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 Devoir – La francisation à l’usine pour des travailleurs étrangers temporaires
La francisation en entreprise est de plus en plus prisée. Selon les données, du ministère de l’Éducation, le nombre d’entreprises ayant offert la francisation à leurs travailleurs par le biais d’organismes scolaires est passé de 291 en 2019 à 477 en 2022. Le ministère précise que « ce portrait est toutefois partiel puisque ce ne sont pas tous les organismes qui complètent le questionnaire ». Du côté du ministère de l’Emploi, on indique que le nombre d’ententes pour des formations en entreprise par le biais de leurs programmes est passé de 105 en 2018 à 1088 en 2023.
CTV News – Immigrant Children Fight for Their Voices to Be Heard
A 14-year-old London, Ont. girl is leading the charge to give immigrant children a say in their futures. “With our voices, they never ask us, ‘How do we feel? What do we want?’” said Luna Ortiz. Along with family and friends, Luna has started an organization called Immigrant Children’s Voices Also Count (ICVAC). The native of Colombia came up with the concept after her 11-year-old sister, Sofia, became upset she could not at tell her story during an immigration meeting.
CBC News – S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Celebrates 50 Years of Helping Immigrants and Seniors in B.C.
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. celebrated its 50th anniversary in Vancouver on Sunday. The non-profit, founded as the United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society in 1973, was set up by immigrants in Vancouver to help others settle in as Canada began seeing waves of newcomers. Now, it serves tens of thousands of people annually, including seniors that have made British Columbia their home and newcomers from over 132 countries.
CTV News – Syrian Human Rights Defender Becomes a Permanent Resident of Canada After Being Flagged as a Security Risk
The uncertainty that lingered over Noura Aljizawi’s life over the past three years was lifted this past week. After initially flagging her as a potential threat to national security, the Canadian government granted the high-profile Syrian human rights defender and her husband permanent resident status. Aljizawi, 36, who now lives in Toronto with her husband and five-year-old daughter, says that after getting the good news on Wednesday, she finally feels a “sense of safety.”
London Free Press – Hamilton: How Communities Can Be More Welcoming to Immigrants
A welcoming community has structures and practices in place to meet the needs and promote the inclusion of immigrants in all aspects of life. To determine these characteristics, we polled 259 immigration experts from the government, the settlement sector and academia. We identified 19 key characteristics of welcoming communities and placed them in order of importance based on input from respondents.
Radio-Canada – Immigration : vers un système à deux vitesses favorisant les travailleurs en technologie?
Le Canada espère encourager davantage de travailleurs du secteur des technologies à visiter le pays et à y travailler. Or, des experts craignent que ces efforts se fassent au détriment de travailleurs migrants d’autres secteurs. Le ministre de l’Immigration, Sean Fraser, déclarait la semaine dernière que le gouvernement fédéral étudiait une liste de politiques visant à encourager les travailleurs du secteur des technologies à revenus élevés à venir stimuler le secteur technologique canadien.
