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 – Des enfants syriens s’adaptent au Canada crayons à la main
Ils sont cinq frères et sœurs. Une fois par semaine, assis autour d’une large table dans une petite salle, Mahmud, 6 ans, Zeina, 9 ans, Janna, 10 ans, Abdulwhab, 12 ans et Mohamed, 13 ans, dessinent crayons et feutres en main les nouveaux contours de leur vie, loin de la guerre. Les jeunes Syriens sont arrivés à Saskatoon il y a trois mois. Ils ont quitté Deir ez-Zor en 2012 avec leurs parents et leurs grands-parents pour se réfugier à Saskatoon après un passage à Urfa, en Turquie.
Globe & Mail – Trump Renews Tough Immigration Vow After Berlin Attack
Denouncing the deadly attack on a Christmas market in Germany, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his vow to stop radical terror groups and appeared to suggest a willingness to move ahead with his campaign pledge to temporarily ban Muslim immigrants from coming to the United States. Trump proposed the Muslim ban during the Republican primary campaign, drawing sharp criticism from both parties. During the general election, he shifted his rhetoric to focus on temporarily halting immigration from an unspecified list of countries with ties to terrorism, though he did not disavow the Muslim ban, which is still prominently displayed on his campaign website.
Radio-Canada – Réseau en immigration francophone : le manque d’éthique des organismes dénoncé
L’ancien président de l’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise, Michel Dubé, dénonce le manque d’éthique des organismes engagés dans le transfert du financement fédéral consacré à la gestion du Réseau en immigration francophone de la Saskatchewan. L’ACF est responsable du dossier depuis 2010, mais n’a pas fait de demande de financement pour le RIF pour les exercices […].
Toronto Star – A Refugee With Pastry Skills Helps Preserve Jobs in Nova Scotia
As Ruwad Al Badin deftly prepares Christmas gingerbread men, his employer in southwestern Nova Scotia looks on approvingly, knowing the skilled Syrian refugee is supporting a family, while also helping keep workers employed at the once struggling bakery. “It’s very critical to have him here,” said Laura Mulrooney, owner of Julien’s Bakery. “It is a skill. It’s about the temperature, the dough, the machinery, the butter. He knew what to do. We didn’t have to teach him much.” Before Al Badin’s arrival several months ago, the bakery’s production of artisan pastries had fallen off, and layoffs were a possibility. “We’ve been able to stay on track with Ruwad here,” Mulrooney said in a recent interview. “In January, we’ll get back to where we were (in production).”
Radio-Canada – Le réseau en immigration francophone : le financement change de mains
L’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise annonce que le financement du Réseau francophone en immigration de la Saskatchewan se poursuivra par le biais d’un autre organisme à partir du 1er avril 2017. Radio-Canada révélait lundi que l’ACF n’avait pas soumis de proposition de financement pour la coordination du RIF dans le cadre du processus d’appel d’offres d’Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada qui prenait fin le 10 août 2015.
Toronto Star – Viewing Canadian Immigrants’ Parents as a Burden is Hypocrisy: Paradkar
In this season of sharing and caring, spare a thought for families ripped apart, not by unexpected tragedy, but by deliberate Canadian policies. Many Canadians — not just white, but those whose families migrated generations ago and are not separated themselves — object to family reunification. Why allow immigrant parents and grandparents to live in Canada at all? Don’t they just strain a system already groaning under the weight of an aging population?
These questions, often from those who espouse “family values,” are not just staggeringly lacking in empathy, they barrel down on double standards.
What did stay-at-home Canadian parents or grandparents now using the health-care system contribute? You could argue they didn’t pay taxes in cash, but they raised and nurtured today’s taxpayers, and that is priceless. Parents of immigrants contribute that, and more. They enhance Canada and thus the country’s taxpayers without using any Canadian resources — neither hospitals nor high schools.
