Media Roundup

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.


Global News – Federal Announcement to Boost Immigration ‘A Step in the Right Direction’: Winnipeg Organization

A Winnipeg organization says last week’s federal government announcement to boost immigration levels in provinces is a step in the right direction when it comes to addressing nationwide labour shortages. “I think it’s a step in the right direction, because we are facing unprecedented labour shortage,” said Shereen Denetto, the executive director of the Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9032511/federal-announcement-immigration-winnipeg-organization/

Toronto Star – Canada Said Her Case Was Urgent. Four Months Later, This Afghan Women’s Activist Waits with No Visa

It gave Farzana Adell Ghadiya hope in April when the well-known Afghan women’s rights activist learned her visa application had been marked urgent for processing by Canadian immigration officials. But almost four months after that last update in the wake of a Star story highlighting her plight, the 38-year-old woman is languishing in limbo in a country where advocates say are picking up Afghan refugees in sweeps and sending them back to the Taliban’s embrace.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2022/08/03/canada-said-her-case-was-urgent-four-months-later-this-afghan-womens-activist-waits-with-no-visa.html

CBC News – Newcomers Get a Taste of the Home They Were Forced to Flee at National Ukrainian Festival

The return of the National Ukrainian Festival in Dauphin offered newcomers displaced by the Russian invasion of Ukraine a comforting taste of home over the weekend. Lesia Yaroshenko travelled more than 300 kilometres from Winnipeg to attend the event in southwestern Manitoba. Yaroshenko and her sons Hnat, 16, and Vlad, 12, hail from Kyiv — her husband, Yevhen Khorolskyi, remains in Ukraine.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/newcomers-get-a-taste-of-the-home-they-were-forced-to-flee-at-national-ukrainian-festival-1.6538963

Globe and Mail – LGBTQ Refugees to Lead the Pride Parade in September, Calgary Pride Says

Calgary Pride says this year’s parade marshals will be LGBTQ refugees who now call the city home. The organization says it is working with the End of the Rainbow Foundation, which helps LGBTQ refugees, and the Centre for Newcomers, a settlement agency, to focus on immigration at the Pride parade. It says it is important to celebrate those who have left everything behind to settle in Canada.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-lgbtq-refugees-to-lead-the-pride-parade-in-september-calgary-pride/

Le Devoir – Que se passe-t-il avec les demandes de visa pour le Canada?

En contradiction avec l’information affichée sur son site Web, le gouvernement fédéral demande à certains visiteurs de déposer une seconde demande de visa pour le Canada si leur première a eu le malheur de se retrouver dans la pile des dossiers non traités lors de la pandémie. Une « file d’attente » au sort incertain qui cause bien des maux de tête. « Si vous devez voyager au Canada en ce moment, veuillez noter qu’une nouvelle demande devrait être soumise. » L’avocat spécialisé en immigration Denis Girard a été surpris de la réponse que lui a envoyée le bureau des visas de Dakar le 13 décembre 2021, alors qu’il se questionnait sur l’important retard dans la délivrance du visa de visiteur d’une de ses clientes originaires du Mali.

https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/740577/immigration-que-se-passe-t-il-avec-les-demandes-de-visa-pour-le-canada

Radio-Canada – Mise en garde d’un expert contre la poussée vers l’autonomie provinciale en immigration

Alors que la Saskatchewan tente d’obtenir plus d’autonomie pour gérer l’immigration dans la province, un avocat en immigration au Québec, David Chalk, affirme que cette quête arrive avec son lot de défis. David Chalk, qui est aussi un ancien président de l’Association québécoise des avocats et avocates en droit de l’immigration, estime que la province n’a pas les ressources nécessaires pour gérer à elle seule les demandes en immigration. La semaine dernière, le ministre de l’Immigration provinciale, Jeremy Harrison, a rencontré ses homologues fédéraux et provinciaux pour discuter d’un accord qui permettrait à la Saskatchewan d’être la seule autorité pouvant approuver les demandes en immigration dans la province.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1902693/demande-controle-immigration-frais-delai