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.
Radio-Canada – Francisation des demandeurs d’asile : Québec simplifie le processus d’admission
Sévèrement critiqué l’automne dernier, le gouvernement Legault revient à des critères plus simples pour les demandeurs d’asile qui veulent apprendre le français. Des centaines d’entre eux pourront ainsi retourner sur les bancs d’école comme ils le souhaitaient.
CTV News – Maritime Woman Pleads for Help After Husband Goes Missing in Uganda
A Maritime woman, originally from Congo, is desperately seeking information after her husband vanished over a month ago. 34-year-old Etienne Basenge was on a trip to help his ill mother, who lives in a refugee camp in Uganda, a country in a state of political unrest as presidential elections loom. Begging for assistance from the federal government, she and her three children are experiencing yet another heartache after already enduring so much.
Toronto Star – International Students Waylaid by COVID-19 Will Get Second Chance at Canadian Work Experience
International students who have failed to secure coveted Canadian job experience due to the pandemic will be given another shot at meeting a necessary requirement for permanent residence, says Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino. On Friday, Ottawa will launch a temporary policy to allow international students with an expired or expiring post-graduate work permit to apply for a new permit that will be valid for 18 months.
CBC News – Refugees in Canada Share Recipes and Tastes of Home in New Digital Cookbook
The cookbook, Tastes from Home: Recipes from the Refugee Community, features recipes from all over the world, contributed by refugees who have made Canada their home. Aya Wadi, a Syrian refugee who has settled in Thunder Bay, Ont., says sharing these recipes with people in her new home is a way of appreciating and honouring the times she spent cooking with family.
Globe and Mail – Canada Calls Hong Kong Mass Arrests an ‘Assault on Representative Democracy’
Hong Kong police arrested 53 people in dawn raids on democracy activists Wednesday in the biggest crackdown since China last June imposed a security law which opponents say is aimed at quashing dissent. Among those charged is Alvin Yeung, a former Canadian who relinquished his citizenship years ago in order to serve as a public official in Hong Kong. Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne condemned the arrests.
Toronto Star – This Activist Launched an Organization to Support LGBTQ Refugees From African Countries Just Four Months After Arriving in Canada as One Herself
Christopher Nkambwe knew it was time to leave Uganda after her third run-in with police tied to her being trans and her work in the local LGBTQ community. Arriving in Canada a few months later, she faced new challenges — she was without a support system or place to go. Once she successfully claimed refugee status, which took four months, she wasted no time getting to work helping others.