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.
Radio Canada International – Manitoba: le coût de la vie attire les immigrants français
Vous me direz qu’ils sont encore peu, 73 nouveaux arrivants français au Manitoba en 2012, mais comparativement à 2009 leur nombre a triplé. Ils représentent 13 % des immigrants francophones dans cette province centrale du Canada. Ce qui les attire? Le coût raisonnable de la vie, la vitalité économique de la province, un bon équilibre entre la vie et le travail et une communauté francophone forte. Mais les défis sont également importants pour ces candidats à l’immigration qui arrivent souvent au Canada avec un permis de travail en poche : la reconnaissance des diplômes et le bilinguisme peuvent leur causer quelques soucis.
IRPP – Communiqué – De sérieux obstacles freinent la mobilité sociale des jeunes Canado-Philippins
Si la recherche fait état d’une mobilité ascendante significative chez les enfants d’immigrés canadiens, la jeunesse philippine n’est malheureusement pas toujours de la partie. C’est ce que révèle une nouvelle étude de l’IRPP, selon laquelle les jeunes Canado-Philippins sont moins diplômés que leurs parents et les jeunes d’autres communautés immigrantes. Philip Kelly, directeur du Centre York de recherche asiatique, y affirme qu’il est d’autant plus important de comprendre ce phénomène que les Philippines sont depuis 2009 le premier ou le deuxième pays source d’immigration au Canada. S’appuyant sur des entrevues de dirigeants de la communauté philippine […] et les données statistiques disponibles, il analyse les facteurs à l’origine des résultats scolaires et d’emplois de ces jeunes, qui sont « anormalement plus faibles que ce qu’on devrait en attendre ».
While people here say recent legislation from both the federal and provincial governments has stifled immigration to rural Manitoba, some people like Anna and Roman are still squeezing in under an initiative started by the City of Morden. […] The program tries to work through new legislation recently introduced to the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). One change is the NDP government’s Bill 22, the Worker Recruitment and Protection Act, introduced in 2010, that prohibits private immigration consultants from finding jobs for prospective immigrants. The government believed the system left immigrants open to abuses. To get around Bill 22, a Morden government official takes over the consultant’s work of trying to match immigrants with jobs. There is no fee attached, and the government official is considered impartial, so that gets around Bill 22 restrictions.
Northumberland Today – Funding Will Help Local Immigrant Women
Federal Labour Minister and Minister of Status of Women Dr. Kellie Leitch was in Cobourg Wednesday morning to announce funding to help immigrant women in this county, plus take part in a roundtable discussion with business owners and other stakeholders in Northumberland. […] Turning to the funding announcement at hand, Leitch said Northumberland United Way was receiving over $165,000 from her government to promote prosperity for immigrant women in Northumberland. With this money, local agencies and the women themselves can shape necessary services, she said. The project is designed to “bring together local women and partners to evaluate how well services in the seven townships of Northumberland County meet the needs of immigrant women, with the aim of enhancing their economic prosperity,” states a media release from the Status of Women States about supporting economic opportunities for women in rural Ontario.
Vancouver Sun – B.C. Gives $10.5 Million in ESL Transition Funding to Schools
B.C. public post-secondary institutions will receive $10.5 million from the province to help transition English as a Second Language (ESL) programs to a new model where immigrant settlement services are administered by the federal government. The one-time funding for schools that deliver ESL programs, part of a plan the Ministry of Advanced Education developed with the institutions and the federal government, will help the 17 institutions most affected by Ottawa’s decision to end the Canada-B.C. Immigration Agreement, which is effective April 1, the ministry said.
Toronto Star – Canada Eyes Wider Biometric Info Sharing with Five Eyes Allies
Canada is eyeing greatly expanded sharing of immigration information — such as fingerprints of visa applicants — not only with the United States but with other key allies. An internal memo prepared for Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander says the government is building an information technology system that could be used for the systematic exchange of biometric data with Britain, Australia and New Zealand. […] The federal privacy commissioner has expressed concerns about high-volume, routine information sharing with other countries, saying it may be impossible to control what happens to that data once it’s sent abroad. The government says such data-sharing is essential to fight fraud and abuse of Canada’s immigration system. Biometric information — unique identifiers such as an iris scan or a fingerprint record — is considered especially useful.
