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 – Edmonton Woman Struggles to Bring Six Orphaned Family Members to Canada
Faduma Hassan dreams of bringing her six orphaned family members to Edmonton but a maze of government bureaucracy means she’ll once again be leaving the Somali teenagers to fend for themselves in Uganda when she flies back to Canada — alone — later this week. Hassan is the legal guardian for the teen boys, who include four half-brothers and two nephews, and has support from a group of private-refugee sponsors in Edmonton.
CBC News – International, Canadian Experts Warn Right-Wing Extremism Is Becoming Increasingly Mainstream
Experts also emphasized that with right-wing extremists organizing across borders through the internet, efforts to combat such extremism must also be international in nature. Far-right extremism in Canada is an ecosystem of overlapping “clusters,” including legacy hate-groups, anti-government movements, anti-immigration groups, gender-based violent extremism, and transnational neo-fascist, neo-Nazi and white supremacist movements, detailed Navaid Aziz and Stephanie Carvin in a 2022 backgrounder on the topic.
Al Jazeera – Advocates Urge Canada to Grant Permanent Status to Migrants
Migrant rights advocates in Canada have renewed their push for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s government to grant permanent residency to all foreign workers, students and other undocumented people in the country when parliament resumes next week. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday during a virtual news briefing, undocumented worker and rights activist Danilo De Leon said he and others without status “cannot wait” any longer.
Toronto Star – Her Family Fled the Taliban. But Canadian Delays Could See Them Forced Back to Afghanistan
Naik Arbabzada has been racing against the clock to bring her sister’s family to Canada. The Afghan-Canadian woman has raised the money, done the paperwork and found a partner organization to help her make it a reality. But now, on the eve of pulling them out of the shadow of the Taliban and that of authorities in Tajikistan, she’s hit yet another hurdle.
CTV News – Canada’s International Student Population Climbs – In Part Due to Strong Interest from India
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, a total of 23,950 study permits were authorized in the first two months of 2022 — and more than half were issued to students from India. In British Columbia, there are more than 143,000 international students according to the Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Training. India ranks as the top source country, making up more than a third of the demographic.
Le Devoir – Québec conservera finalement un programme de francisation en entreprise
Après avoir coupé les vivres à un programme de francisation en entreprise, Québec fait volte-face : les employés du manufacturier montréalais Peerless pourront continuer de recevoir des cours de français dans leur milieu de travail. C’était la deuxième fois que Vêtements Peerless, un manufacturier qui compte 1000 employés et qui offre des cours de français en entreprise depuis plus de 20 ans, se faisait retirer une subvention en francisation.
