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.
Radio-Canada – Une ex-conseillère en immigration condamnée à 7 ans de prison
L’ancienne conseillère en immigration de Toronto Angela Codina, qui avait été radiée du Barreau du Haut-Canada, a été condamnée, mardi, à 7 ans de prison. La femme de 59 ans avait été reconnue coupable l’an dernier d’avoir violé la loi fédérale en matière d’immigration, après qu’elle eut escroqué 12 citoyens innocents en leur faisant croire notamment qu’elle était avocate.
La Presse – La Syrie décourage le retour des réfugiés accuse HRW
Le gouvernement syrien adopte des lois qui lui permettront de saisir des propriétés privées, de déplacer des résidents et de décourager le retour des réfugiés, accuse Human Rights Watch dans un nouveau rapport publié mardi. Le groupe new-yorkais de défense des droits de la personne affirme qu’une loi sur la propriété adoptée en 2018, connue sous le nom de loi 10 […].
CBC News – Young Newcomer’s Speech About Refugee Experience Wins Top Prize at Student Competition
Ruhamma Zaheeb, 13, took one of the top prizes in a provincial public speaking competition called Speak Out held in Fredericton. She and her family lived in Sri Lanka as refugees for several years after fleeing Pakistan for safety reasons. They resettled in Saint John last summer, via the United Nations. Zaheeb, now a Grade 8 student at Beaconsfield School in west Saint John, gave a personal account of “what refugees go through, the problems they face, and what we do to make their lives miserable.”
CBC News – Edmonton Couple Capture Syrian Refugee Crisis nn Harrowing New Play
Aksam Alyousef and Amena Shehab have three children. They call Hagar — a new play exploring a mother’s anguish during the Syrian refugee crisis — their fourth child. Alyousef wrote and produced the play, which stars Shehab as a Syrian woman who tries to escape Aleppo and take her one-year-old son to Europe. Alyousef said he wrote the play with a Canadian audience in mind. He has called it a “thank-you letter to Canadians” but also a portrait of refugees’ reality.
Global News – Nova Scotia Festival Bans Group with Controversial Views on Immigration
The Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival has apologized after it let an anti-immigration organization take part in the festival’s parade on Saturday. Festival organizers banned the group from participating in the festival in the future. The National Citizens Alliance (NCA) is a political organization that is not an officially registered part but has committed to running candidates in the 2019 federal election. The group marched in the parade while carrying a banner with the slogan, “Save Our Canada!”
Radio-Canada – Quand les nouveaux arrivants rencontrent les Premières Nations
L’intégration des nouveaux arrivants passe aussi par la connaissance des nations autochtones. C’est ce principe que met en pratique l’École Saint-Henri de Montréal qui amène des enfants de toutes origines pour rencontrer les premiers habitants de ce pays. Pour plusieurs nouveaux arrivants établis à Montréal, les occasions d’aller à la rencontre des peuples autochtones du […].
