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 – Police-Reported Hate Crimes Up 21% in B.C. During 2nd Year of Pandemic
Hate crimes as reported by police forces in B.C.’s metropolitan areas are up for the second straight year of the pandemic, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Vancouver, Victoria, Abbotsford-Mission and Kelowna — the four municipalities in B.C. the federal agency chooses to represent in its data — saw an overall 21 per cent increase in police-reported hate crimes in 2021 (from 421 to 509 incidents), following a 58 per cent jump in 2020.
CBC News – Even a Year’s Worth of Rent Can’t Get Recent Immigrants into Decent Housing in Winnipeg, They Say
As soon as Femi and Omolara Aloba got approval to move to Canada from Nigeria, they started searching online for a place in Winnipeg where they, their two-year-old son and their soon-to-be-born baby could live. The Alobas had enough savings to cover their rent for a year in Canada, but soon realized just having money to pay for rent wasn’t enough. Landlords wanted Canadian credit history, Canadian pay stubs, and Canadian work experience — or, in place of those things, a guarantor in Canada.
The Conversation – Canada Must Grant Permanent Immigration Status To Undocumented Residents
In the December 2021 mandate letter to the newly appointed Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Liberal government tasked him with exploring “ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities.” Sean Fraser has since said he’s working on designing a regularization program that can help address this issue.
Globe and Mail – Why Newcomers, Including Ukraine Refugees, Struggle to Obtain Bank Accounts, Credit Cards
Nothing is more fundamental to establishing a new life in a new country than opening a bank account and obtaining a credit card. But for recent immigrants to Canada, there are myriad barriers to accessing its financial system, from misconceptions about how credit markets work to unfamiliarity with digital banking practices to finding a place to live.
CBC News – Association for New Canadians Raises Awareness About Human Trafficking with Art Display
The Association for New Canadians is using a new art exhibit at Memorial University’s Botanical Garden in St. John’s to spread awareness about human trafficking in Newfoundland and Labrador. The exhibit, which opened this month, showcases 14 painted doors, each designed by a different artist or group. People involved with a program supporting trafficking survivors run by the Association for New Canadians — called Support, Empower, Access — designed one of the doors.
Toronto Star – Safe in Canada, a Young Ukraine War Widow Now Has Time to Grieve
At just 20, Ukrainian refugee Yana Shkliaruk has already experienced a lifetime of events — love, marriage, career, motherhood, war and widowhood. And last week she, along with her mother, Yuliia Somina, and twenty-month-old baby Yeva , was denied entry to Canada over a typo by a Polish airport clerk on the baby’s boarding pass.
