Media Roundup

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 – Affordable Housing, Microaggressions Seen as Barriers for Newcomers in Sudbury: Report

Newcomers in Sudbury, Ont., say affordable housing, accessing meaningful employment, few cultural activities and microaggressions all pose barriers to making the city a welcoming community, according to a new report published by the Northern Policy Institute (NPI). Over several months, the Sudbury Local Immigration Partnership (SLIP) and NPI have been speaking with diverse newcomer communities in Sudbury through a series of discussion groups.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/sudbury-newcomers-focus-groups-npi-slip-1.6532660

CBC News – As Ontario ERs Buckle, Nurses’ Groups Want International Applicants’ Licences Expedited

Razan Suliman has worked as a registered nurse and midwife in some of the world’s most trying circumstances, from wartime hospitals to refugee camps. But five years after starting the process to become a licensed nurse in Ontario, she is still waiting. Suliman, who arrived in Canada as a Syrian refugee in 2015, is one of the thousands of internationally educated nurses who want to work in Ontario but are left in limbo due to a costly and complex registration system.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ont-international-nurses-1.6535290

CBC News – With More than 2.4M Immigration Applications in Canada’s Backlog, Many Here and Overseas Feel Lost

With the increasing backlog in the federal immigration department’s inventory, many families are searching for answers about their futures. According to data received from the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada department, the country had a backlog of more than 2.4 million immigration applications as of June 29, up from 1.8 million applications in March.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/more-than-2-4-million-immigration-applications-in-backlog-1.6529154

Radio-Canada – 4 provinces exigent plus de contrôle sur l’immigration

Invoquant une pénurie de main-d’oeuvre à l’échelle nationale, plusieurs ministres provinciaux de l’immigration veulent avoir plus de contrôle sur le processus d’immigration dans leur province respective. Ils ont d’ailleurs envoyé une lettre à leur homologue fédéral pour réclamer des changements. Des ministres de l’Ontario, de l’Alberta, de la Saskatchewan et du Manitoba demandent de permettre à leurs provinces de sélectionner davantage d’immigrants avec les compétences dont leurs provinces ont le plus besoin.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1901184/immigration-provinces-penurie-main-doeuvre

Global News – Sask. Rural Municipalities Pushing for Ukrainians’ Work Permits to Be Expedited

As the war in Ukraine surges on, nearly 1,200 Ukrainians have left their homes and livelihoods to settle in Saskatchewan. However, some of them are struggling to join the workforce and kick-start their new lives due to government requirements. The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) is now pushing for change to help add workers specifically to the agriculture sector more quickly and effectively.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9020562/sask-rural-municipalities-ukrainian-work-permits-expedited/

CityNews – After 30-years in Canada, a Local Father Accused of War Crimes in Nicaragua Is Fighting to Stay

After spending the last three decades here in Canada, a local father accused of war crimes is fighting to be allowed to stay. Jaime Carrasco Varela is accused of crimes against humanity while serving under the Sandinista National Liberation Front government in Nicaragua from 1983 to 1989. Neither he nor his family dispute he did serve the left-wing government of the day but do maintain he was not involved in the atrocities he’s now accused.

https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/after-30-years-in-canada-a-local-father-accused-of-war-crimes-in-nicaragua-is-fighting-to-stay-5630625