ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to thank Furio De Angelis, UNHCR Representative in Canada, for his trust, encouragement and valuable feedback throughout this project, as well as Nadia Williamson, Rana Khan, Denise Otis and Michael Casasola of UNHCR Canada for their support of this endeavour. The author would also like to thank: Andrew Brouwer for his input in the formation of this project and his influential research on statelessness in Canada, upon which this report draws its inspiration; Jocelyn Kane, Director of the Canadian Centre on Statelessness, for her ideas in the conception of this project; and Zhengxiao (Roy) Yang and Vlado Hajtol for their knowledge, assistance and guidance on legal matters that the author was less familiar. iv