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.
Globe and Mail – How to Address Canada’s Talent Shortage? Start By Encouraging Blue-Collar Migrants
Canada is already struggling with a talent shortage, much of it concentrated in key areas such as health care, skilled trades, and service jobs. As the population grows, in large part due to immigration, there’s a danger those gaps will widen without attracting people who want to work in those industries. Canada’s immigration system has historically prioritized highly educated workers whose skills are not a match for the requirements of sectors such as construction, manufacturing or hospitality.
CBC News – With Influx of People from Ukraine, Winnipeg Organization that Helps Youth Settle Here Busier Than Ever: CEO
It’s a Tuesday morning, and 13 students aged 14 to 17 are gathered in a classroom on Notre Dame Avenue in Winnipeg. These students are part of a program aimed at helping them get ready to start school in Canada. The class is part of the introduction to Canadian education program run by Newcomers Employment and Education Development Services Inc, or NEEDS. This year, they’re busier than ever, says the organization’s chief executive officer.
CBC News – Alleged U.S. Human Smuggler Under Investigation by RCMP in Death of Indian Family at Canadian Border
On Jan. 19, the bodies of three-year-old Dharmik Patel; his 11-year-old sister, Vihangi Patel; their mother, 37-year-old Vaishali Patel; and their father, 39-year-old Jagdish Patel; were found in a snow-covered field east of Emerson, about 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg. But nine months after their deaths, the RCMP still haven’t established basic details about the family’s journey to the border and are looking at an accused human smuggler who was operating in Washington state.
Radio-Canada – Le point sur le recrutement international à l’Université de Moncton
Au cours des derniers mois, on a appris qu’Immigration Canada rejette massivement des demandes de permis étudiants en provenance de certains pays d’Afrique. Le gouvernement fédéral a reconnu le problème et s’engage à rectifier le tir, selon le ministre de l’Immigration Sean Fraser, qui y voit une forme de « racisme » au sein même d’immigration Canada. À l’Université de Moncton, 17 % de la population étudiante provient de l’international. L’institution souffre de ce problème selon le Denis Boucher, directeur du recrutement étudiant de l’institution d’éducation postsecondaire.
Radio-Canada – Quand le réseau de la santé rejoint celui de l’éducation à l’école
Une clinique de pédiatrie sociale entre les murs d’une école. C’est un modèle qui commence à faire ses preuves dans un quartier de Montréal, où les familles, souvent issues de l’immigration, ne savent souvent pas comment accéder aux services qui aideraient leurs enfants. Aux yeux de plusieurs spécialistes et professionnels, c’est la meilleure façon d’entourer les élèves vulnérables, en prenant en charge à la fois l’enfant, sa famille et tous les aspects de son développement. Sur les 45 centres de pédiatrie sociale maintenant présents au Québec, seulement quelques cliniques se trouvent entre les murs d’une école.
Toronto Star – How a Deadly School Bombing Has Galvanized Canada’s Afghan Hazara Community
In front of Toronto City Hall, a crowd of nearly 300 people is chanting. “Canada! Canada! Attention! Attention!” The protest earlier this month, organized by members of the Hazara community in Canada, was part of a global outcry in the wake of a suicide bomb attack in late September on an educational centre in west Kabul. The bombing, in a predominantly Hazara neighbourhood, left more than 50 teenage girls dead.
