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.
Global News – Black Youth Gather at Calgary Event to Help Empower Immigrants
Dozens of youth with East African backgrounds gathered at the Centre for Newcomers in Calgary on Saturday during an event aimed at helping them achieve their full potential. As the executive director of the Immigrant Outreach Society (IOS) — a black led non-for-profit organization that provides culturally appropriate mental health intervention for ethnic minorities from East Africa — Adi Eyassu Sahilie has organized the “Stepping Into Your Future” black youth event. The event on Saturday was aimed at connecting youth from East Africa to services they might not otherwise access.
Toronto Star – Why Doesn’t Canada Treat Afghan Refugees Like Ukrainians? Because They Aren’t ‘White and Christian,’ Complaint Alleges
Afghan-Canadians are formally accusing the federal government of discrimination over the difference between immigration programs for Afghans and Ukrainians trying to flee violence in their home countries. Four men who deployed with the Canadian military to Afghanistan filed a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal after their families were left out of the special immigration program created in 2021 to help resettle Afghans with a connection to Canada.
Toronto Star – A Canadian Senator Helped Save Afghan Women. The Immigration Department Called Police on Her
A Manitoba senator is defending herself against federal allegations she sent “inauthentic” documents in the summer of 2021 to help Afghan women get past Kabul airport checkpoints, revealing that the travel documents came from a top aide to Canada’s then-defence minister for that purpose. Sen. Marilou McPhedran said George Young, chief of staff to former minister Harjit Sajjan, provided a “facilitation letter for travel” featuring the Government of Canada logo and a Global Affairs Canada seal.
Toronto Star – Did This Troubled Detainee Not Get Enough ‘Meaningful Social Interaction’? Inquest Into His Death Looks at the New Rules
What’s a meaningful social interaction? Attending a doctor’s appointment? Stepping out alone into the yard for some fresh air? Singing in the shower? The question of what constitutes such interaction for inmates in segregation — broadly, solitary confinement — was at the centre of an inquest on Friday into the death of an immigration detainee while in custody of the Canada Border Services Agency in 2015.
CBC News – Cold Snap Will Make Unauthorized Border Crossing More Dangerous, Police Say
The New Brunswick RCMP are warning people against illegally crossing the border between the province and Maine at any time, but especially during the freezing cold snap expected today. RCMP Cpl. Hans Ouellette said Thursday there have been recent attempts to cross the border this month. That, and the -45C windchill forecast this weekend, prompted the force to send out an advisory.
Globe and Mail – High Housing Costs Pose a Crushing Financial Challenge for Refugees in Canada
Record-high rents are stunting the ability of some of Canada’s most vulnerable newcomers to build a life in the country that gave them safe haven. Over the past two years, Canada has welcomed around 68,000 refugees, as well as 150,000 Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion, according to federal government data. Of the refugees, more than 27,000 were Afghans who escaped following the Taliban’s return to power in the summer of 2021.
