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.
Montreal Gazette – Don Macpherson: Coalition Avenir Québec campaigns against immigrants, even where there are few
Jean-François Lisée, who won the Parti Québécois leadership by taking a hard line against certain Muslim practices, isn’t the only Quebec political leader with a dog whistle, though whether Lisée still uses it depends on the day and the audience. François Legault of the Coalition Avenir Québec party also knows how to make a coded appeal to Islamophobia in particular, and xenophobia in general. Last Thursday, Legault’s CAQ angered Lisée by posting a tweet accusing the PQ leader as well as Liberal Premier Philippe Couillard of being “in favour of the chador for teachers in our schools,” referring to a long shawl worn by some Muslim women. “Only the CAQ defends our values!” the tweet said.
Ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion – Valorisation de la diversité et du vivre-ensemble : le gouvernement du Québec lance la campagne Ensemble, nous sommes le Québec
Invitant les Québécoises et les Québécois de toutes origines à se rapprocher et à mieux se connaître afin de couper court aux préjugés qui parfois les séparent, la ministre de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, Mme Kathleen Weil, a lancé aujourd’hui une campagne qui affirme l’approche harmonieuse du vivre-ensemble québécois et qui rappelle que la diversité est une […].
Windsor Star – A year later, almost 1,000 Syrians at home in Windsor
It’s being called “the second migration.” Dozens of Syrian families, lured in part by stories of how well-prepared and welcoming Windsor has been to refugees fleeing the war and horrors in their Middle Eastern homeland, have begun moving here from other Canadian cities. “Within a month of arriving, these families have heard of Windsor, and they’re coming to Windsor,” said Hugo Vega, the local YMCA’s general manager of settlement and community services. About 700 government-assisted Syrian refugees have arrived in Windsor since the Trudeau government began acting on an election pledge a year ago. That figure is expected to rise to 1,000 before the end of 2016, said Jelena Payne, the city’s community development and health commissioner. Not counted in those figures, however, is a growing number — an estimated 40 families so far — of Syrian refugees who, having first arrived elsewhere in Canada, decided to move on to Windsor.
Toronto Star – Christian, Muslim and Jewish congregations unite to embrace refugee friends
In the end, their religious differences didn’t matter a bit. As the Syrian refugee crisis escalated, members of Maple Grove United Church and Shaarei Beth-El Synagogue in Oakville and Mississauga’s Islamic Society of North America mosque joined forces in March 2015 to do what they could to help. They called themselves Abraham’s Children Together and quickly raised $40,000 to sponsor a refugee family.
The Guardian – Hundreds of Churches Offer Sanctuary to Undocumented Migrants After Election
Hundreds of churches in the US have said they are willing to provide sanctuary for undocumented migrants threatened with deportation following the election of Donald Trump as president. About 300 churches nationally have come forward in the past two weeks, according to the Philadelphia-based New Sanctuary Movement. […] Meanwhile, about two dozen cities – including New York, Chicago, Seattle, Philadelphia and Los Angeles – have declared themselves “sanctuary cities”, with mayors pledging to refuse to cooperate with federal immigration orders that could lead to deportations. Trump has said he will block federal funding to such cities.
Journal de Québec – Les délais s’allongent pour des réfugiés syriens
Tout est prêt pour accueillir deux familles de réfugiés syriens à Jonquière. L’attente commence toutefois à se faire longue, puisque la date de leur arrivée au pays est une fois de plus repoussée. Les membres du comité de parrainage de la paroisse Saint-Dominique connaissent depuis janvier l’identité des sept Syriens qui s’établiront dans leur communauté.
