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.
Globe and Mail – Immigration Minister Sean Fraser Offers No Timeline on Resettling Afghan Refugees as Desperation Grows
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser cannot say when the 40,000 Afghan refugees the government has promised to resettle in Canada will arrive, citing the limited referral capacity of partners and saying it would be irresponsible to give people the false hope of a firm date. Afghans still waiting to leave the country have said the Canadian government has abandoned them. Many worked alongside the Canadian military and with the embassy in Afghanistan, and now they are terrified of Taliban reprisals.
Immigration Canada utilise un système informatique opaque pour analyser les multiples demandes de permis d’études, provoquant la colère d’élus québécois. Le taux de refus des demandes destinées au Québec est nettement plus élevé que celles émises dans les autres provinces canadiennes, a appris Radio-Canada. Il atteint ou dépasse même les 80 % selon certains pays d’Afrique francophone.
Global News – As COVID-19 Strains Nurses, Singh Says Feds Must Ease Barriers for Those Trained Abroad
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Ottawa must make it easier for nurses trained abroad to contribute to the fight against COVID-19 in Canada. In an interview with The West Block‘s Mercedes Stephenson, Singh said the government should create a work permit for nurses who qualify to come to Canada under immigration pathways prioritizing health-care workers, but whose applications for permanent residency face continued delays.
CBC News – Refugee Family that Fled Afghanistan with Canada’s Approval Is Now Stuck Abroad in Web of Bureaucracy
Every day is now painfully similar for an Afghan mother of four as her family waits anxiously in an unfamiliar country for answers from the Canadian government. CBC News is concealing her name as she fears for the safety of relatives still in Afghanistan. In October, the family received approval under Ottawa’s special immigration program for Afghans who helped Canadian efforts in Afghanistan. They hoped they’d be starting their new lives in Canada by now.
Toronto Star – Canada Desperately Needs Nurses. So Why Does It Take So Long for Internationally Trained Nurses to Get Licensed?
Canadian Lisa Coneybeare endured tragedy every day as a nurse on a COVID-19 floor in a Los Angeles hospital and after months of seeing patient after patient die, she decided she needed to come back to Ontario, where she was born, and help fight the pandemic here. Hundreds of potential foreign-trained nurses who want to work in Canada, including Coneybeare, have been caught in a backlog at the National Nursing Assessment Service, a Canadian not-for-profit which vets and authenticates their academic credentials.
Le Devoir – Les visages diversifiés du livre jeunesse d’ici
Historiquement créée et produite en grande majorité par des Blancs, la littérature jeunesse d’ici s’adapte de plus en plus à la diversité des petits lecteurs. Des maisons d’édition y travaillent depuis longtemps — Soleil de minuit, Isatis et Scholastic à l’échelle canadienne —, d’autres plus récentes s’y spécialisent — Hannenorak, Kata, Dent-de-lion et Mémoire d’encrier, cette dernière présente depuis un bail et qui fait peu de jeunesse.
