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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.
Authorities seldom talk to refugees about the mental health services available to them, says Alex Storer, who works for a U.K. mental health charity called Mind. Depending on a refugee’s cultural background, they also might not know to ask for this kind of support because of the stigma around mental illness in their native country.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/refugees-europe-trauma-hasan-abdalla-1.3297380
Une spécialiste de l’histoire de l’immigration au Canada craint que l’échéance rapide du 31 décembre pour la venue au Canada des réfugiés syriens entraîne des erreurs lourdes de conséquences. « C’est certain que c’est excitant de voir le gouvernement être aussi engagé, mais j’ai un peu de craintes concernant les ressources dont nous disposons », plaide Laura Madokoro, professeure au Département d’études classiques et d’histoire de l’Université McGill.
http://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/454647/refugies-syriens-le-canada-n-a-pas-droit-a-l-erreur
Irish cabinetmaker Gerard Minogue was recruited to Canada at a job expo in Dublin in 2012, when Canadian employers were desperately looking for foreign skilled-trade workers. After three years of multiple work visas in Canada, Minogue and many others in the skilled trades who are here on temporary permits — the vast majority from the now defanged Celtic Tiger — are trying to become permanent residents. But they find themselves left in the lurch under Ottawa’s new Express Entry immigration system.
A human rights case involving temporary foreign workers against Tim Hortons has taken a step forward. […] The complaint, lodged by a group of Filipino employees against Tim Hortons and former Fernie, B.C. franchise owners, alleged the workers didn’t receive overtime pay, were forced to stay in lodgings rented from the owner, and threatened with deportation if they complained.
http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/11/07/Complaint-Tim-Hortons-Moves-Ahead/
Provisions of Canada’s new Pacific Rim trade deal are prompting concerns over credential recognition in light of a section that says there will be no limits and no testing of foreign skilled workers. […] It includes extensive sections on business travel and the flow of skilled temporary foreign workers. The temporary work sections of the TPP are raising strong concerns from labour unions that warn it raises questions about on-the-job safety and the protection of Canadian jobs.
The new Liberal government will fully restore refugee health care as part of their commitment to refugees, said Canada’s new immigration minister John McCallum. […] Back in 2012, the Conservatives under Stephen Harper trimmed medical benefits for newcomers to Canada, leaving most immigrants with basic, essential health care but without supplementals such as vision and dental care.