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.
The Globe and Mail – Somalis Share Lessons with Refugees on Transitioning to Canadian Life
Advice pours out when the topic of Syrians comes up. What emerges from these discussions with Somalis in Toronto is a picture of how complex and sustained any successful refugee integration must be. A constellation of people has to be involved, from the usual suspects (teachers, settlement workers, the refugees themselves) to informal and sometimes unwilling actors, such as landlords, police, the legal profession, even pharmacists and grocers.
Metroland Media York Region – Vaughan Organization Playing Key Role in Refugee Settlement
While the arrival of planeloads of government-sponsored Syrian refugees the last two weeks garnered loads of media attention, a Vaughan-based organization has been quietly helping dozens of people who fled their war-torn homeland settle in Canada for the past few months. Humanity First Canada, a humanitarian relief organization headquartered in Concord, plans to bring more than 300 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of 2016.
CBC – Housing Fund Created for Refugees Could Help Other Canadians
There’s hope that private sector contributions to a national housing fund for refugees could leave a legacy beyond the needs of the newcomers now arriving from the Middle East. Earlier this week federal Immigration Minister John McCallum met with some Canadian business leaders and launched a $50 million dollar challenge to the private sector to raise money for affordable housing for Syrian refugees.
The Globe and Mail – True Test of Canadian Citizenship is in How We Welcome Syria’s Refugees
For decades Canada has been relying on immigration to do more than enrich the country, in just about every way imaginable – culture and cuisine, aesthetics and fashion, to name a few. We’ve also used the recent annual average 250,000 new arrivals to keep our economy prosperous by countering otherwise dropping birth rates.This pattern isn’t only going to continue; it will accelerate. So much so that, by 2030, it is expected that all population growth will result from immigrants.
CBC – Phone Scammers Target Newcomers to Canada, Pretending to be Immigration Officials
A Toronto woman almost became the victim of an elaborate scam targeting newcomers after she received a phone call Thursday from someone purporting to be from Citizenship and Immigration Canada demanding payment of a $2,500 fine. […] The department has issued several public service alerts this year telling new immigrants to be wary of these types of calls.
CBC – Edmonton-Sponsored Syrian Refugees will Attempt to Enter Canada for the Third Time
A Syrian refugee family bound for Edmonton will attempt to fly to Canada on Sunday after being denied entry twice in less than two weeks, says a member of the St. Joseph’s College group sponsoring the family. Father Glenn McDonald, who has been working closely with the family, told CBC Friday he’s amazed by the perseverance and resilience of the Syrian family.
