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 – Solidarity Weekend Planned in Peterborough in Response to Anti-Illegal Immigration Rally
A network of community members and organizations will hold a solidarity weekend from Sept. 29 to Oct. 1 in Peterborough. The group says it’s committed to promoting love while ending white supremacy.
“Those who want to show that Peterborough is not a city of hate, but a city of inclusion and acceptance, should come out and stand up to hate,” said Charmaine Magumbe, an organizer of Solidarity Weekend.
National Post – Liberals Preparing Apology For 1939 Decision to Turn Away Ship Carrying 900 Jewish Refugees
The federal Liberals are working on an apology for the Canadian government’s decision in 1939 to turn away a boat of German Jews hoping to seek asylum in Canada, The Canadian Press has learned. The ship bearing 900 Jews was turned away from both Cuba and the United States before a group of Canadians tried to convince then-prime minister Mackenzie King’s government to let it dock in Halifax.
Globe and Mail – Seventeen-Year-Old Artist Floats a Practical Solution to the Refugee Crisis
What were you doing at 15? Achilleas Souras was embarking on a project he calls Save Our Souls, which involved the recycling of life jackets discarded by refugees as portable architectural structures that offer a solution to human-rights violations, even if only in the form of shelter. His installation, which has travelled the world, is currently showing at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.
CBC News – Immigration Drives P.E.I. Population Past 150,000
Population estimates released Wednesday by Statistics Canada show that P.E.I. has hit its target of 150,000. A big boost to immigration, starting at the beginning of 2016, is driving the growth. With 2,264 arriving, close to 90 per cent of the growth from July 2016 to July 2017 can be accounted for by immigration.
National Post – UN Body Alarmed by Attack on Rohingya Refugees in Sri Lanka
On Tuesday, a group led by Buddhist monks stormed a United Nations-run safe house for Rohingya Muslims, claiming the residents were terrorists and demanding they be sent back to Myanmar, prompting police to relocate them. Dozens of protesters from Sri Lanka’s majority Buddhist community led a mob that entered a multi-storied house at Mount Lavinia on the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital.
In a statement, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said it is “alarmed and concerned” by Tuesday’s incident and urged the “public and all those concerned with refugees to continue extending protection and to show empathy for civilians fleeing persecution and violence.”
CBC News – Windsor Newcomers Open Shops, Head Back to School
Significant challenges are faced by the hundreds of refugees who arrive in Windsor and Essex County every year but many are overcoming them through hard work and an entrepreneurial spirit. Refugees from Iraq and Syria are taking accounting courses and landing office jobs or opening stores and restaurants on a bustling Wyandotte Street East, where business is often conducted in Arabic, the second biggest language in the Windsor region.
