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 – Hamilton Mom Says Botched Immigration Process Led to ‘Horrific’ Months-Long Separation from Family
A week-long trip to help her mother in Ohio turned into a “horrific” ordeal for Sarah Arvanitis when she was denied entry back into Canada and separated from her young daughter. Arvanitis, 35, has filed a complaint with the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) against her Hamilton immigration lawyer, funded through Legal Aid Ontario. She alleges the “devastating” three-month separation came after she was denied entry into Canada on the grounds she was missing a key document — a permanent residency application she says her lawyer assured her had been filed.
CBC News – More Immigrants May Choose to Leave London Because of Racism and Discrimination, Study Finds
A new study sheds a light on how discrimination impacts newcomers and immigrants’ sense of belonging and desire to stay in London and Middlesex County. 30 immigrants living in the region were interviewed from November to February of this year in a study done by Western University researchers and funded by the London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership.
Radio-Canada – De réfugiés à ministres : le parcours de cinq membres du Cabinet Trudeau
Cinq ministres fédéraux, dont trois qui viennent de faire leur entrée dans le nouveau Cabinet de Justin Trudeau, sont arrivés au Canada en tant que réfugiés, fuyant des conflits aux quatre coins du monde.De cette liste, MM. Hussen et Rodriguez sont les seuls ministres qui faisaient déjà partie de l’ancien gouvernement, avant le remaniement du 26 juillet dernier. Les cinq ministres ont déjà évoqué dans l’espace public leur ancien statut de réfugié, et tous se disent fiers de leur parcours.
Radio-Canada – Malgré la fermeture du chemin Roxham, un nouveau record de demandeurs d’asile se profile
« Mes équipes travaillent fort, très fort. Elles n’ont pas eu droit à une pause avec la fermeture du chemin Roxham. » Marie-Eve Boulanger esquisse un sourire gêné. La coordonnatrice du Programme régional d’accueil et d’intégration des demandeurs d’asile (PRAIDA) ne le dit pas en ces termes, mais elle est débordée. Tout comme l’ensemble des organismes d’aide aux demandeurs d’asile.On fait face à des volumes importants de personnes arrivant toujours au Québec, précise Marie-Eve Boulanger. Et les chiffres confirment leurs impressions.
Montreal Gazette – Black Immigrant Woman Assaulted by Mall Cop Tells Judge About Impacts
A Black woman who was violently assaulted by a security guard at a Longueuil mall in June 2020 finally got her day in court Wednesday, when her attacker pleaded guilty and she read her victim impact statement to the court. Kakandjika says she tried to reason with the guard during the altercation, telling him she had worked as an immigration officer in South Africa, her country of birth, and that she knew something about law enforcement. She says Primeau responded: “‘Ma’am, look around. This is not your country.’”
CBC News – Immigration Canada Staff in Postings Abroad Mocked, Harassed by Managers: Employee Survey
Multiple employees at the federal government’s Immigration Department said they were subject to racist micro-aggressions, harassment and professional marginalization during postings in its offices abroad, according to a survey commissioned by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Staff cited management making fun of their accents, and group leaders expressing “overt disdain and even hatred for people from certain countries and for immigrants to Canada in general, using racial slurs and stating support for violence against people from other countries,” according to a summary of the survey’s findings published by the department.
