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 – Quebec to Launch Consultation on Immigration and Diversity
The provincial government is getting ready to launch a consultation later this month, asking Quebecers what they think about immigration, diversity and inclusion. The measure comes as the government prepares to overhaul its immigration policy. Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil says one of the biggest challenges that new Quebecers face is finding a job. “Integration into the workforce, recognition of professional competencies — that is always the number one issue and it is the number one issue that we want to address,” Weil told CBC in an exclusive interview. She also said it will be a priority for the province to recognize foreign credentials. […] Weil says if new immigrants can’t find work, they feel shut out and excluded from Quebec society. She says it’s critical employers also be involved in the discussions around the new immigration policy.
Radio-Canada – Les immigrants connaissent-ils assez le français?
Selon les chiffres du ministère québécois de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, c’était en fait 46 % des immigrants admis au Québec en 2004 qui ne connaissaient pas le français. En 2013, le pourcentage d’immigrants qui ne maîtrisaient pas cette langue avait légèrement diminué, s’établissant à 43 %; une variation de trois points de pourcentage (soit 14,2 % qui disaient connaître seulement l’anglais et 28,5 % qui ne connaissaient ni le français ni l’anglais). Parmi les différentes catégories d’immigrants, ceux qui sont admis pour investir, occuper un emploi ou gérer une entreprise connaissent le mieux la langue officielle du Québec, dans une proportion de 70 %. Et de tous les immigrants, les réfugiés sont les plus nombreux à ne pas connaître le français, dans une proportion de près de 60 %. Selon la plus récente étude du Conseil supérieur de la langue française, de nombreux immigrants arrivent au Québec avec la fausse idée qu’ils n’ont pas besoin de connaître le français.
Le Soleil – Charte des droits et libertés: une clause pour mieux lutter contre la haine
Le ministère de la Justice du Québec analyse la possibilité d’ajouter une disposition à la Charte québécoise des droits et libertés de la personne pour mieux lutter contre l’intimidation. En clair, cette disposition prohiberait explicitement «l’incitation publique à la haine pour un motif interdit de discrimination». Jolyane Pronovost, porte-parole de la ministre de la Justice, Stéphanie Vallée, a confirmé au Soleil, lundi, que le Ministère soupèse le pour et le contre de cette idée. Elle émane de la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. Celle-ci l’a suggérée dans un mémoire transmis à la fin de l’année dernière au Secrétariat du Forum sur la lutte contre l’intimidation. L’article 11 de la Charte des droits et libertés de la personne prévoit déjà que «nul ne peut diffuser, publier ou exposer en public un avis, un symbole ou un signe comportant discrimination».
Blackburn News – Perth Huron Newcomer Outreach Grant
The United Way Perth-Huron’s Multicultural Association has received a fifty-thousand dollar Trillium grant for its Newcomer Outreach and Needs Assessment project. Project Manager Mark Hertzberger explains the grant will allow them to visit more communities in Perth and Huron to determine the needs of immigrants when they first arrive. The Project also looks for barriers they might encounter in obtaining services, and tries to identify social needs. Hertzberger points out if immigrants come to a new community but do not feel welcome, they tend to turn to larger cities where they can find people who will include them into the community. Hertzberger adds they’ve built up good working relationships with employment agencies, school boards, and housing agencies to help make newcomers feel welcome in Perth and Huron.
Canadian Immigrant – York University Study Suggests Employers Not Ready for “Express Entry” System
Starting this New Year, Citizenship and Immigration Canada introduced fast-track entry for skilled immigrants, promising their arrival within six months of applying under the electronic system. But will the new “express entry” system succeed? That’s not imminent in the near future, suggests a recent York University study. The study states local organizations are not fully prepared with well-thought-out strategic integration plans for hiring immigrants arriving in the country quickly under the new system. The success of the express entry system — whose inaugural draw to select permanent residency candidates under economic immigration is scheduled for later this month — will depend primarily on Canadian employers’ understanding of these skilled workers in the context of organizational strategy and readiness to integrate them into the company’s existing work culture, says study author professor Jelena Zikic, in the School of Human Resources Management. […] Another key recommendation for facilitating integration of a new skilled immigrant into the workplace is to focus on leveraging their social and professional capitals.
CBC – Immigrant Incomes Show Wide Gaps Between Groups
New data sheds light on just how much money new immigrants are earning after arrival, and the earning gap between different types of immigrants. Statistics Canada examined immigrant tax filings from 2012 and found the median reported annual income for immigrants was $31,000. Immigrants admitted to Canada under family reunification earned a median of $28,000, as did immigrants admitted as refugees. Earnings were significantly higher for immigrants admitted to Canada for economic reasons, including skilled workers, entrepreneurs, investors, and caregivers. That class of immigrants earned a median income of $42,000. Immigrants admitted as the spouses and dependants of those who have gained entry to Canada through economic reasons, earned just $26,000. […] The Statistics Canada data also shows how immigrants’ earnings improve over time. In 2012, an immigrant who had landed in Canada just a year earlier earned a median employment income of just $20,000. Immigrants who had lived in Canada for five years earned $25,000, and those who had come to Canada 10 years earlier earned $31,000.
