Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Research shows that there has been a significant increase of hate crimes against Asian-Canadians since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with major cities seeing crime rates that are six and seven hundred percent higher than the previous year. According to live data from Fight COVID Racism, there have been 891 reported incidents of anti-Asian hate crimes across Canada as of mid-day March 17.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/reports-of-anti-asian-hate-crimes-are-surging-in-canada-during-the-covid-19-pandemic-1.5351481

After a lengthy immigration process, Linda Shaji was invited last March to submit her passport to Canadian officials for the final stamp of approval of her permanent residence. She sent her travel document to the High Commission of Canada in New Delhi on March 18, 2020. That same day, the Canadian government closed its borders to foreign nationals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/03/17/they-were-set-to-start-new-lives-in-canada-but-a-year-into-covid-they-say-those-dreams-now-feel-like-a-mirage-in-the-desert

A new skating program in western P.E.I. has helped newcomers integrate into the community, and organizers are hoping to do it again next winter. The program involved weekly ice time for newcomers, where they could borrow skates and learn at their own pace. It was a partnership between the Western P.E.I. Community Navigator — a Community Business Development Corporation position tasked specifically with helping newcomers feel welcome and included — and the Western Sport and Recreation Council.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-newcomers-learn-skate-1.5953649

Vancouver advocates say more needs to be done to protect Asian women in sex work after a gunman killed eight people at Atlanta-area massage parlours Tuesday. The shootings came amid a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans that coincided with the spread of the coronavirus in Canada and the United States. Women’s advocates in Vancouver have said the shooting is just one example of how racism and misogyny lead to violence against sex workers after six of the victims were identified as Asian, and seven were women.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/asian-woman-attacks-1.5954232

Seidu Mohammed and Razak Iyal lost their fingers to frostbite trying to find asylum in Canada. The story of the refugees from Ghana crossing the border into Manitoba from the U.S. in deep snow and freezing conditions is told with depth and detail – and from their own perspective – in the play Being Here: The Refugee Project.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/article-verbatim-play-being-here-looks-at-refugees-in-canada-and-their/

De nouvelles règles ont été instaurées par Ottawa afin que les travailleurs agricoles étrangers temporaires puissent effectuer leur quarantaine obligatoire de 14 jours directement sur les fermes dans lesquelles ils travaillent. Cette règle s’applique pour tous les travailleurs agricoles étrangers qui arrivent dans l’un des quatre aéroports désignés par le gouvernement, à savoir ceux de Montréal, Toronto, Calgary et Vancouver. Dans le cas où les travailleurs doivent prendre un deuxième vol au pays pour se rendre à destination, comme dans le nord des provinces des Prairies ou dans les Maritimes, ils devront suivre la même procédure que les autres voyageurs qui se posent au Canada.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1778128/travailleurs-agricoles-etrangers-quarantaine-ferme