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.
Radio-Canada – Le nombre d’immigrants se rendant illégalement aux États-Unis continue d’augmenter
Le nombre de personnes traversant à pied la frontière canado-américaine au Manitoba est en augmentation, selon des documents judiciaires du Service des douanes et de la protection des frontières des États-Unis. Il y a un an, en janvier 2022, les membres d’une famille originaire d’Inde sont morts de froid en tentant de la traverser. Des documents judiciaires révèlent les détails des activités de trafic humain concernant des migrants qui utilisent le Canada comme escale pour se rendre illégalement aux États-Unis.
Montreal Gazette – Vigil Organizers Say Inhumane Laws Are to Blame for Migrant’s Death
At a candlelight vigil in downtown Montreal on Sunday for Fritznel Richard, the 44-year-old man of Haitian origin whose lifeless body was found near the Canada-U.S. border earlier this month, organizers blamed Canada’s immigration policies and the existence of borders in general for the death. According to a report published in November by the International Organization for Migration, more than 50,000 individuals from around the globe have died during migration since 2014, including at least 451 from Haiti.
Toronto Star – ‘Why Was He in a Maximum-Security Prison?’ Advocates Want Answers on Immigration Detainee’s Death in Custody
More than seven years after Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan died, a 15-day inquest will begin Monday to examine the events surrounding his death. Although the SIU has cleared both officers of wrongdoing, advocates say there are many unanswered questions and hope the inquest could expose the plight of migrants with mental health needs caught up in an immigration detention system that some feel lacks transparency and accountability.
CityNews – Chef Training Provides New Life for Ukrainian Refugee
Tetiana Kitsynenko was forced from her home in Ukraine following the start of the Russian invasion in February, 2022. Not knowing anything about her new home country or what opportunities were available to her, Kitsynenko said she learned of a program provided by the Ottawa Mission training society’s most vulnerable in the art of food service. The Food Services Training program is a full-time four month job training programming giving participants the necessary skills to work in a commercial kitchen.
CBC News – Federal Court Judge Slams Canadian Immigration’s Demand to See Iranian Master’s Student’s Grades
A Federal Court judge has described as “unintelligible” a Canadian visa officer’s rejection of a B.C. study permit for an Iranian master’s student because she failed to produce her grades. Saba Ahadi applied for a study permit in January 2022 after being accepted to the master of business administration program at the University of Canada West (UCW) in Vancouver, B.C. Ahadi also applied for a temporary resident visa for her five-year-old daughter, whom she intended to bring with her while her husband remained in Iran.
Toronto Star – Why Canada’s Plan to Bring in 1.45 Million Permanent Residents Won’t Fix the Labour Shortage
With a master’s degree in nursing and six years of experience teaching nursing students in the Philippines, Rodolfo Lastimosa Jr. figured he’d quickly get a licence to work as a registered nurse in Canada. In September, he passed his RN exam in Ontario — 11 years after arriving in this country. Lastimosa’s story may be extreme, but many newcomers in Canada today still struggle to get equivalent work in their fields of expertise, often due to credential-recognition issues.
