Media Roundup

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.


The Windsor Star – International Students Boost Windsor Region’s Schools, Economy

Educating international students has become one of Windsor’s major areas of growth, a trend with short-term and long-term payoffs that some see as an area of untapped economic potential. At the University of Windsor 3,015 foreign students from 90 countries make up 20 per cent of the population on campus and pay an equal proportion of the school’s operating budget. It ranks among the most diverse universities in Ontario, where on average 11 per cent of the student population is from abroad.

http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/international-students-boost-windsor-regions-schools-economy

CBC – Alan Kurdi’s Family Opens Hair Salon in Canada

The family that has become the face of the Syrian refugee crisis has hit another milestone — Tima Kurdi and her brother Mohammad, who just arrived in Canada, have opened a hair salon in Port Coquitlam, B.C. On Dec. 28, Mohammad Kurdi, his wife and five children arrived at Vancouver International Airport to be welcomed by Tima and four other people, who each put up $5,000 to sponsor the family in Canada.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/tima-kurdi-opens-hair-salon-with-refugee-brother-mohammad-working-beside-her-1.3387473

CBC – Tensions Linger for Hong Kong Immigrants 2 Decades After Mass Immigration

In the late 1980s and early 90s, the special administrative region of Hong Kong was the largest source of overseas immigrants to B.C. At the peak in 1994, 48,000 people moved to Canada, with 16,000 choosing to settle in B.C. The pace of change that came with this wave of immigration was a source of anxiety for many people, not just the new immigrants. […] It’s a debate that some say is being rehashed today, with accusations that foreign buyers are driving up property prices in the Lower Mainland. The 2015 version of the debate is just as destructive.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hong-kong-immigration-1.3386573

Times Colonist – At Dawn of 2016, Refugee, Migrant Flows into Europe Look Set to Continue, Response Patchy

More than a million people reached Europe in 2015 in the continent’s largest refugee influx since the end of World War II — a crisis that has tested European unity and threatened the vision of a borderless continent. Nearly 3,800 people are estimated to have drowned in the Mediterranean last year, making the journey to Greece or Italy in unseaworthy vessels packed far beyond capacity.

http://www.timescolonist.com/at-dawn-of-2016-refugee-migrant-flows-into-europe-look-set-to-continue-response-patchy-1.2143157

The Record – How Response to Syrian Refugee Crisis Went from 10,000 in Three Years to 10,000 in Three Months

When the Conservative government promised, in January 2015, to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees over three years, Liberal MP John McCallum didn’t buy it. The Conservatives were under pressure to address the ongoing refugee crisis created by the Syrian civil war — millions of people were on the move and refugee settlements were bursting at the seams.

http://www.therecord.com/news-story/6215561-how-response-to-syrian-refugee-crisis-went-from-10-000-in-three-years-to-10-000-in-three-months/