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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.
Le gouvernement de droite norvégien a dévoilé mercredi son intention d’interdire le voile intégral, niqab et burqa, dans toutes les classes et tous les amphithéâtres de tous les établissements scolaires et universitaires du pays. «Le ministère de l’Éducation et de la Recherche va mettre en route un travail afin que l’on puisse avoir une […].
Dix ans après son dépôt, le rapport de la Commission sur l’inclusion de la communauté fransaskoise est toujours d’actualité, croit la présidente de l’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise, Françoise Sigur-Cloutier. En 2006, la Commission présidée par le sociologue Wilfrid Denis, a formulé 24 recommandations.
A new survey of Canadian values and identity conducted by the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) in partnership with CBC shows a growing schism in attitudes towards religion. A majority of those surveyed say religion does not play a big role in their day-to-day lives, says Shachi Kurl, executive director of ARI. But if you tease out the immigrants from within the survey sample, you get a different story. […] Most newcomers say religion isn’t just important in their day to day lives — they want more of it in the public sphere.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/church-immigration-survey-angus-reid-1.3774244
The government is sending a team of officials to Iraq on a fact-finding mission to consider best ways to help Yazidi refugees fleeing genocide. Immigration, Refugees and Immigration Minister John McCallum announced the trip today in the House of Commons. […] Advocates urged MPs to do more to help desperate Yazidi survivors, including bringing in more refugees and providing more humanitarian and medical assistance for those in camps. Some said Canada can’t rely on the “flawed” refugee identification system led by the United Nations.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-iraq-yazidi-genocide-1.3791268
Immigrants settling in Edmonton are more likely to be younger than the average population, more likely to be self-employed, and the vast majority arrive as economic-class immigrants. Those figures are just some of the dozens of statistics released on Tuesday in the annual Vital Signs report, by the Edmonton Community Foundation.
Afin de favoriser la rétention des étudiants étrangers au Québec, un nouveau projet visant les universités, les cégeps et les centres de formation professionnelle du Grand Montréal a été dévoilé par la ministre de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion, Mme Kathleen Weil, la ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, Mme Hélène David […].