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 Journal de Québec – Immigration : Legault doit faire preuve de nuance, estime une sociologue
François Legault devrait être plus précis et faire preuve de davantage de nuance lorsqu’il évoque l’exemple de pays européens pour illustrer la difficulté d’intégrer les nouveaux arrivants à la société québécoise, selon une spécialiste de l’immigration. Le premier ministre sortant a évoqué « ce qui se passe en Suède et en Allemagne » dimanche dernier, pour insister sur le défi que représente l’intégration des immigrants. L’utilisation de ces exemples fait sourciller Annick Germain, professeure spécialisée en sociologie urbaine et en immigration à l’Institut national de recherche scientifique (INRS).
Le Soleil – La Nouvelle-Écosse cessera d’incarcérer les détenus de l’immigration dans les prisons
La Nouvelle-Écosse devient la deuxième province qui arrêtera d’incarcérer les immigrants en détention dans ses prisons provinciales. Des militants pour les droits humains espèrent que d’autres provinces emboîteront le pas. Cet été, la province a annoncé au gouvernement fédéral qu’elle mettra fin à son contrat avec l’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) concernant les immigrants en détention dans ses établissements. La Colombie-Britannique avait été la première province canadienne à annoncer son intention de faire de même, en juillet.
Toronto Star – How a 20-Year-Old Student in Canada Became a Ukrainian War Correspondent with a Global Following
Anastasiia Lapatina says she hasn’t had a “typical college experience.” That is an understatement. When the pandemic hit and classes shifted online, the UBC student left Canada for Ukraine, where she grew up, to live with her mother in a suburb of Kyiv. At 20 years old, Lapatina’s dream of becoming a war correspondent quickly became reality.
Brock News – Brock Co-Led Research Explores Connection Between Nature, Preventing Disease Among New Immigrants
For children and young people who’ve recently settled in Canada, a trek in the woods may be just what the doctor ordered to prevent obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Sujane Kandasamy, a post-doctoral fellow with the INfant, Child and youth Health (INCH) Lab and Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University, is co-leading a research team aiming to create a “connecting to nature intervention” for new immigrant families that promotes outdoor activities as a way of avoiding future chronic illness.
Global News – CBSA Reviewing Scores of Refugee Cases Handled by Disgraced Ex-B.C. Immigration Lawyer
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is investigating scores of cases handled by a disgraced former B.C. immigration lawyer, in a probe that could lead to deportations. Balraj “Roger” Bhatti was sentenced to 22 months in jail earlier this year after pleading guilty to 17 offences including forgery, misrepresentation and uttering forged documents. The offences took place between 2005 and 2014, and involved collaboration with a Hungarian translator to create forged documents.
CBC News – Afghan Interpreter Says Family Members Left Behind Are Being Hunted, Tortured by the Taliban
Ibrahim, 33, worked as an interpreter with the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan between 2006 and 2010 before relocating to Canada — first to Ottawa before moving to Saskatoon in January — in 2010 when his life was threatened. He submitted permanent residence applications for his parents and five siblings under humanitarian and compassionate grounds in 2017. After multiple web forms, emails, requests to members of Parliament and numerous calls, the family who fled Afghanistan for India is still awaiting a decision.
