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.
CBC – B.C. Establishes K-12 Homestay Guidelines for International Students
British Columbia became the first province to introduce guidelines for kindergarten to Grade 12 homestay programs on Friday. Homestays are formal arrangements by international student programs to house international students with approved families during the course of study. Nearly 17,000 students took part in the 2014-15 program, contributing about $400 million to the provincial program. “Our world-class education system continues to attract students from around the globe and these guidelines make the decision to study here even easier,” said Peter Fassbender, B.C.’s minister of community, sport and cultural development. The province wants to expand the program, Fassbender said. The guidelines outline responsibilities for homestay organizers and international student programs. The guidelines include a number of safeguards.
Radio-Canada – Le désespoir des réfugiés Syriens devant des frontières qui se referment
L’Union européenne est aux prises avec une importante crise de l’immigration. Plus de 340 000 migrants ont franchi ses frontières depuis le début de l’année, contre 123 500 à la même période l’an dernier et les pays d’accueil se montrent de plus en plus inflexibles. Catherine Perrin en discute avec la journaliste Anne-Charlotte Hinet, qui a suivi des réfugiés dans leur périple vers la Serbie, ainsi qu’avec Faisal Alazem, directeur du Conseil syro-canadien à Montréal. […] Du côté canadien, Faisal Alazem dément les affirmations du gouvernement, qui dit avoir accueilli 2500 réfugiés syriens depuis le début de la crise : « D’après nos recherches et ce qu’on entend, il n’y a pas beaucoup de réfugiés accueillis. Il y a beaucoup d’obstacles, malheureusement. » Selon lui, le pays s’en remet au système de parrainage privé, qui permet à des citoyens de parrainer des réfugiés, mais celui-ci est lourd et chargé de délai.
TFO – Immigration francophone: Légère tendance à la hausse ces dernières années
Maintes fois dénoncé, le chiffre de 1,46% d’immigration francophone hors Québec au cours de la période 2006-2011 reste anormalement bas. C’est pourtant le plus élevé des dernières années. D’après les chiffres obtenus par #ONfr provenant de l’Enquête nationale auprès des ménages (ENM) réalisée par Statistique Canada en 2011, il y a eu une augmentation de la proportion d’immigrants francophones en dehors de la Belle Province sous les deux premiers mandats de Stephen Harper. Entre 2001 et 2005, les provinces francophones en situation minoritaire n’avaient accueilli que 1,11% de nouveaux arrivants ayant le français comme première langue. Le taux n’était que de 1,03% pour la période 1971-1980, 0,94% (1981-1990) et un creux à 0,85% entre 1991 et 2000. En valeur absolue, les provinces en situation minoritaire ont reçu un total de 13 750 immigrants francophones de 2006 à 2011. C’est mieux en tout cas que les 9 225 arrivés entre 2001 et 2005. Bien que s’étalant sur dix années, les autres périodes ont accueilli un nombre restreint de francophones: 11 435 (1991-2000), 7 705 (1981-1990), et 7 810 (1971-1980).
CBC – Most Seeking Asylum in Europe are Refugees, Not Mere Migrants
The incredible images of people walking across borders, of being tear-gassed with their children and others, of scrambling onto overflowing trains — have forced everyone to see their journeys in a new light. Several media organizations, as well as CBC News, are choosing words other than “migrant” to describe the people arriving on Europe’s shores. That is at the milder end of a whole lexicon that attempts to dehumanize and diminish what these people go through. British Prime minister David Cameron recently called them a “swarm.” The U.K. foreign secretary described them as “marauding.” Some media describe them as a “flood” and a “threat.” A column in Britain’s Sun media went much further, describing them as a “plague of feral humans” and comparing them to “cockroaches.” That drew condemnation from the UN human rights chief, who compared it to the hateful language of Nazis. He said it fed “a vicious cycle of vilification, intolerance and politicization of migrants.” “Migrant” can indirectly contribute to the same effect, but mostly it misleads. One of the most offensive things about it is that it simply denies the chief culprit behind, and the source of, the desperation we’re watching unfold: War.
Calgary Herald – International Exchanges Expose Students to Calgary
Among the many positives the city’s two major public districts — Calgary Board of Education (CBE) and Calgary Catholic — offer is a tolerant environment that respects and celebrates diversity. […] More and more schools are a reflection of increased immigration to Calgary from around the globe, says Liz Spittal-Cote, system assistant principal for English language learners with the CBE’s Learning Services at Kingsland Centre. “About 24 per cent of the student population of more than 117,000 students at Calgary public schools are what we’d classify as English language learners in need of support,” she says. Language support is a key aspect of the educational experience for many students from ethnically diverse backgrounds. […] Many are first generation Canadians too. “These Canadian-born English language learners are now starting to outnumber the foreign-born students,” Spittal-Cote says. “While their parents are immigrants, they were born here, yet there’s another language spoken in the home so they too often require additional support to get the most out of the educational opportunities available to them.” Both the CBE and Calgary Catholic devote significant resources helping students facing language and cultural challenges.
The Tyee – Tougher Immigration Rules Test Conservative Support in Chinese Community
The battle for votes in Vancouver’s large Chinese community is being complicated by deep divisions over immigration issues here and across the Pacific in Hong Kong. Chinese-language radio talk-show hosts say callers are more worked up than ever about the federal election. And their support seems largely determined by where they came from in China and their attitude toward tougher immigration rules introduced by the federal government since the 2011 election. Cantonese-speakers, mainly people from Hong Kong and southern parts of Mainland China, tend to be staunch Conservative supporters. But for Mandarin-speakers, from northern China and Taiwan, new immigration rules have become the focus of opposition to Stephen Harper’s party. It’s an important political battle. About 14.8 per cent of Greater Vancouver residents reported Chinese as a mother tongue in the 2011 census, with 5.8 per cent reporting Cantonese and four per cent Mandarin. Five per cent didn’t specify a Chinese language.
