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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.
New Brunswick universities saw an 11 per cent drop in international student enrolment in 2025 compared with the previous year. For most of the province’s major universities, this is the second year in a row they’ve seen fewer students from abroad. In Fredericton, St. Thomas University spokesperson Jeffrey Carleton said the school is feeling the impact.
Le français ne s’enseigne pas uniquement en salle de classe. Il se vit, il se ressent, il s’expérimente. Il en va de même pour les arts et la culture. C’est cette conviction qui a guidé l’Université Concordia à créer un programme d’immersion linguistique et culturelle à Baie-Saint-Paul. Ce projet, né d’un partenariat avec le Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul, propose à tous nos étudiants anglophones et allophones de la Faculté des beaux-arts (arts visuels, théâtre, musique, danse, cinéma, histoire de l’art et plus encore) de passer cinq semaines dans la région de Charlevoix.
https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/idees/925824/idees-faire-francisation-art
To help newcomers to Canada integrate into their new community, L’Hirondelle launched a series of self-development workshops in Montreal. The organization — committed to facilitating the social and professional integration of newcomers to Quebec — is offering these free in-person courses from October all the way to February 2026.
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/17/montreal-help-newcomers-workshops/
Cape Breton University has had far fewer international students enrolling in its programs this school year than what was expected. According to a preliminary study released this week by the Association of Atlantic Universities, the number of full-time visa undergraduate students at CBU dropped nearly 60 per cent this year to about 2,200 from about 5,500.
A recent Environics Institute poll on Canadian public opinion on immigration and refugees shows that 51 per cent of Quebecers feel that there is too much immigration to Canada, a five per cent increase since 2024. The poll shows that when looking at Canada as a whole, 56 per cent of Canadians believe there is too much immigration. This represents a two per cent drop since last year.
https://montreal.citynews.ca/2025/10/17/poll-quebecers-immigration-canada/
Canadians’ views on immigration have become slightly more positive but the opinion gap along political lines has widened to a record level, according to a poll that tracks public attitudes toward immigration and refugees. The annual Environics Institute survey found that 56 per cent of Canadians believe the country accepts too many immigrants, declining by two percentage points from last year, following a dramatic increase in negative sentiments between 2022 and 2024. Those holding this view rose in Alberta and Quebec, while declining in Ontario. This sentiment is now much less evident than a year ago in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.