Nova Scotia Advocate Seeks Refugee Status
Filed by dentedbluemercedes
August 4, 2010
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/ns-advocate-seeks-refugee-status/Tanya Bloomfield came to Canada on Oct 2006. Putting down roots in Nova Scotia, she started doing volunteer work for a number of causes. She oversaw LGBT support and youth groups, and became Sponsorships Director at Halifax Pride in 2008. She started a business in Chester, NS which found its niche and has been doing well.
Quite famously in her community, she ran the 10k Blue Nose Marathon barefoot, to raise thousands of dollars for the Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church in Halifax.
At the start of 2009, a relationship broke down, invalidating her spousal sponsorship application. She then applied for a Temporary Resident Permit. Despite a number of follow-up attempts, it "fell through the cracks," and a second application was made — Citizenship and Immigration Canada refused to review it. On Thursday, she applied for refugee status.
