Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Canada’s recent move to offer permanent residency to more foreigners living and working in the country is a short-term solution to the economic problems spurred by a pandemic-related immigration slowdown, analysts say, while critics argue the strategy excludes too many vulnerable people. With travel restrictions in place, visa offices closed and immigration applications stalled, the Canadian government finds itself on the back foot as it attempts to reach its target of attracting a record 401,000 new permanent residents in 2021.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada-immigration/analysis-pandemic-spurs-canada-to-offer-path-to-citizenship-to-more-temporary-residents-idUSKBN2AW1BJ

Améliorer l’accès à l’information, aux soins de santé ainsi qu’aux services sociaux pour les personnes de langue anglaise : c’est ce que souhaite ECO-02, l’Organisme communautaire anglais du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, à but non lucratif, qui vient « faciliter le bien-être et l’intégration de la population anglaise ». Ayant vu le jour en mai 2019, ECO-02 veille à ce que les citoyens du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean s’exprimant en anglais soient bien outillés et jouissent d’un accès adéquat à différents services où la barrière de la langue peut être un enjeu important.

https://www.lequotidien.com/actualites/eco-02–faciliter-le-bien-etre-et-lintegration-de-la-population-anglaise-1245857c03a6fb6b345e4703c4d21e6f

Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a Toronto-based advocacy group, says migrant workers who are doing essential jobs during the pandemic also need to be included in the government’s strategy to achieve immigration targets. In February, Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited a record-high number of applicants to become permanent residents. The historical draw from the Express Entry pool included all applicants who have one year of what the government calls “skilled work experience.” The draw did not cover essential workers whose jobs usually fall out of the category.

https://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/canada/advocacy-group-calls-for-status-for-all-migrant-workers-as-ottawa-increases-immigration-559130/

Amid travel restrictions and vastly reduced immigration, 322,815 people were issued a work permit under various temporary foreign worker programs, according to a joint project that tracks the pandemic’s impacts on Canadian immigration. Although that represents a drop of 10 per cent from the year before, temporary foreign workers appear to have been substantially less interrupted by COVID-19 than those in other streams of immigration to this country.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/03/03/canada-kept-doors-open-to-temporary-foreign-workers-during-2020s-pandemic-lockdown-new-numbers-reveal.html

Although dozens of organizations across Canada help trans newcomers, it’s usually only within broader LGBTQ2S+-friendly initiatives. But since September, a grant-funded peer-support group aptly named “Beyond Borders and Binaries,” began meeting online once a month. When they meet, trans immigrants show the ropes to newcomers, who organizers say can feel particularly isolated.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/i-want-to-see-people-like-me-trans-newcomers-refugees-carving-out-online-space-to-connect-1.5330955

Grâce à une aide financière de 6,5 millions $ du ministère des Langues officielles distribuée à divers organismes au cours des deux dernières années, le Bureau des affaires francophones de l’Université Simon Fraser a développé plusieurs stratégies et projets pour former davantage d’enseignants francophones et les retenir en Colombie-Britannique. L’isolement professionnel est le principal obstacle à la rétention des professeurs francophones formés en Colombie-Britannique, explique Hélène Lalancette, directrice adjointe au Bureau des affaires francophones et francophiles (BAFF) de l’Université Simon Fraser.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1774823/vsb-csf-baff-sfu-melanie-joly-enseignants-francais-recruter