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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.
Le 4 septembre dernier, l’égérie de la gauche allemande Sahra Wagenknecht et présidente du groupe d’extrême gauche Die Linke au Parlement fédéral lançait un nouveau mouvement politique appelé Aufstehen (Debout) destiné à fédérer le plus largement possible les électeurs progressistes. Mais cette fois sur des positions opposées à l’immigration.
https://www.ledevoir.com/monde/europe/536505/coup-de-tonnerre-dans-la-gauche-allemande
At a hiring workshop at the Coquitlam Public Library Monday, about 50 people new to Canada revamped their resumés, rewrote cover letters and began looking for a new job in the fields they’ve been working in for years. ” I think it’s a vicious circle that you’re expected to have the Canadian experience, but you can’t have the Canadian experience unless you get into something,” said Jasleen Bindri, a college teacher who taught English literature in India for 10 years.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canada-immigrant-job-experience-1.4818095
The Vancouver church which assisted with the private refugee sponsorship of Ibrahim Ali, accused of killing 13-year-old Marrisa Shen, will co-operate with police as their investigation continues. St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church lead minister Dan Chambers issued a brief statement Tuesday in response to questions about the Syrian national who came to Canada with his family in March 2017. Immigration lawyer Zool Suleman — like police — warned against people using an unpredictable individual tragedy to tarnish a community whose Canadian experience has generally been one of hard work and success.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/marrisa-shen-ibrahim-ali-1.4818994
Nicole Thibault, national executive director of Canadian Parents for French, said demand for French immersion is at an all-time high but a lack of teachers in most jurisdictions has parents vying for limited spots. Immigration is fuelling the popularity of French-immersion programs in some provinces and territories as parents across the country increasingly consider bilingualism an important national value tied to lifelong cultural opportunities for their children, Thibault said. School boards and employers in Alberta have offered French immersion programs in order to retain immigrant employees, she said from Ottawa.
Information gleaned from a series of interviews, focus groups and surveys of hundreds of women and men from the host and refugee communities in Bangladesh over the last year suggests the humanitarian response to the year-long security crisis is not adequately meeting the specific needs of Rohingya women. Women feel especially unsafe at night and many female-headed households feel particularly vulnerable to physical and sexual abuse, harassment. There have also been reports of human trafficking and girls disappearing from the camps.
Même s’il dit ne pas vouloir intervenir dans les élections au Québec, le premier ministre du Canada, Justin Trudeau, s’est tout de même permis d’insister sur l’importance économique de l’immigration, mardi, alors que deux des quatre principaux partis en campagne ont exprimé la volonté de réduire le nombre de personnes accueillies annuellement dans la province.