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.
Global News – Calls for Change at Refugee Board After Woman Asked Why Husband Didn’t ‘Just Kill’ Her
An Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) appeals judge ruled in December that refugee judge Yonatan Rozenszajn committed “serious” errors in judgment when he repeatedly asked a woman trying to escape decades of domestic abuse why her husband didn’t “just kill” her. Now, lawyers and other experts are calling for the creation of an independent panel with the power to investigate judges and for an external review of the board’s Refugee Protection Division (RPD) to see how widespread these problems have become.
CTV News – Syrian Refugee Family of 11 Sworn in as Canadian Citizens at Special Ceremony in Calgary
Like so many of their countrymen, the Altamky family fled war-torn Syria for a better life in Canada. All 11 of them escaped and have gradually resettled in Calgary. Four years later, they are now proud Canadians. The Altamkys joined a handful of people who were sworn in Tuesday morning at the Hangar Flight Museum during a special citizenship ceremony. “Today was our ceremony and we were waiting four years and it finally came,” said eight-year-old Lemar Altamky.
ICI Manitoba – 10 ans après leur arrivée, 85% des immigrants habitent toujours au même endroit
Les réfugiés sont-ils plus enclins à quitter leur destination initiale que les immigrants économiques? Une étude de Statistique Canada, publiée mardi, révèle que, même si nombre d’entre eux n’ont pas la possibilité de choisir où s’installer au Canada, ils ne sont pas plus portés que les immigrants économiques à quitter leur lieu d’établissement initial.
Globe and Mail – Fear Over Coronavirus Prompts School Board in Ontario to Warn Parents About Racism Against Chinese Community
The message York District School Board staff had been sending to parents on the coronavirus was pretty standard: Wash your hands; stay home if you’re sick; cover your mouth and nose when you sneeze. Then they saw the petition. More than 8,000 people were calling for school boards in the region north of Toronto to not allow students whose family members had travelled to China within 17 days to come to school. On Monday, the York board released a note to parents to address another virus: anti-Chinese xenophobia.
ICI Saskatchewan – L’ACF et le ministère de l’Immigration tissent de nouveaux liens
Après plusieurs années sans réelle collaboration, l’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF) et le ministère de l’Immigration tentent de rétablir leur relation afin d’aider la province à atteindre les objectifs en matière d’immigration. Le président de l’ACF, Denis Simard, a d’ailleurs rencontré lundi matin, à Regina, le ministre de l’Immigration et de la Formation professionnelle de la Saskatchewan, Jeremy Harrison, pour lui faire part, entre autres, de ses attentes par rapport au plan de croissance dévoilé récemment par la province.
London Free Press – ‘Very Proud’: Syrian Newcomer, a Fanshawe College Graduate, Opens Burger Joint
A graduate of Fanshawe College’s occupation-specific language program, Senjab and his business partner Medo Ali opened London’s first Burger Factory Friday on Fanshawe Park Road. Senjab, who moved to Canada a year ago with his wife and four children, took the free pilot program offered to newcomers to Canada focused on developing entrepreneurship skills.
