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.
The New York Times – In Canada, Where Muslims are Few, Group Stirs Fear of Islamists
Muslims represent just 3 percent of Canada’s population, and while Islam is one of the fastest-growing religions in the country, Muslims will still account for less than 6 percent of the population in 2050, according to the Pew Research Center. […] Small, violent right-wing groups have appeared in the decades since Canada relaxed its immigration laws to embrace multiculturalism. But revulsion toward violence and hate speech has kept such groups on the margins.
The Brampton Guardian – Funding to Help Foreign-Trained Immigrants get Credentials Recognized Faster in Canada
Employment Workforce Development and Labour Minister Patty Hajdu was in Brampton April 4 to highlight funds announced in last month’s federal budget to help skilled newcomers get their foreign employment credentials recognized faster in Canada. […] Ottawa is implementing a new Targeted Employment Strategy, she said. The government is investing $27.5 million over five years starting in 2017/2018 and $5.5 million in each subsequent year to support the strategy.
CBC – Teens Travelling Alone Among Latest Asylum Seekers Walking into Manitoba
The number of asylum seekers walking across the Canada-U.S. border into Manitoba is on the rise — including the number of minors making the trek alone. Since the beginning of January, nearly 360 people have made an irregular crossing — meaning one somewhere other than an official border crossing — into Manitoba, according to the refugee settlement agency Welcome Place. “The other thing we’re starting to see, which is very much a concern, is a number of minors who are unaccompanied,” Welcome Place executive director Rita Chahal told CBC News.
Radio-Canada – Non, les réfugiés ne reçoivent pas 29 000$ par an du gouvernement
Une experte de la question des réfugiés de la région de London, en Ontario, la soeur Helen Petrimoulx, est inquiète parce qu’un courriel qui circule depuis 2014 diffuserait des informations erronées à propos des revenus des réfugiés. Le message indique que les réfugiés perçoivent presque 29 000 $ par an du gouvernement.
Radio-Canada – Un réseau en immigration francophone défaillant en Alberta, selon des organismes
L’organisme Francophonie albertaine pluriellle demande un changement de gouvernance au Réseau en immigration francophone, une demande appuyée par plusieurs organismes membres. Ils soulignent un manque de collaboration au sein du réseau qui empêche des actions concrètes pour améliorer la situation des immigrants. Un constat renforcé par un récent rapport d’évaluation.
The Guardian – The Ungrateful Refugee: “We Have No Debt to Repay”
There were unspoken conditions to our acceptance, and that was the secret we were meant to glean on our own: we had to be grateful. The hate wasn’t about being darker, or from elsewhere. It was about being those things and daring to be unaware of it. As refugees, we owed them our previous identity. We had to lay it at their door like an offering, and gleefully deny it to earn our place in this new country. There would be no straddling. No third culture here.
