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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.
Fredericton welcomed the most Syrian newcomers per capita of any Canadian city, and New Brunswick welcomed the most Syrians of any other province, according to the Multicultural Association of Fredericton (MCAF).
Il y a ceux qui défendent « le paysan de la Roya » et ceux qui fustigent son action auprès des migrants. Autour de l’emblématique Cédric Herrou, qui héberge des Africains qui ont traversé à pied la frontière italienne, se dessinent plusieurs France. Celle qui estime, à l’instar par exemple d’un Arnaud Montebourg, qu’il ne devrait pas être poursuivi pour avoir aidé des migrants.
A group of UPEI students have decided to pay it forward by refurbishing donated computers, and donating them to the PEI Association for Newcomers. […] Craig Mackie, executive director at the P.E.I. Association for Newcomers, said the donation was a welcome surprise.”We know there are still refugee families moving here, who could use that kind of access to the internet,” said Mackie. Mackie also said refugees rely on computers and internet access to contact family back home.
Dunia Almelhm is currently a student at Montreal’s Concordia University, dreaming of becoming a doctor. But, unlike most of her classmates, Dunia’s path to college started far away, in war-torn Syria and then as a refugee. […] Dunia’s Montreal-based tutor Marwa Khobieh, a project coordinator at the Syrian Kids Foundation, realized the lack of resources for aspiring students. […] In 2015, Khobieh mobilized volunteers in Canada to provide English tutoring sessions via web chat, aiding the aspiring college students in their English proficiency exams.
http://www.vocativ.com/391071/skype-tutoring-syrian-refugees/
In January 2016, teachers in Saint John were grappling with an uncertain situation. As dozens of Syrian families and their children arrived in the region, their educational needs weren’t clear. […] Younger students tend to adjust more quickly to the Canadian school system than some of their older peers. […] The challenges are more apparent for the 45 high-school age Syrian students recently arrived in the region. Some new students had been out of school for up to six or seven years before arriving in Canada.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/syrian-student-update-1.3942624
Le nombre de jeunes Américains désirant étudier au Canada est en forte hausse depuis l’élection de Donald Trump. L’Université McGill a remarqué un bond de 21 % des demandes d’admission en provenance des États-Unis par rapport à l’an dernier. Du côté de l’Université Concordia, la hausse est de 10 % chez les étudiants au premier cycle et de 58 % au deuxième.