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.
Timmins Press – Teaming Up to Attract Workers to Timmins
A new joint venture between the Timmins Economic Development Corporation (TEDC) and the Timmins Local Immigration Partnership (TLIP) hopes to see an increase in the employment of recent immigrants in the area while satisfying the current labour shortage. The two groups have formed an employers’ council that TEDC president Fred Gibbons said will work to reduce current barriers for recent immigrants while addressing current and future workforce trends. […] “The skills shortage is a very serious matter,” said Gibbons. “Now, I am referring to mining, but this is true of virtually every industry, manufacturing, retail and the service industry, it is endemic throughout our community and the reality is that we just don’t have enough people with the correct skills and qualifications to fill up these job opportunities.”
Pique News Magazine – Regional Immigrant Support Services get $347,000: Money to go into continuing and expanding programs in Whistler, Pemberton and Squamish
Immigrant support services in the Sea to Sky corridor got a $347,000 cash injection for 2013. The funding was part of a recent announcement that $8.5 million would be invested in British Columbia’s Welcoming Communities program by the minister of Jobs, Tourism and Skills Training, Pat Bell. Whistler and Pemberton will each receive $107,000, while $133,000 goes to Squamish. The money will be administered through programs in the three communities that are overseen by Capilano University, working with local stakeholder partners, said coordinator Carole Stretch.
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada – Communiqué — Reconnaissance des organisations pour leur travail innovateur dans le domaine de la reconnaissance des titres de compétences étrangers
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada a octroyé aujourd’hui les premiers prix du Réseau des qualifications internationales (RQI) à 14 programmes et projets canadiens novateurs de reconnaissance des titres de compétences étrangers. Le RQI est un forum en ligne où les employeurs, les organismes de réglementation, les gouvernements et les organisations au service des immigrants peuvent échanger de l’information sur les pratiques exemplaires en matière d’évaluation et de reconnaissance des titres de compétences étrangers.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada News Release – Innovators Recognized for Work in Foreign Credential Recognition
Citizenship and Immigration Canada presented the first International Qualifications Network (IQN) Awards today to 14 Canadian innovators of foreign credential recognition programs and projects. […] The IQN is an online forum where employers, regulatory bodies, governments, and immigrant-serving organizations can share best practices in foreign credential assessment and recognition. The website allows stakeholders to share evaluation tools and practices, studies, pilot projects, reports and videos, for example, and post information about events, such as workshops and conferences.
Globe and Mail – On Immigration, Canadians are Welcoming but Realistic
Encouraging immigration is a self-serving policy, not a philanthropic endeavour. Developed countries need immigrants, especially when they’re plagued with declining birth rates and a rapidly aging population. […] It’s troubling that a recent survey conducted by Forum Research for the National Post shows that as many as 70 per cent of Canadians are in favour of restricting the number of qualified immigrants accepted into the country.
Globe and Mail – Chan Ka Nin Translates Immigrant Experience into Symphonic Theatre
Harmonious Interest, described as a work of symphonic theatre […] with libretto by Mark Brownell, has its world premiere in Victoria on Friday, commissioned by the Victoria Symphony, the culmination of a month-long celebration to mark the 155th anniversary of the city’s Chinatown. The name of the work comes from the Gate of Harmonious Interest, which serves as the symbolic entrance to Victoria’s Chinatown. […] Chan, whose previous work includes the celebrated 2001 opera Iron Road, drew upon that personal experience of immigration in writing Harmonious Interest.
