Une alliance nationale visant à fournir une base factuelle pour l'établissement et l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants, ainsi que pour la promotion de communautés accueillantes au Canada
La revue de presse fournit des liens aux articles récents et archivés, à la fois en anglais et en français, sur l’immigration et la diversité lesquels ont été publiés dans les média locaux et nationaux. Il y a également des articles internationaux. Cette section est mise à jour hebdomadairement.
Global News – ‘Gone in the flames’: 20 Years After Coming to Nova Scotia in the Kosovar Airlift
It has been 20 years since a brutal civil war broke out in the small European territory of Kosovo. It was during the civil war that Canada opened its doors to over 5,500 refugees through Operation Parasol. Nova Scotia played a key part with about half of the refugees landing in the province. When stability returned to Kosovo, about one-third of the refugees chose to return home while the rest made the decision to stay and rebuild their lives in Canada.
CBC News – Suspension of Quebec Graduate Program Leaves International Students in Limbo
“We don’t want you here.” That’s the message Fernanda Pérez Gay Juárez says she is left with, after learning Quebec has suspended, until at least November, a program to fast-track immigration applications from recent graduates of a post-secondary institution in the province. Pérez Gay Juárez is a medical doctor from Mexico who just graduated from McGill University with a PhD in neuroscience. Her dream is to do her residency in psychiatry here in Quebec — but to do that she needs her permanent resident status.
Toronto Star – New Immigration Program Offers Migrant Farm Workers Pathway to Permanent Residence
The Agri-Food Immigration Pilot announced Friday is open to those who work year-round in meat processing, mushroom and greenhouse crop production and raising livestock. However, to be eligible for permanent residence, they must have 12 months of full-time experience in those areas, enough English or French proficiency to take part in short everyday conversations, a high school education and a job offer.
La Presse – Immigration : les étudiants étrangers diplômés au Québec expulsés de la voie rapide
Sans faire de bruit, le gouvernement de François Legault vient de suspendre un programme qui permettait aux étudiants étrangers diplômés d’une université québécoise d’immigrer par la voie rapide. L’annonce a été faite par le truchement de la Gazette officielle du Québec. On apprend dans ce document hautement technique la suspension temporaire immédiate du programme qui permet depuis 2010 aux nouveaux diplômés d’obtenir en quelques semaines seulement un certificat de sélection du Québec, premier pas vers l’obtention de la résidence permanente au pays.
CBC News – $200K Savings Lost After Immigration Lawyer Terminated, Says Man Who Hoped to Immigrate from China
A man who hoped to immigrate to Canada from China says his family has lost their life savings after transferring $200,000 to Winnipeg immigration lawyer Paul Hesse, in the hope it would improve their chances of gaining permanent residency in Canada. The man and his family — including his wife, a newborn baby and a seven-year-old daughter — are all living in Winnipeg on visitor visas.
CBC News – Quebec’s New Plan to Fix Labour Shortage Will Create ‘Two-Tiered’ Immigration System, Ottawa Warns
Immigrants to Quebec seeking to bring extended family to Canada may have to wait at least twice as long to be reunited with them if François Legault goes forward with a new plan to take in more immigrants hand-picked to meet the province’s labour needs. That warning about increased wait times for family reunification came Thursday from the federal government and from an association of immigration lawyers in Quebec.
