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 — St. Clair College to suspend 18 programs due to international student cap
St. Clair College will be suspending some programs this fall due to recent changes to the international student cap. Starting in September, 18 programs will be suspended, primarily based on student demand now that the college has received its allocation from the province in terms of the number of international offers that can be made. Over the last year, Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has made a number of changes to the number of study permit applications to be accepted, which has reduced the number of international students coming to Canada by about 40 per cent.
National Post — Three men in Quebec accused of smuggling people from the U.S. into Canada
The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. During two separate events last year, the three men were intercepted in vehicles near the U.S. border in the Monteregie region southwest of Montreal, allegedly waiting to pick up people who had crossed into Canada illegally. Muhammet Akca, 41, is charged with conspiring to facilitate the illegal crossing of several people in 2024 and is scheduled to appear in court in Valleyfield, Que., on March 3. Adrian Jose Herrera Tabares, 34, and Frangeli Coromoto Guzman Espinoza, 28, are facing charges under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and are scheduled to appear in court on April 25.
Radio-Canada — Des nouveaux cours de français pour les travailleurs temporaires à l’automne
L’Institut d’enseignement de Sept-Îles (IESI) désire offrir un nouveau service aux entreprises de la région : la francisation des travailleurs immigrants temporaires. Dès l’automne, des cours leur permettront d’atteindre le niveau de français nécessaire pour renouveler leur permis de travail. Selon Mathieu Brien, directeur de l’IESI, la clientèle augmente et le besoin est « toujours de plus en plus grand » en francisation. « Offrir ce service dans le privé peut être plus utile qu’on pense. Malgré les subventions, la main-d’œuvre est difficile à trouver », explique-t-il au micro de Bonjour la Côte jeudi.
Radio-Canada — Le choix de Moose Jaw pour un programme fédéral d’immigration en milieu rural
Choisie pour son expérience passée, Moose Jaw prend les devants en devenant la seule communauté en Saskatchewan à être désignée par Ottawa dans le cadre de son nouveau Programme pilote d’immigration dans les communautés rurales. En tout, 14 collectivités rurales réparties dans 5 provinces ont été choisies pour participer à cette initiative du fédéral qui a pris en compte les besoins économiques, la capacité à accueillir et installer les nouveaux arrivants, et l’expérience. Les candidatures pour les travailleurs étrangers ont été ouvertes jeudi dernier, ce qui permet aux personnes qualifiées d’accéder à la résidence permanente.
Financial Express — Canada invites foreign skilled workers to apply for permanent residency
Canada has sent invitations to skilled foreign nationals to apply for permanent resident in the country. Canada permanent resident pathways fall under the coveted programs like Express Entry System and Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). Foreigners looking to settle in Canada can apply in any of the three immigration programs managed under Express Entry process are – Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program and Canadian Experience Class.
The Globe and Mail — International student graduates earn much less than Canadian peers, study shows
International students earn substantially less than their Canadian counterparts upon graduation, and a larger proportion of them end up in sales and service jobs, new research from Statistics Canada shows. The data – part of a report by the agency examining the labour-market outcomes of university and college graduates in Canada – capture the inequity in wages and types of jobs that international students eventually obtain compared with Canadian graduates. Over all, international student graduates earned 19.6 per cent less than Canadian graduates three years after graduating, the report found. Moreover, their annual incomes were lower than Canadian graduates at all levels of study, regardless of if they earned a diploma or a doctorate degree.
