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.
Forbes – As Trump and Congress Fail Dreamers, Canada Might Be an Option for Some
The future is uncertain for the so-called Dreamers who came to the United States as children, and many are looking for other options. Enter Canada. There is one program that could help at least some Dreamers out of their quandry. It is the Canadian Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker Program. In theory at least, within six months of applying a Dreamer with the right qualifications could be landed in Canada by applying through Express Entry.
Winnipeg Free Press – Refugee Board Questioned Over Sexual Orientation Issues
The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada needs to do a better job of training its members to deal with sexual orientation and gender identity cases, a standing committee on citizenship and immigration in Ottawa heard Tuesday. “It is not uncommon for IRB members to ask why a lesbian has children or is married to a man,” Mike Tutthill, executive director of Winnipeg’s Rainbow Resource Centre, said in his presentation to the committee looking into the board’s appointment, training and complaint processes.
CBC News – Rural Towns Wrestle with Stacks of PNP Applications
Some smaller communities in rural P.E.I. are struggling to manage the workload they’ve taken on as endorsing communities for the provincial nominee program. The P.E.I. office of immigration has signed agreements with 14 communities, towns or cities across rural P.E.I. since November to participate in the PNP business impact program as endorsing communities. Andrew Daggett, chief administrative officer for Montague, said the community is grateful for the opportunity to attract new business development, but he is surprised by the amount of interest the town has received.
CTV News – Iranians in Canada Frustrated by Delays in Permanent Residency Application Process
Hundreds of Iranians living in Canada have united in their effort to pressure the federal government into addressing what they say are inexplicable delays with their permanent residency applications. According to participants in the #DelayedIranianApplications movement, there are at least 200 Iranians currently awaiting word on their application and their wait times have been considerably longer than those of applicants from other countries. The inexplicable delay has them facing an uncertain future and questioning whether they are being discriminated against.
Toronto Star – ‘I’m Not Trying to Be a Doctor. I Just Want to Cut Men’s Hair’
With a diploma and more than 15 years of experience as a barber in Iraq, Benjamin Gbo’s dream is to open his own shop in Toronto to support his family. But he can’t even cut anyone’s hair in a salon without a hairstylist licence in Ontario. A native of Mosul, Gbo has made five failed attempts at the hairstylist exam mandated by the Ontario College of Trades, the professional regulatory body of 23 compulsory skilled trades in the province.
Montreal Gazette – Deportation of Lucy Francineth Granados, Scheduled for Tuesday, Postponed
The deportation of Lucy Francineth Granados, an undocumented Guatemalan woman who has been living in Quebec for years, has been postponed. Granados was hospitalized on Monday because she was under a lot of stress and lost consciousness, said Viviana Medina of the Immigrant Workers Centre, which handled her case with immigration authorities. Due to her health and hospitalization, Granados’s deportation was postponed but not cancelled, Medina said.
