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 News – Immigration Policy Change Brings Hope to Calgary Hong Kongers Still Worried About Chinese Backlash
On Tuesday, Canada eased the requirements for Hong Kong citizens applying for permanent residency. Hong Kongers with one year of full-time work experience in Canada or 1,560 hours of part-time experience in the last three years are now eligible through a temporary immigration pathway created in 2021 after China began arresting pro-democracy protestors. Previously, only those who graduated from a Canadian or qualified foreign institution within the last five years qualified for permanent residency through the program, in place until August 2026.
CityNews – Jamaican Migrant Worker Granted Federal Health Care After Being Fired from N.S. Farm
Kerian Burnett arrived from Jamaica in April 2022 to work on a Colchester County strawberry farm. She told a news conference in Halifax on Monday that after falling ill, she was fired and forced to navigate a cancer diagnosis without medical coverage. Her lawyer, Thiago Buchert, said that after nearly eight months, Burnett was granted health insurance under the interim federal health program.
Globe and Mail – Two Years After Taliban Takeover, Many Afghans Who Helped Canada’s Military Remain in Limbo
An Islamabad hotel room has begun to feel more like a jail cell for an Afghan man who once worked as an interpreter for the Canadian military, as his long wait for Canada’s promised help enters another year. After the Taliban takeover, Western governments offered resettlement to people like the interpreter, who had worked for those countries’ diplomatic and military missions in Afghanistan. But, two years later, many Afghans who qualify for Canada’s programs remain in limbo.
Globe and Mail – Proposed Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Ottawa Discriminated Against Refugee Claimants with Safe Country Rules
The proposed class-action suit filed last week by two refugees, Piotr Kaczor and Aniko Serban, centres around the “designated country of origin” policy used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada between 2010 and 2019. The policy, which was created by the Harper government to deter abuse of the system, made the refugee application process especially challenging for asylum claimants coming from countries that the Canadian government had predetermined as “safe.”
Toronto Star – Ontario College Finds New Potential School for International Students Whose Admissions Were Revoked at the Last Minute
Northern College has “reinstated” the admission and enrolment of a group of international students after telling them just weeks before classes were to start that they would no longer be accepted due to “oversubscription.” The post-secondary institution based in Timmins, Ont., has worked out a deal with Centennial College in Toronto, which has stepped up to assist the roughly 250 affected students, offering them potential access to an equivalent academic program beginning in September.
La voix acadienne – Démographie : plus de francophones à Charlottetown
L’Île-du-Prince-Édouard connaît une forte croissance démographique, portée par l’immigration. Le nombre de francophones est également en augmentation. Mais la plupart des nouveaux arrivants qui parlent le français décide de s’installer à Charlottetown plutôt qu’en région Évangéline. L’Île-du-Prince-Édouard a connu la plus forte croissance démographique du pays en 2022. Selon Statistique Canada, la population a augmenté de 4,6 % pour atteindre 176 113 personnes. Le nombre de francophones est également en hausse. Entre les recensements de 2016 et 2021, la population d’expression française de l’Î.-P.-É. a grimpé de 8,7 %.
