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.
CBC News – Syrian-Canadian Boy Excelling on Ice, 1 Year After Community Rallied to Put Him in Hockey
At the arena in St. John’s, Yamen Bai is just like any other 11-year-old boy on the Avalon Celtics. He’s eager, happy and completely in his element. A year ago, he was the subject of a social media call-out — a Syrian refugee child who desperately wanted to play hockey with his friends, but didn’t have any equipment. The man who made the post was behind the opposing team’s bench on this particular Sunday morning, leading his son’s team in a friendly game against Bai’s group.
CBC News – Calling All Landlords: London Organization Offering Sensitivity Training
LUSO Community Services, a multicultural resource centre, created the Cultural Sensitivity Training and Tools for Housing Sector program back in 2016, in response to hundreds of Syrian refugees who were settling in the city. At the time, that local funding came from the United Way. The program was developed based on feedback and consultation with the housing sector in an effort to help city landlords, supervisors and building managers better understand immigrant tenants both in terms of language and cultural differences.
Chronicle Herald – More Voices Are Raised to Support Frontline Worker Asylum Seekers in Quebec
In mid-December, the Quebec government launched a program that would grant residency to asylum seekers who’ve been working in the health-care system throughout the pandemic. But the program only applies to those who’ve worked directly with patients. It excludes many who worked other essential jobs, including cleaning staff in long-term care centres and hospitals, or other higher-risk positions deemed essential. Those present Saturday joined their voices to the many lawyers and humanitarian groups who have been calling for the program to be extended to all refugee claimants.
ICI Radio Canada – Les « villes sanctuaires » ont-elles tenu leurs promesses en temps de pandémie?
Une poignée de municipalités canadiennes ont adopté au cours des dernières années des politiques pour protéger les personnes sans statut. Des acteurs du milieu jugent toutefois que ces « villes sanctuaires » auraient dû en faire plus pour concrétiser cet engagement en pleine pandémie. Les villes sanctuaires stipulent que leurs habitants ont accès aux services municipaux sans être questionnés sur leur statut d’immigration, explique Graham Hudson, professeur en criminologie à l’Université Ryerson de Toronto.
London Free Press – Five Years Flies by for Chatham-Kent’s First Syrian Refugee Family
It was a cold, wet December day just before Christmas when Mohamad Alhajjeh, his wife Noura Alchreifi and their five children — Hamid, Mulham, Najem, Aya and Taj — arrived at the Windsor airport before making the final leg of their journey to Chatham, where they were the first Syrian refugee family to be sponsored by the community as part of an effort by the federal government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees.
CBC News – N.S. International Students Face Steep Hotel Bills for Quarantine
University students and staff in Nova Scotia are calling for equal treatment for international students when it comes to COVID-19 rules, so they can quarantine in their own homes rather than expensive hotels. Taylor Hersh, an international student from the United States working on her Ph.D in biology at Dalhousie University, said the two-week isolation period is vital, but questions why international students are singled out. If a Canadian student or resident flies into Halifax after visiting the United States, for example, they can still isolate in their own home.
