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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.
Fidèles à leur engagement envers les laissés-pour-compte, les frangins réalisateurs s’intéressent au sort d’une adolescente (Joely Mbunda) et d’un petit garçon (Pablo Schils) qui, après leur exil depuis l’Afrique, sont à la recherche d’une vie meilleure en Belgique. D’un réalisme poignant. Avertissement : la finale n’a rien de joyeuse. Normand Provencher
Jean Claude Munyezamu remembers answering a phone call from a six-year-old boy asking if his non-profit group could provide milk for his newborn sibling. The boy, who attended Umoja Community Mosaic’s drop-in soccer program, was translating for his Ethiopian-speaking mother. About one in four food bank clients in Alberta self-identified as an immigrant, refugee or visible minority group in a HungerCount report in 2022. Umoja started giving out culturally appropriate food bags after realizing the gap in the system.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alta-food-newcomers-1.6806029
Condemnation poured in Sunday in response to what the Islamic Society of Markham (ISM) said was “a hate-motivated attack” at its mosque earlier this week. In a statement Saturday night ISM said that on the morning of April 6, an individual came to the mosque on Denison Street and upon entering, apparently tore a copy of the Qur’an while directing racist and Islamophobic rants toward worshippers.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/islamic-society-of-markham-hate-motivated-attack-1.6805803
About one in four food bank clients in Alberta self-identified as an immigrant, refugee or visible minority group in a HungerCount report in 2022. Umoja Community Mosaic started giving out culturally appropriate food bags after realizing the gap in the system. “(Many immigrant families) don’t know canned foods and they don’t eat them,” Jean Claude Munyezamu, founder of the Calgary-based community group, said.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9611980/alberta-food-bank-culturally-appropriate-food/
How welcoming are communities across Canada to immigrants and refugees who come here seeking to build new lives? A group of researchers have designed a new tool they say can help measure this, as well as a second tool they hope will help communities identify ways of addressing the obstacles that prevent immigrants from succeeding. The initiative is being led by Western University professor Victoria Esses, who researches immigration policy.
When Ali Nizami moved from India to Canada 26 years ago, he struggled to find his belonging in a new country as an Indian Muslim. He’s trying to change that for others — whether they’re a new immigrant or have been in Canada for a while. He co-founded the Canadian Indian Muslims Association two years ago in Calgary. Since then, it’s grown to nearly 300 members across the country, but mostly in Calgary.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/canadian-indian-muslim-association-1.6805121