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.
Sarnia This Week – International Students Searching for a Home
A group of visiting international students is coming to Lambton County this January both to improve their English as well as to hone their skills in the fields of chemical and electrical engineering. Now all they need is a place to stay. Over 20 South Korean students will be making the trip from Seoul to Sarnia early in the new year to participate in a new program offered by Lambton College that will place equal emphasis on language and job skills. The students will stay in Sarnia for six to eight weeks, and will spend half their time in the classroom and half their time in the workplace. “It’s a custom program for Lambton College, it’s a one-of-a-kind thing,” said the college’s Chris Nelson. “The students are future chemical engineers and electrical engineers, and will be job shadowing in businesses that are related to those fields.” But approval for the program just came through, so the college is scrambling to find the students short-term hosts to house them during their time in Canada. Aside from the chance to interact with someone from a different culture, the college will also provide compensation to host families.
Globe and Mail – Australian PM Urged to Go Easy on Refugees after Sydney Siege
Human rights groups and some politicians on Thursday urged Prime Minister Tony Abbott not to use a deadly siege in Sydney as a pretext to crack down on refugees after he repeatedly questioned why the attacker had received political asylum and welfare benefits in Australia. […] Abbott declined to rule out tougher immigration laws in response to the cafe attack when asked by a reporter on Wednesday, and raised unprompted that Monis had been receiving welfare. “I think it’s very important that we carefully consider the security status of people, particularly people who are coming to us from difficult countries and with difficult backgrounds and claiming asylum,” he said. On Thursday, Abbott told a radio interviewer that it was “very annoying and infuriating that people who would do us harm are those who are on social security.” Such comments have alarmed some, who fear the conservative prime minister may seek to exploit the hot button refugee issue for political gain.
Metro News – Federal Economic Approach to Immigration Could “Backfire” in Nova Scotia: Report
Dr. Nisha Waqas never feels like she’s “away from home” thanks to friends and family in Halifax, but is hoping new recommendations from the Atlantic Immigration Research Fund lead to changes that could finally help her practice here. The first symposium of the Atlantic Immigration Research Fund was held in May, and a report on its recommendations was released Thursday at the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia in Halifax. Main points included the need for Nova Scotia to have more immigration powers since the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) emphasis on economic immigration doesn’t work here, better support for international students, and encouraging social immigrants.
Radio-Canada – À 60 ans, il n’a pas d’acte de naissance ou de citoyenneté
À 60 ans, Donovan McGlaughlin, de Dawson City au Yukon, n’en peut plus d’être sans acte de naissance et de lutter pour établir sa citoyenneté canadienne. Il songe à demander le statut de réfugié. Le Yukonnais explique que son père, un Autochtone anarchiste et sa mère blanche ont refusé d’enregistrer sa naissance en 1954, car ils craignaient qu’il soit placé dans un pensionnat autochtone. M. McGlaughlin explique qu’il n’a jamais eu de pièces d’identité gouvernementale et ne peut pas faire de demandes d’emploi, voter, marier la mère de ses trois enfants, ou faire du bénévolat pour leur école. Il ajoute avoir récemment reçu une facture pour soins médicaux de 130 000 $ après avoir subi quatre crises cardiaques. L’homme qui n’existe pas fait une demande au ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration du Canada afin que celui-ci utilise son pouvoir discrétionnaire pour lui accorder la citoyenneté, comme le permet la Loi sur la citoyenneté, explique Nancy Caron, de Citoyennté et Immigration Canada. Celle-ci note toutefois que des informations supplémentaires sont nécessaires pour compléter son dossier et ajoute que le ministère examinera n’importe quelle preuve qui pourrait démontrer que Donovan McGlaughlin a habité au Canada pendant la majorité de sa vie.
Radio Canada International – Travailleurs migrants : « invisibles et jetables » ?
Le 18 décembre marque la journée internationale des migrants, ces 232 millions d’hommes, de femmes et d’enfants de par le monde qui vivaient hors de leur pays natal en 2013. Au Canada, environ une personne sur cinq est née à l’étranger, la plus forte proportion de tous les pays du G8. Et chaque année, quelque 200 000 travailleurs viennent d’ailleurs pour occuper un emploi temporairement. Ceux qui sont peu spécialisés — les travailleurs saisonniers agricoles, les aidants familiaux — vivent dans une « situation de grande vulnérabilité », selon la Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse. Pour sensibiliser la population à leur sort, ils raconteront mercredi leurs expériences par le biais de photos, de peintures et de poèmes sur le thème « Invisibles et jetables », dans le cadre d’une soirée artistique à Vancouver. La cinéaste et militante Marie Boti a fait des enjeux de la migration le sujet de plusieurs de ses documentaires.
Star Phoenix – New Immigrants Do Best in Saskatchewan
The wage gap between Canadian-born citizens and immigrants in Saskatchewan is lower than in any other province, according to a Statistics Canada report. From 2000 to 2010, the low-income rate among immigrants in Saskatchewan dropped significantly. The rate is a number based on StatsCan’s low-income cutoffs for after-tax income. In 2000, “recent immigrants” – those who had been in Canada for less than five years – had a low-income rate of 37.3. Ten years later, the rate was 14.7. […] Although the report didn’t give a detailed analysis of the reasons Saskatchewan’s immigrants are doing better, one of its authors, Feng Hou, said the provincial economy likely played a role. Saskatchewan has the lowest rate of unemployment in the country, and “labour shortage” is entrenched in the current provincial rhetoric. John Hopkins, CEO of the Regina Chamber of Commerce, said the province’s approach to immigration in solving that labour shortage is a factor in the positive StatsCan numbers.
