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.
Le Canada a soudainement annoncé mardi un nouveau report de l’entrée en application de l’autorisation de voyage électronique (AVE), qui sera désormais obligatoire à partir du 10 novembre pour les voyageurs originaires de pays normalement exemptés de visas, tels que les États européens.
The Trudeau government released a review of the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program on Monday amid criticism from groups across the political spectrum that expressed disappointment about how quickly the review was conducted and the recommendations it contained. […] Key points of debate included the report’s recommendations for the government to ease limitations on how many temporary foreign workers businesses can hire and how easily they can access them, and that it provide more access to permanent residency for migrant workers.
Canada places 15th among industrialized countries in accepting refugees, data released Monday shows. The 14 countries that have accepted more refugees than Canada include all Scandinavian countries, most major European countries and the United States. The data, which covered the 12 months between May of 2015 and April of 2016, was published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2951263/these-14-countries-have-taken-more-refugees-than-canada/
Zain Velji has used satire to expose the ignorance behind racist posters that popped up at his alma mater, the University of Alberta, on Monday. […] A URL link to the anti-immigration website, Immigration Watch Canada, appeared on the posters, but the organization issued a statement Tuesday saying it did not sanction the distribution of the posters. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Mayor Don Iveson said whoever is responsible for circulating the posters is “out of step with what almost every Canadian believes.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2016/09/20/racist-posters-create-resilient-response.html
While in New York, Minister McCallum participated in numerous events on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), including the High-Level Meeting on Refugees and Migrants where he delivered the plenary address for Canada. He also participated in a roundtable discussion on how nations can work together to address refugee crises around the world. […] Minister McCallum then attended a private sector forum on migration and refugees, where he spoke of a newly formed joint initiative between Canada, the United Nations Refugee Agency and the Open Society Foundations, aimed at increasing the private sponsorship of refugees around the world.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/business/cnw/release.html?rkey=20160920C7422&filter=5599
Les banques alimentaires de Toronto ont connu une hausse de la demande pour leurs services cette année, en grande partie en raison de l’arrivée de milliers de réfugiés syriens dans la métropole, a rapporté le Globe and Mail. Selon le quotidien, plus de 905 000 personnes ont recours à l’aide des banques alimentaires à Toronto, en hausse de 1% par rapport à l’année dernière et de 13 % […].