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.
Toronto Star – Sponsoring Refugees Called a ‘Win-Win’ for Workplaces
When word went out one June day in 2015 that help was needed to resettle Syrian refugees in Canada, Ryerson University staff and faculty pulled together a plan within an hour. Through a quick exchange of emails, the Ryerson University Lifeline Syria Challenge was born, sponsorship teams formed and volunteers recruited to raise money, find housing and collect donated clothes and furniture. Their rapid action came after a call by Lifeline Syria, the Toronto not-for-profit established by civic leaders that June, for Canadians to respond to the worsening global refugee crisis.
Toronto Star – Ottawa Warns Against Use of Immigration Agents in India
Ottawa has launched an information campaign in India to warn prospective immigrants not to use consultants there. This comes after the federal government recently rejected a recommendation that it take over policing of the immigration consulting profession.
CTV News – Canadian Cartoonist Michael De Adder Loses Job After Viral Trump Cartoon
On Friday, Michael de Adder took to Twitter to announce he had been let go from his contract with several New Brunswick newspapers, just 24 hours after the unpublished illustration went viral. The political cartoon, which depicts Trump standing over the migrants asking, “Do you mind if I play through,” referenced the real-life viral image of a father and daughter from El Salvador who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande.
CBC News – Visible Minorities More Concerned About Indigenous People’s Welfare Than Other Canadians, Says Poll
A recent pre-election survey suggests that visible minorities in Canada are more likely than the general population to be concerned about the quality of life of Indigenous people, while Indigenous people are more likely to be concerned about immigration. It found that 17 per cent of the people identifying as visible minorities surveyed were concerned about the quality of life in Indigenous communities compared to nine per cent of the general population in Canada.
Global News – ‘It’s Really Hard Being a Stranger’: Calgary Syrian Refugee Looks Back at 3 Years of Challenges
For Aya Mhana, the photos she flips through on the Canada Day long weekend are reminders of the family she left behind in Syria when she moved to Calgary three years ago. For Mhana, the music she plays and composes on her oud — a lute-like instrument— has been a source of comfort and so have the kind and generous Calgarians she has met along the way. Members of Calgary’s Syrian community, like Ghada Alatrash, have been supportive too. The pair have joined together to perform an Ode to Canada.
“Whenever anyone would think of Canada,” says Denis Shapovalov, “it was always, like, it’s a hockey country. But now it’s a tennis country.” This, though, is more than a tennis story. The Canadians who have been making global noise in tennis in recent years all owe something to the country’s welcoming embrace of immigrants – in contrast to what is happening south of their border. They are an asset not a liability because of an enlightened immigration policy.
