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 – “Polite Racism,” Inequality Still Linger in N.S., Say Minority Groups
Nova Scotians have a reputation for being friendly and welcoming people, but many minority groups say if you scratch the surface, there’s still plenty of racism and discrimination in this province. The African Nova Scotian community has long felt the burden of systematic racism, says Sunday Miller. Miller was born in Yarmouth and attended Dalhousie University. She has worked as a microbiologist and directed many not-for-profit organizations and is now the executive director of the Africville Heritage Trust. […] In an October 2014 report published by Immigration Settlement and Immigration Services of Halifax, lead author Carmen Celina Moncayo studied newcomer mental health. For the 94 people surveyed, racism played a large role in poor mental health. Women who wear the hijab reported sometimes feeling hated and disrespected, refugee claimants felt they were treated as criminals, and African parents said people assumed they were abusive to their children. Many of the respondents also said they faced difficulty in getting a job, even if they had both Canadian and overseas experience.
Georgia Straight – The 1,700 Page FOI Response Package on the Jiménez Case that CBSA took Nine Months to Release
In January 2014, Mexican journalist Karla Lottini revealed that an immigrant named Lucia Vega Jiménez had committed suicide while in the custody of Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Almost immediately after, a number of Vancouver journalists began filing freedom of information requests for documents related to CBSA’s handling of Jiménez’s apprehension and subsequent death. Federal legislating states that requests filed under the Access to Information Act should be answered within 30 days. Yet CBSA did not release one page related to the Jiménez case until more than nine months after journalists’ filed their requests. Some media outlets received and reported on the package of documents on Monday (November 10) while, interestingly, others are still waiting for them. Since this FOI request is now completed, anybody should be able to obtain a copy of the response package by contacting the CBSA access to information and privacy office.
Globe and Mail – Cold-Weather Courses Break Ice for Immigrants New to Canadian Winters
Winter looms large in the Canadian immigration experience, especially as the country’s source of immigrants changes. The largest group of newcomers to Canada is now from Asia and the Middle East. In the last census, the share of immigration from warm-weather regions like Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America increased. Winter is rarely the reason newcomers say they love their adopted country. In a 2007 survey, Statistics Canada asked new immigrants what they disliked the most about living in Canada; 27 per cent said the climate, ahead of lack of job opportunities and high taxes. Asked the greatest challenge they faced, 16 per cent said it was Canada’s weather.
CBC – Canadian Attitudes Toward Immigrants Conflicted, Poll Says
Canadians have conflicted thoughts about immigrants when it comes to their roles in society and the workforce, according to a CBC News survey designed to capture attitudes on discrimination. Statistics Canada figures indicate there were 6.8 million foreign-born residents in Canada as of 2011. That represents 20.6 per cent of the population, giving Canada the highest proportion of foreign-born residents in the G8 group of industrialized nations. Although Australia, which is not in the G8, has an even higher rate at 26.8 per cent. Canada “is a welcoming place for all ethnicities,” according to 75 per cent of respondents to the CBC News survey. However, responses became more divided when questions turned to specifics, such as the economy. Across the country, 79 per cent of respondents said they would be comfortable both employing or working for someone of a different ethnic background. A much smaller group — 55 per cent — “agreed” or “strongly agreed” that immigrants are “very important to building a stable Canadian economic future.” But the survey also found that 30 per cent of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that “immigrants take jobs from Canadians.”
Le Soleil – Régionalisation de l’immigration: les organismes tirent le diable par la queue
Dans le concert de mécontentement qui se fait entendre à l’égard des choix que va prendre le gouvernement du Québec pour atteindre l’équilibre budgétaire, voilà que les organismes de régionalisation de l’immigration se manifestent. Ils sont évidemment inquiets des effets qu’auront les compressions attendues dans un réseau fortement fragilisé en raison d’une situation de sous-financement chronique qui s’éternise. Directrice générale de l’organisme Intégration communautaire des immigrants de Thetford Mines, Éva Lopez a vu son financement fondre de 140 000 $ à 49 000 $ au cours des dernières années. Elle a dû mettre à pied quatre de ses six employés et mettre la clé sous la porte du bureau qu’elle avait ouvert à Lévis à la suggestion d’Emploi-Québec. «Dès la première année d’activité à Lévis, nous avons contribué à la création de près d’une centaine d’emplois. Des jobs à 40 000 $, 60 000 $ et à 80 000 $. Nous avons sorti des immigrants de l’aide sociale pour leur procurer de bons emplois», commente Mme Lopez.
Journal de Montréal – Québec lancera des consultations publiques pour mieux intégrer les immigrants
Le gouvernement Couillard lancera sous peu des consultations publiques pour déterminer les moyens permettant de mieux intégrer les immigrants à la société québécoise. La ministre de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, Kathleen Weil, a souligné mardi l’importance d’adopter des mesures «très proactives» pour encourager la «pleine participation» des nouveaux arrivants. Elle a plus particulièrement fait référence aux citoyens d’origine maghrébine et de confession musulmane, qui font face à des «barrières à l’emploi». «Il y a des barrières à défoncer, il y a des mesures à entreprendre, il faut avoir l’engagement de tous les acteurs de la société civile, il faut respecter les droits fondamentaux, etc., mais ce n’est pas juste de le dire, il faut vraiment que, dans les faits, les gens puissent vraiment s’intégrer à tous les niveaux et dans toutes les sphères de la société», a dit la ministre. Les consultations publiques annoncées mardi serviront à l’élaboration de la nouvelle planification pluriannuelle de l’immigration, qui entrera en vigueur l’an prochain. Kathleen Weil a par ailleurs réagi aux messages haineux qui ont été placardés sur des mosquées de la région de Québec au cours de la fin de semaine.
