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 Franco – Tensions entre le conseil et la FRAP
D’un côté, le conseil scolaire Centre-Nord (CSCN); de l’autre, la Francophonie albertaine plurielle (FRAP). Le débat sur l’épineuse question de la diversité ethnoculturelle au sein du personnel enseignant du CSCN se poursuit alors que plusieurs participants au comité ad hoc ont claqué la porte, taxant le conseil scolaire de mauvaise foi. Une pétition lancée à l’automne dernier par diverses personnes issues des milieux communautaires a poussé le CSCN à créer le comité ad hoc Intégration professionnelle pour répondre spécifiquement à un problème considéré criant : la sous-représentativité de la communauté franco-albertaine d’origine africaine auprès du corps professoral des écoles du Centre-Nord. Plusieurs écoles n’avaient ou n’ont encore aucun employé de ce groupe ethnoculturel, selon Jeanne Lehman de la FRAP, invitée autour de la table pour défendre cette communauté qui serait encore la plus vulnérable en Alberta. Par contre, selon le CSCN lors d’un point de presse le 21 mai, « ce sont les méthodes du conseil de prendre des décisions unilatéralement», résume Mme Lehman après avoir mentionné qu’il « établit les règles du jeu et ne se gêne pas de les changer ou de ne pas les respecter».
Windsor Star – Abuses of Temporary Foreign Workers Should Lead to Overhaul of Federal System
Too many migrant workers endure repeated abuses by their Canadian employers because of systemic problems with this country’s temporary foreign worker program, say experts calling for major changes. The renewed call to overhaul the system came this week after a decision from the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario that forced Presteve Foods Ltd., in Wheatley to pay hefty compensation to two Mexican women who faced sexual abuse on the job. The tribunal case, which started in 2008, highlights the staggering power employers have over workers who often face constant threats of deportation if they report any problems, explained Kerry Preibisch, a sociologist who testified before the tribunal about the rampant systemic problems within the program. Migrant workers arriving in Canada are limited to where they can work because of closed permits that tie them to the employer who hired them. That element gives the employer tremendous influence, particularly considering the employer can have workers deported by simply firing them.
CBC – Summer Funding Cut to English Language Program for Immigrants
The federal government has cut summer funding to an English language program for new Canadians, a decision some immigrants say will delay their ability to learn the country’s main language. Funding for the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program, which provides new immigrants a chance to learn English for conversation, business and academics, is provided by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. The federal department recently cut funding in Ottawa to the language schools who run the program. Between 150 and 180 students every year were taking the 12-week summer program offered at Algonquin College in Ottawa. The cut is “unexpected,” according to Sylvia Garcia, who chairs the language institute at Algonquin. Garcia estimates the cut will leave nine part-time instructors out of work. […] A spokesperson for Citizenship and Immigration Canada said funding each year is tied to among other things, the number of immigrants that go to each province, and when the proportion of immigrants that arrive in a given province changes, settlement funding changes to adapt.
Sarnia Observer – Connecting Sarnia-Lambton Immigrant and Newcomer Youth to Sports and Recreation Opportunities
An innovative made-in-Lambton program is helping connect local immigrant and newcomer youth with the county’s range of sports and recreational activities. Under the new immigrant youth engagement project – believed to be the first of its kind in Ontario – recent Sarnia-Lambton immigrants and newcomers can receive financial subsidies to help them try out everything from taekwondo through to music lessons. “Sports are universal to a large degree and they can bring people together,” said Aruba Mahmud, leader of the immigrant youth engagement project. Eligible children can each receive up to $100 if they or a sibling, who is already participating in the program, were born in a different country, or they’re been in Sarnia less than five years. But the county-run program – funded by the Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade – is about much more than financial subsidies. In addition to immigrants and newcomers learning about Canadian past times, Sarnia-Lambton coaches and gym teachers are also receiving their own education. Mahmud has recently led three diversity workshops, teaching coaches and teachers how to properly approach immigrant youth who may need uniform accommodations for religious purposes.
CTV News – EU Migration Plans Criticized by UN Chief, Member Countries
European Union plans to destroy the boats of smugglers bringing desperate migrants across the Mediterranean and share the refugee burden more evenly came under fresh fire Wednesday from within and outside the EU. In an effort to help manage more than 80,000 people who have landed on European shores so far this year, mostly in Italy and Greece, the EU’s executive Commission is proposing to relocate thousands of refugees to other member countries and wants to launch a security operation in the Mediterranean to eliminate the trafficking operations. On a visit to EU’s headquarters, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed doubts about the boat destruction plan and said “the priority should be given to life-saving and strengthening search and rescue.” Ban was also cool toward any EU security operation that would hunt down smugglers in Libyan territorial waters, describing the idea as “limited.” “We need to address all of this in a comprehensive way,” he told reporters. The EU is seeking legal backing for the security operation in the form of a UN Security Council resolution. It would also require the support of Libya.
Global News – Case of Deaf Teenager Denied Immigration to Canada Discussed in House of Commons
The story of Karen Talosig–a Filipina woman working in B.C. who was recently told by Citizenship and Immigration Canada that her daughter was “medically inadmissible” because she’s deaf–has made it all the way to Ottawa. Talosig came to Canada seven years ago in search of a better life and to support her daughter back in the Philippines. She has been trying for five years to bring daughter Jazmine to B.C., but Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) notified her recently that the teenager is considered “medically inadmissible” because she is deaf. The ruling led to a heated exchange in the House of Commons Tuesday. […] Talosig has appealed to Immigration Minister Chris Alexander. As it stands, if Jazmine is refused, Karen will be forced to leave Canada in August. A petition has been set up to ask Alexander to reverse his decision.
