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.
National Post – Bizarre Case of ‘Unknown Person’ Keeps Its Secrets as Immigration Board Blocks Public’s Access
The mystery of the Unknown Person may never be publicly solved after the Immigration and Refugee Board made hearings on the case private as an “accommodation” to his legal counsel’s concern the unidentified, imprisoned man “may disclose information that would be harmful to his own case.” The man, designated as “the Unknown Person” by the courts, has been behind bars for more than six years because he refuses to reveal his true identity.
CBC News – Winnipeg Yazidi Community Calls for Car Seat Donations After Crash Killed Refugee Girl
Members of Winnipeg’s Yazidi community are banding together to get more car seats in the vehicles of refugee families after a five-year-old Yazidi girl died in a crash last week. The girl died Wednesday after the van she was in with her two sisters and mother collided head-on with another vehicle on Dalhousie Drive near Pembina Highway. The mother was uninjured; her two other girls were kept in hospital for a time. Only two car seats were found in the van.
CBC News – Early and Diverse Friendships Lead to Better Income for Immigrants: StatsCan Study
Khan’s story of friendship opening doors to an economic opportunity down the road is supported by a new study released by Statistics Canada. It examined immigrants between the ages of 25 to 54 who arrived in Canada in 2001 and studied how their social capital — defined by their network of relatives, friends and community ties — influenced their employment income over a period of 15 years. The study found that having friends in Canada led to higher employment income in the long term.
La Presse – Laïcité : les commissions scolaires se dissocient de la CSDM
La Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec (FCSQ) se dissocie de son membre le plus influent en annonçant son intention d’appliquer la nouvelle Loi sur la laïcité de l’État dès la rentrée 2019 dans les écoles du Québec. La semaine dernière, la Commission scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) a adopté une résolution afin de tenir des consultations auprès des parents, des conseils d’établissements et des syndicats avant d’apporter les modifications nécessaires à ses règlements internes.
Radio-Canada – Info – Le Mexique redouble d’efforts pour arrêter les migrants se dirigeants aux Etats-Unis
Les autorités mexicaines ont redoublé d’efforts ce week-end pour dissuader les migrants de traverser le Mexique pour se rendre aux États-Unis en en détenant une centaine dans le sud du pays et en stationnant des gardes nationaux le long du Rio Grande dans le nord. À Arriaga, une ville de l’État du Chiapas, une centaine de migrants ont été emmenés dimanche en détention dans des autobus, tandis qu’une télévision locale a rapporté que 146 autres ont été interpellés dans une maison privée dans l’État central de Querétaro.
CBC News – Confusion, Questions as Quebec Schools Forced to Apply Ban on Religious Symbols
Lisa Starr’s job is to find internships for prospective teachers. Her task for next fall just got more complicated, now that Quebec’s ban on religious symbols has been passed into law. While classes are finished for the summer, Starr said several university students who wear religious symbols have contacted her to find out whether their school placement will still go ahead next fall. She said it’s not clear if the ban applies to student teachers, who aren’t yet public employees.
