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.


CTV News – Canada Launches Aeroplan Fund to Bring Ukrainians to Canada

Canadians can now give cash or Aeroplan points to help bring Ukrainians fleeing the war with Russia to safety in Canada. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says the goal is to pay for flights to bring at least 10,000 Ukrainians and their families approved for travel to Canada. These would be on top of targeted chartered flights to bring Ukrainians to Canada announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier this year.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-launches-aeroplan-fund-to-bring-ukrainians-to-canada-1.5869004

Radio-Canada – Ukrainiens au Canada : prendre en compte les traumatismes vécus

Les Ukrainiens ont accès à un visa temporaire d’urgence pour venir plus rapidement au Canada en raison de la guerre. Ils n’ont toutefois pas le statut de réfugié, ce qui complique parfois l’accès à certains services, remarquent des organismes qui leur viennent en aide. Sur les groupes Facebook d’aide aux Ukrainiens qui arrivent au Canada, les messages sont nombreux. Il s’agit principalement des femmes et leurs enfants en quête d’un logement, d’un travail et d’une communauté d’accueil.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1877122/refugies-ukraine-guerre-conflit-immigration

National Post – Pregnant Wife of Canadian Veteran Stuck in Pakistan Trying to Push Through Canadian Immigration Red Tape

Five months pregnant and stranded in Pakistan on a now-expired visa, a former military interpreter and wife of a Canadian combat veteran was refused permission to travel to Canada because officials were concerned she’d overstay her visa. The interpreter, whom the National Post isn’t identifying out of concerns for her safety, made it out of a besieged Kabul last September with the help of her husband Eric, a former CAF member who completed two front-line rotations during Canada’s 14-year Afghanistan mission.

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/pregnant-wife-of-canadian-veteran-stuck-in-pakistan-trying-to-push-through-canadian-immigration-red-tape

CBC News – Young Ukrainian Sisters Who Fled Kyiv Adapt to School and Life in Montreal

In a Montreal classroom for newcomers to Canada, 13-year-old Darina Galamay watches her teacher’s lips move as she speaks, but the sounds that come out are indecipherable to her. The Ukrainian teen, armed with only a few words of English and no French, uses a phone app to translate and make herself understood by her teacher, as well as by her classmates at École Secondaire Anjou. Despite the challenges, for Darina, just being in class — safe from the roar of military planes overhead — is a respite.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ukrainian-children-montreal-school-1.6423331

Radio-Canada – La mission d’aide des anciens combattants pour les interprètes afghans prend fin

Ce qui a débuté comme une campagne de financement devant durer 30 jours pour venir en aide aux interprètes afghans fuyant les talibans s’est transformé en une opération douloureuse, chaotique et frustrante qui aura duré huit mois pour le Réseau de transition des vétérans (RTV). Le réseau mettra fin à sa campagne de financement le 2 mai, puis va continuer de réduire ses activités au cours de six prochains mois pour reporter son attention sur ses programmes de soutien en santé mentale pour les anciens combattants.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1877205/interpretes-afghans-aide-anciens-combattants-financement-fin

Globe and Mail – Immigration Is Changing the Composition of Religion in Canada, Survey Finds

The Angus Reid Institute and Cardus survey released Monday is described as the first of its kind to take a comprehensive look at Canadians’ faith across a full religious spectrum. Shachi Kurl, the president of the Angus Reid Institute, said the survey’s inclusion of people from minority faiths, such as Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs, is a remarkable step toward understanding religion in Canada. At least half of those who identify in these three groups were born outside the country; these communities, in addition to Jews, represent about 8 per cent of the population, or three million Canadians.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-immigration-is-changing-the-composition-of-religion-in-canada-survey/