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.
Le Quotidien – Pénurie de préposés aux bénéficiaires : neuf étudiants tunisiens en renfort
Grâce à un programme offert par le Cégep de Saint-Félicien et la Wiki Academy de Tunis, neuf étudiants tunisiens terminent leur attestation d’études collégiales (AEC) en travail social avec une spécialisation en ressources intermédiaires. D’ici quelques mois, ces derniers compléteront leur formation pratique dans des résidences pour aînés au Lac-Saint-Jean, en Chaudière-Appalaches, en Beauce et en Montérégie, avec l’objectif d’obtenir un contrat de travail par la suite.
CBC News – Invisible Walls: How Iranian Women’s Traumatic Memories Shape Their Identities and Behaviour Here
Born in 1985 in post-war and post-Islamic revolutionary Iran, I know what it is to suffer from discrimination and injustices in a despotic Islamic government. I have seen how Islamic ideology and tenacious religious traditions can govern many social spheres, namely women’s bodies and behaviours in the street. I have also observed how Iranian citizens, particularly women, are entangled with political and economic limitations, and an oppressive cleric regime that breaches their rights.
Toronto Star – International Students Frustrated by Federal Work Limits During Pandemic
Pooria Behrouzy was honoured to be offered a full-time job as a COVID-19 vaccine support worker at Trillium Health Partners last month. But a roadblock stopped Behrouzy from accepting the full-time shifts offered: as an international student, he can only work a maximum of 20 hours per week while classes are in session or he risks losing his study permit and legal status in Canada.
CTV News – Dying Calgarian Receives Permanent Residency Approval as Medical Bills Mount
A Calgary woman facing terminal cancer says Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has approved her permanent residency application and her Alberta health care coverage is on the verge of being reinstated. Alexandra Schrage moved to Canada from the Netherlands in 2006 with visitor status and received a work permit two years later. Her attempts to secure permanent residency were unsuccessful and she eventually lost her work permit, her job and her medical coverage through Alberta Health.
CBC News – Racism Against Doctors Is Not Rare in Canada and It Hurts Our Entire Health-Care System
According to the 2016 Census, about 20 per cent of physicians in Canada are immigrants. That means about 28,000 people here are immigrant physicians. Those numbers are even higher in certain rural areas in Saskatchewan and many big hubs like the GTA. Racism in medicine is not rare. This reality is extremely harmful to the delivery of care in our country. In a nation where health-care delivery is filled with inequalities, the lack of representation leads to further inequities and worse outcomes.
CTV News – Syrian Refugees Celebrate Fifth Anniversary in Canada with Virtual Event
The organizer of a virtual celebration to mark the fifth anniversary of Canada’s welcoming Syrian refugees says Canadians’ support for the newcomers has been a beautiful example for the rest of the world. In an interview with The Canadian Press, the executive director of the Syrian Canadian Foundation Bayan Khatib says thousands of Canadians have volunteered to help Syrian refugees in almost every city and town in Canada.
