded for the first time to a Mexican woman’s death in Canada Border Services Agency custody on Dec. 28, supporting an ongoing coroner investigation.

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24 Hours

Mexican woman dies in Canada Border Services custody

January 27, 2014by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The B.C. Coroners service has confirmed the death of a Mexican national who was being held by Canada Border Services Agency on Dec. 28

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24 Hours, Belleville Intelligencer, Brockville Recorder, Calgary Sun, Canoe.ca, Edmonton Examiner, Edmonton Sun, London Free Press, Sault Star, St Catharines Standard, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Sun

Trust of Care: Migrant women rally around undocumented moms-to-be

September 25, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Amidst hardening rhetoric against “illegal immigrants,” a network of health workers, many refugees themselves, have begun quietly filling gaps faced by non-status women in B.C.

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This Magazine

Deported migrant workers seek apology over ‘dehumanizing’ filmed raids

March 28, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

What Diana Thompson and her eight-year-old daughter hoped could at least be a tearful goodbye turned to sobs of frustration as her husband was evicted from Canada late last night.

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The Tyee

Happy New Year: Stories of 2012

January 2, 2013by David P. Ball Leave a comment

Here’s a look back over some of my key stories of the last year.

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Briarpatch magazine, Canadian Dimension, Georgia Straight, Huffington Post Canada, Indian Country Today Media Network, National Post, rabble.ca, The Toronto Star, This Magazine, Vancouver Observer

Canada unique for lack of xenophobic sentiment in public discourse: Kenney

November 10, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

The immigration minister said that his immigration crackdown — from marriage fraud to human smuggling and what he called the “abuse of Canada’s generosity” — is not driven by ideology or racism.

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The Tyee

A crisis in migrant health

November 8, 2012by David P. Ball Leave a comment

From refugees to temporary foreign workers, migrants are bearing the brunt of health-care cuts in Canada.

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Briarpatch magazine

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About David P. Ball

I BELIEVE IN JOURNALISTS' DUTY TO INFORM, IMPACT & DEFEND DEMOCRACY

I am a reporter with CBC News, Canada's public broadcaster, in Vancouver.

I have experience in podcasting, radio and video storytelling, photojournalism, investigative & digital news.

BYLINES:

CBC. Toronto Star. Agence France-Presse. Globe & Mail. VICE. The Guardian. The Tyee. National Post. South China Morning Post. Times of India.

Previously B.C. correspondent for Agence France-Presse, the world's oldest news service, I also worked in the Toronto Star's B.C. bureau for four years, have hosted podcasts for CFRO 100.5fm and Cited Media, and did investigative and enterprise journalism at TheTyee.ca.

My work has been published in the Globe & Mail, The Guardian, National Post, South China Morning Post, VICE, Le Monde, and the Times of India — and won awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists, Jack Webster Foundation, and Canadian Journalism Foundation.

CAJ Award-Winner & Multiple Finalist

Webster Award Award-Winner & Finalist

CJF Co-winner

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Published in over 100 publications, reaching more than 1.5 billion readers worldwide:

• Globe & Mail
• Toronto Star
• Agence France-Presse
• The Guardian
• National Post
• New York Post
• Daily Mail UK
• VICE
• Ottawa Sun & QMI chain
• iPolitics
• Huffington Post
• Hamilton Spectator
• 24 Hours
• The Tyee
• Georgia Straight
• Xtra!
• Windspeaker
• Extract: Pipeline anthology chapter

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MY PHOTOJOURNALISM:
Published in the Globe & Mail, The Province, New York Post, CBC News, Toronto Star, National Post, Bild am Sonntag (DE), Arsenal Pulp Press, Georgia Straight, Tricity News


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