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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.
Un organisme de défense des droits des réfugiés, le Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council a exprimé sa préoccupation en ce qui concerne la hausse des prix des logements dans cette province du centre du Canada. Le Manitoba doit recevoir autour de 900 réfugiés syriens avant la fin de décembre 2016, ce qui inquiète Rita Chahal, la directrice générale de cette organisation […].
Les nouveaux arrivants font l’objet de discrimination sur le marché du travail et cette situation est pire au Québec qu’ailleurs au Canada, selon la note que l’Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques publie mardi. «Il y a des biais discriminatoires à l’embauche et, quand on compare la situation des immigrants au Québec et dans les autres provinces canadiennes […].
Northwest Community College has hired a recruiter to boost its population of international students from 12 this year to as many as 40 by this time next year. College vice president Justin Kohlman says the aim is to expand programs by expanding student population. […] Kohlman said the college needed to hire an international recruiter because attracting students from abroad is very complex as it involves research, travel, building up social and college supports for those students who come and developing partnerships with universities and high schools across the world.
Bill C-24 changed the law to allow officials to strip dual citizens of their Canadian citizenship if they misrepresented themselves. That violates Charter rights, say the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL), as the regime gives citizens no right to an oral hearing. […] What’s more, the two groups are accusing the Liberals of continuing the process they themselves had condemned while in opposition.
Plus de 200 individus, représentant une centaine d’employeurs dans cinq provinces, connaissent désormais les avantages de recruter des travailleurs francophones à l’étranger pour combler leurs besoins en main-d’œuvre. Voilà le résultat d’une série de sessions d’information coordonnée, au cours des deux dernières semaines, par la (FCFA) du Canada et les (RIF).
http://www.fcfa.ca/fr/Communiques_21/Communiques-2016_748#26%20septembre%202016
Activists campaigning for an end to exploitation of migrant workers in Canada set out on Labour Day weekend from the Ontario town of Leamington, home to the largest concentration of agricultural greenhouses in North America. […] This week, a Commons committee issued a report recommending major changes to the TPFW program, including ending requirements that work permits are tied to specific employers, and that workers be forced to leave Canada after four years.