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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.
The road to citizenship is full of challenges for those fleeing oppression and war back home. Many have witnessed the consequences of autocratic rule and civil strife. They’ve spent years navigating the bureaucracy to get to the U.S. and, eventually, to become a citizen. There are those who believe they hold a personal stake in this election, with immigration becoming a central issue.
With school just a few weeks away, many Syrian refugees in the Region of Waterloo will be getting ready to start their first-ever school year in Canada. Because of the war, many adolescent refugees have large gaps their formal education resulting in limited literacy skills both in their mother tongue and in English. To address this, Kristiina Montero, an associate professor in the faculty of education at Wilfrid Laurier University, helped develop an English Literacy Development (ELD) program at Eastwood Collegiate High School in Kitchener.
Agricultural workers in Ontario — from people who cultivate weed to those who produce your locally grown food — have no bargaining power. They cannot withhold their labour. Employers do not have to bargain in good faith. Complaints of unfair labour practices must be brought to a tribunal, which lacks labour relations expertise. No union has been able to strike a collective agreement in this legislative framework.
Thousands of Iraqi refugees found less work and earned less money in Canada than refugees from elsewhere who arrived during the same period, according to an internal government case study into the Iraqi resettlement program. The 19,427 Iraqis who arrived between 2009 and 2014 faced numerous barriers, including the trauma of the war, greater medical needs and a lack of English and French compared to others, the study found.
Deux mille neuf cent soixante-dix-sept décès recensés en Méditerranée lors des six premiers mois de 2016, contre 1 917 sur la même période en 2015, selon l’Organisation internationale pour les migrations. Sur les îles grecques, la situation dans les « hot spots » censés enregistrer les demandes d’asile ou organiser le retour en Turquie ou dans […].
If Immigration Minister John McCallum gets his way, Canada will significantly increase immigration beyond its current record level as a way to fill the country’s labour needs. Pointing to an aging population and looming labour shortages, McCallum made the pitch in Manila during a speech to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines on Friday.