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.
CBC News – Record-Breaking Number of Immigration Cases Went Through Federal Court in 2022
Canada’s Federal Court saw more new immigration proceedings in 2022 than any of the past 30 years, which some lawyers say is a sign of an overburdened system. Recent statistics posted to the court’s website show more than 70 per cent of its cases were tied to immigration and refugees as of late 2022. In total, the court saw 13,487 new immigration proceedings in 2022, up from 9,761 in 2021 and 6,424 in 2020, according to the office of Chief Justice Paul Crampton.
Globe and Mail – Ontario Colleges Introduce New Rules to Protect Foreign Students from Recruiters’ False, Misleading Claims
The number of foreign students enrolled at Canadian colleges and universities has skyrocketed in recent years. But with that has come growing concerns about the potential exploitation of these students. The new rules, which come in place in June of 2024, require that any agent acting on behalf of one of Ontario’s colleges complete a training program. And the colleges are required to continually monitor and assess their relationships with individual agents.
CBC News – Furniture Bank for Refugees Could Disappear Without New Home
Suzi Shore Sauvé started House to Home in the fall of 2020 out of her garage and said she has since helped about 500 refugee families get settled in their new homes. Sauvé currently stores thousands of donated items — from rolling pins to toasters and couches — at the old Country Grocer on Ridgewood Avenue near Mooney’s Bay. The construction company that owns the building and donates the space to Sauvé plans to redevelop the property and asked House to Home to leave this spring, she said.
Globe And Mail – How Kingston Became the Cambodian Food Capital of Canada
Kingston, a university town otherwise known for farmers’ markets and limestone courtyards, doesn’t have a large Cambodian community. Fewer than 200 of the city’s roughly 130,000 people identify as Cambodian, according to the latest census. Yet for decades, annual crops of newcomers to Queen’s University have fallen in love with its many Cambodian restaurants.
Windsor Star – From Bullets to Starvation: Syrian Refugee in Windsor Chronicles Life in War-Torn Homeland
The fight for survival and search for hope, in a place where both seemed like impossible dreams, are among the themes of a new poetry book from Syrian refugee and Windsor resident Mohammed Y. Burhan. Bird from the Battlefront: Reflections from War-Torn Syria, which took 10 years to finish, was released this month. It’s Burhan’s seventh book, and his first in English.
National Post – Canada Immigration: Why Record Asylum Seekers Are Crossing Border from U.S.
A sharp increase in asylum seekers entering Canada through unofficial crossings — including many whose bus fares were paid by New York City and aid agencies — is intensifying the pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reach an agreement with President Joe Biden to close off the entire land border to most asylum seekers. Many of the arrivals abandoned plans to seek asylum in the United States, deterred by long processing times and restrictive definitions for asylum, according to aid officials and interviews with asylum seekers.
