The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
CTV News – ‘We Are Being Singled Out’: Chinese-Canadian Community Confronts Discrimination Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Leaders of Toronto’s Chinese-Canadian community held a news conference Wednesday to address emerging discrimination and stigmatization directed at the group amid the coronavirus outbreak. “We wish that we were not talking about this, especially during the auspicious time of Lunar New Year. But we have to. Because we are facing an emergency,” Amy Go, interim National President of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice, said.
Toronto Star – Canada Closes Visa Offices in China Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
According to Visa Facilitation Services, a private company tasked with processing Canadian visa applications, all 11 of its centres will be closed until at least Monday, pending further notification from Chinese authorities. The centres are located in Beijing, Shenyang, Jinan, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu, Kunming and Wuhan, the city in Hubei province at the heart of the new coronavirus outbreak. As of Wednesday, more than 6,000 cases have been confirmed in China, with at least 132 deaths.
CBC News – Emotional Wellness Overlooked When It Comes to Immigrants and Refugees Thriving in New Lives
Housing and employment are usually the two most immediate needs talked about for foreign newcomers to Calgary. But experts in the settlement field say another huge component to making a successful start is being overlooked: emotional wellness, especially in women. A conference in Calgary will spend the next two days focused on that issue and how it can be moved farther up the long ladder of priorities for immigrants from faraway countries and the agencies that help them once they arrive.
La Presse – Attentat de la mosquée de Québec : pour un 29 janvier coulé dans le béton
Le 29 janvier, les noms des six victimes de ce terrible attentat refont surface. Abdelkrim Hassane, Ibrahima Barry, Azzedine Soufiane, Khaled Belkacemi, Mamadou Tanau Barry, Aboubaker Thabti. Aujourd’hui, trois ans après l’impensable, de petites cérémonies auront lieu à la mémoire des six Québécois disparus. À Québec, c’est autour d’une table, lors d’un souper communautaire, qu’on honorera leur mémoire. À Montréal, c’est à l’hôtel de ville que sera soulignée cette triste journée. Une semaine de sensibilisation musulmane, soutenue par un florilège d’organisations musulmanes, chrétiennes et non religieuses, se déroule toute la semaine à Montréal, à Laval et à Québec.
La Presse – Attentat à la Grande Mosquée : une commémoration à saveur politique
Le soir du 29 janvier 2017, Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane, Azzeddine Soufiane et Aboubaker Thabti ont perdu la vie lors de l’attentat. Ils ont laissé derrière eux leurs femmes et 17 orphelins. Webster — un artiste et historien de Québec — a livré un discours enflammé, empreint d’amertume, au souper commémoratif organisé par le collectif citoyen « 29 janvier, je me souviens » qui a réuni 300 personnes à l’Église Saint-Mathieu.
The Signal – Halifax-Area Youth Fight Discrimination Through Art
Saturday marked the first Stronger Together: A Youth Centred Day of Action event, which was created to give voices to youth experiencing racial discrimination by allowing them to fight back in a safe space using different forms of art, like poetry and acting. The event’s coordinator, Zahra Dhubow, said youth for this project were considered community leaders and were handpicked by four local settlement organizations: Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS), the YMCA Centre for Immigrant Programs, African Diaspora Association of the Maritimes, and Immigration Francophone Nouvelle-Écosse.
