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.
CBC – Toolkit Makes Hiring Syrian Refugees Less Difficult for Employers
Bredin is part of the Edmonton Region Immigrant Employment Council which has produced a new toolkit for businesses to help Syrian refugees find work. It explains some cultural sensitivities and the kind of help the refugees need to integrate in the workplace and understand what’s expected of them. “Many of the employers are fantastic,” said Tarek Fath Elbab, a settlement counsellor with the Bredin Centre. “They come to us and ask, ‘How we can help? We want to help, but we don’t know how to do it’.”
Metro News – Next Step in Refugee Settlement: Jobs
On Tuesday, the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce gathered businesses and service providers from across Edmonton to discuss getting Syrian newcomers into the workforce. It’s an issue of growing urgency, as many supports provided by the federal government run out after a year, which for many is only a few months away. Speaking as part of a panel discussion, Erick Ambtman, executive director of the Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers, said that many refugees are skilled and eager to work, but barriers remain, like language skills.
Radio-Canada – La politique d’immigration ne fait pas toujours l’unanimité, selon le ministre Bains
Le ministre canadien du Développement économique, Navdeep Bains, affirme que la politique d’immigration d’Ottawa rencontre une résistance chez des membres du gouvernement et auprès de Canadiens qui craignent pour leur emploi. Le ministre, qui participait mercredi à Ottawa au Sommet sur la croissance du Forum des politiques publiques du Canada […].
Radio-Canada – Le ministre Ian Wishart veut l’appui d’Ottawa pour l’éducation des réfugiés
Le ministre de l’Éducation et de la Formation du Manitoba, Ian Wishart, dit qu’il a l’intention de demander de l’aide du gouvernement fédéral et il s’attend à ce que ses homologues à travers le pays fassent de même lors d’une rencontre avec le ministre fédéral John McCallum mercredi à Winnipeg. Le ministre de l’Immigration McCallum rencontre les ministres de partout au pays […].
Radio-Canada – Demande grandissante pour les services d’immigration à Trois-Rivières
Selon le député fédéral néo-démocrate de Trois-Rivières, Robert Aubin, il ne se passe pas une semaine sans qu’il reçoive une demande d’aide pour un dossier d’immigration. Le Service d’accueil des nouveaux arrivants de Trois-Rivières est aussi de plus en plus sollicité. La plupart de ceux qui contactent le député pour une question d’immigration sont des personnes qui souhaitent […].
Toronto Star – How Angus Reid, CBC got it Wrong about Multiculturalism
Reid’s formulation implies that by maintaining one’s customs and language, newcomers and their children won’t fit in to the undefined mainstream to which the survey question alludes. The survey creates additional confusion by referring to minorities in one proposed response and immigrants in the other. Canadian multiculturalism doesn’t force newcomers to make the stark choice served up to respondents in the Reid survey. Indeed, the manner in which the policy and practice of matulticulturalism is conveyed by the government of Canada suggests there is no contradiction between preserving one’s language and customs and fitting into society.
