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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.
Toronto Star – These Afghans Say They’re Fighting ‘A Battle on Two Fronts’ — To Survive Taliban Rule and Canada’s Slow-Moving Bureaucracy
He spent two years working alongside Canadian soldiers in Kandahar as an interpreter and a food-supply contractor. Weeks before Afghanistan fell to the Taliban last August, the 34-year-old man had already applied to Ottawa’s special programs to resettle former Afghan interpreters and locally engaged staff to Canada. The Department of National Defence confirmed his employment history on Aug. 25, and immediately forwarded his case to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for processing. Today, he’s in hiding in Kandahar, still waiting for immigration officials to assign him an application number.
CBC News – How a Halifax Program Became a Lifeline for Newcomer Families During the Pandemic
A newcomer support program is helping families overcome difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and settle into their new lives in Halifax. The YMCA school settlement program works with students and their families throughout the region. And while it has been running for about 25 years, staff say its current work through spells of online school learning has been indispensable in a challenging time. Eighteen staff from the YMCA program work on site in HRM schools where they provide academic help along with a range of other supports.
CBC News – Recording Hate to Fight Hate — Racism Mapping Tool Launched in Surrey to Help Newcomers Feel Safe
A website designed to gather data around racism and hate incidents taking place in Surrey has been launched by a local immigration partnership made up of government, business, non-profit and community agencies. The Racism Mapping Project or RAMP, an initiative by the Surrey Local Immigration Partnership, will allow people to report incidents of hate anonymously in order to place them on a map to show the prevalence and location of such incidents in the city.
ONFR + – Immigration Canada jugerait “illégitime” d’étudier en français hors Québec
Des étudiants internationaux se verraient refuser le fait d’étudier en français dans un établissement postsecondaire hors Québec, car il ne s’agirait pas d’un parcours crédible. L’Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne (ACUFC) avance avoir recueilli des témoignages de ses membres qui lui auraient fait part de cette raison évoquée par Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada (IRCC).
Toronto Star- ‘They Have Ruined Our Lives’: They Paid Big Money Up Front to Immigrate to Quebec — But Face Wait Times of More Than Seven Years
Pakistani entrepreneur Nazakat Nawaz had the money, so the process of moving to Quebec as an investor to start a new life in Canada seemed straightforward. It took 18 months for Nawaz to be screened and issued a Certificat de Selection du Quebec. Today, after investing hundreds of thousands of dollars and years of time in the process, the 45-year-old, his wife and their four children are still waiting in the United Arab Emirates, waiting.
CTV News – Canadian Citizenship Application Delays Causing Uncertainty for Calgary Immigrants
Significant delays in the approval process to become a Canadian citizen due to ongoing staffing shortages and widespread travel restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic have forced some immigrants to wait nearly two years to take their oath. The extra wait times are now impacting hopeful Canadians like Amani Kaman. who immigrated to Canada as a refugee in 2013 to escape from war. Sadly, his father was killed by rebels in the process.
