Priscilla 기선 Hwang@prisksh

Journalist, @CBCNews in Ottawa; Master of Journalism @Carleton_U; A keener for stories that make me smile (:

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Joined September 2014
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16 Apr 2023
Now for our Freedom of Information journalism prize, sponsored by the Rubin Public Interest Advocacy Fund: Congratulations to our winner, @prisksh of CBC Ottawa!
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Who is idle immigration officer DM10032? "CBC filed an access to info request on internal gov't communications. After a year and a complaint to Canada's information commissioner ... CBC received the documents last month." By @prisksh cbc.ca/1.6801786 #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Immigration bureaucrats rushed to reassign files stuck with idle officer DM10032, emails show | CBC...

Internal emails obtained by CBC News show how senior staff at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada rushed to reshuffle applications stuck in the system for years, pegged to a particular...

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My latest story from Pembroke. Some taxpayers say they're raising eyebrows after learning they're paying the mayor's longtime law firm/business colleague to represent the city. City says there's no bidding process for legal services. cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pe…

Pembroke mayor's law firm colleague is paid to represent the city. Some residents say that's not OK...

A Pembroke, Ont., homeowner says a road plowing dispute with the city snowballed into what she calls a "threatening" letter from the law firm where both the city solicitor and mayor work — a situat...

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An investigation via @NicoleatCBC cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ot…

Boxing Ontario didn't properly investigate alleged abuse by Ottawa coach, boxer says | CBC News

For almost a decade, boxer Kaitlyn Clark says she was groomed, as well as verbally and psychologically abused by her Ottawa-based coach Jill Perry, which led to a serious eating disorder, seizures...

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It's close to 1 year since the emergency travel program launched for Ukrainians & their families. But families told me Canada's inconsistent processing of CUAET visas is splitting them apart / keeping them in precarious living conditions. cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/uk…

Non-Ukrainian family members in limbo awaiting expedited visas | CBC News

Hundreds of families seeking refuge in Canada from the war in Ukraine say a processing discrepancy at Canada's immigration department is breaking up households for months or keeping them stuck...

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100+ Iranian applicants have banded together & shared with me how Canada's Immigration Department @CitImmCanada has been keeping them physically apart for years, amid security concerns/ unrest in Iran. cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ir…

Kept apart for years, Iranian couples decry Canada's heartbreaking immigration delays | CBC News

Dozens of Iranians in Canada who are awaiting their spouse's permanent residency share their heartbreaking stories of years-long separation and mounting worries as the Iranian regime cracks down on...

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Is your commute tough? I followed this Orléans resident yesterday to the grocery store via bus. The store is just a few minutes drive away. Guess how long it took us: cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/br…

People in this 'forgotten' pocket of Orléans say OC Transpo is getting them nowhere fast | CBC News

Residents of Bradley Estates and Trailsedge say they've been left behind by the city's public transit service, and are demanding a fix to the infrequent schedules, circuitous routes and dangerous...

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Here's a story from Orleans. The experience of residents who are neighbours to the Queensway: cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ot…

They've suffered through years of LRT construction with little to no reprieve | CBC News

From cracks in their homes' foundations to rat infestations and sleepless nights, Orléans residents say living next to Ottawa's light rail construction has come with unwelcome consequences for their...

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Another followup from Tuesday’s Pembroke council meeting, where councillors backed up mayor’s decision to disband diversity committee: cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pe…

Residents decry Pembroke ditching diversity committee but vow work will continue | CBC News

Several groups and residents in Pembroke, Ont., are decrying a recent council decision to back up its new mayor and scrap a committee created to address racism and discrimination, calling the move...

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A followup from Pembroke: cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pe…

Pembroke council backs mayor's unilateral decision to axe diversity committee | CBC News

A majority of councillors voted to back up Mayor Ron Gervais's unilateral decision late last year to scrap the city's diversity advisory committee, created two years ago to address racism and...

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Still no answer from @CitImmCanada. But we caught minister @SeanFraserMP @ a scrum this aft. Says assigning people to ex-workers IDs is "ordinary" practice, part of IRCC's "triage strategy" for inventory. Read the update here: cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ir…

Thousands assigned to inactive immigration officers and IDs. Are you one of them? | CBC News

Canada's immigration department has assigned tens of thousands of applicants to immigration officers or placeholder codes that are inactive and no longer working within their system — some who've...

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@thechaiyun had some interesting thoughts on the minister's response...
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Priscilla 기선 Hwang retweeted
Nicole Williams@NicoleatCBC
12 Dec 2022
More incredible work from @prisksh on Canada's troubled department of immigration. cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ir…

Thousands assigned to inactive immigration officers and IDs. Are you one of them? | CBC News

Canada's immigration department has assigned tens of thousands of applicants to immigration officers or placeholder codes that are inactive and no longer working within their system — some who've...

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My latest file from the Ottawa Valley -- New mayor scraps Pembroke diversity committee, shocking residents | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/pe…

New mayor scraps Pembroke diversity committee, shocking residents | CBC News

Some residents in Pembroke, Ont., say they're shocked and disappointed after learning their new mayor scrapped — without notice — a committee created to address racism and discrimination in the...

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An update to my story from this summer: This family's 2-year wait for visitor visa is finally over, but should people have to reapply? | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/vi…

This family's 2-year wait for visitor visa is finally over, but should people have to reapply? |...

Charlotte Clarke waited more than two years for a visa for her mother, Victoria, that others get within weeks. Now she's here, but they want to warn others who are still in limbo.

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Youth protection officials in Nunavik, Que., say they can no longer ensure children's well-being | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…

Youth protection officials in Nunavik, Que., say they can no longer ensure children's well-being |...

The Hudson Bay Dispensary Workers’ Union says social workers have to put in hours of overtime and take in kids who have nowhere else to go because of a shortage of foster families and support.

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Empty park and ride dubbed useless $8M 'cement playground' | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ch…

Empty park and ride dubbed useless $8M 'cement playground' | CBC News

Ottawa's Chapel Hill South park and ride opened in October 2019. Three years later, residents in nearby communities call it a "white elephant" and a waste of their tax dollars.

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Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board has collapsed, expert says | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/la…

Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board has collapsed, landlord says | CBC News

Ontario residents who turn to the Landlord and Tenant Board to resolve a dispute are having to wait eight months for a hearing, on average, and one landlord says the system has collapsed.

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It took great courage and strength for Audrey, Neecha and Kate to share their stories with me & the world. They said they want other women to know they're not alone. cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/bi…

Their newborns were taken at birth. Years later, these women still don't know why | CBC News

Three Ottawa women say they were left traumatized after giving birth in hospitals across Canada, where child welfare authorities threatened to, or actually took their newborns away without explanat...

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