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 Devoir – Les élections de la diversité
Le contraste entre les anciens conseillers municipaux de Longueuil et ceux qui ont remporté le scrutin est frappant. Les messieurs-dames d’un certain âge, tous des Québécois dits « de souche », ont cédé la place à des concitoyens plus représentatifs de la diversité nationale. Près de la moitié des élus sont des immigrants de première ou de deuxième génération. Ils sont jeunes. Beaucoup sont des femmes.
Le Devoir – Opération charme pour Amazon auprès des travailleurs québécois
Les exigences pour obtenir un emploi à Amazon sont faibles, si bien qu’une part importante de ceux qui travaillent dans leurs centres au Québec sont de nouveaux arrivants, a constaté l’organisateur communautaire Mostafa Henaway, du Centre des travailleurs et travailleuses immigrants. Un questionnaire en ligne à choix de réponses, portant sur la personnalité et la motivation du candidat, fait office d’entrevue. Aucune expérience de travail récente n’est exigée.
Francopresse – Cinq ans pour mieux répondre aux besoins des immigrantes francophones
Constatant une absence de données sur les besoins spécifiques des femmes immigrantes francophones en milieu minoritaire, l’Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne a lancé, à l’occasion de son congrès annuel, une étude intitulée Des services sensibles au genre pour une meilleure prise en compte des parcours et compétences des femmes immigrantes. La recherche servira désormais à mettre sur pied un « plan de renforcement » pour que les organismes de terrain sachent mieux accueillir et intégrer les femmes immigrantes francophones.
Globe and Mail – ‘Be Careful You Don’t Die in an Accident’: Hong Kong Protester Living in Canada Receives Daily Threats
Alison Lai’s grandfather arrived as a refugee in Hong Kong seven decades ago, trading the chaos of 1950s China for the safety of what was then a British colony. In 2020, China made a refugee of Ms. Lai, too. Ms. Lai, 32, is one of thousands of Hong Kongers looking to build a new life in Canada. Like her, some have been granted asylum as political refugees. Others are applying for immigration programs designed to attract well-educated foreigners.
Globe and Mail – In Brampton, Young Newcomer Workers Stand Up for Their Rights: ‘There Is Strength in Numbers’
Gagandeep Sidhu was at the end of his rope in June. With $50 left in his bank account and his employer refusing to pay the $5,549 in wages they owed him, the 24-year-old had nowhere to turn. “I was completely broken,” the dump-truck driver said. That’s when Mr. Sidhu saw a Facebook post that caught his attention. The post, written in Punjabi, his first language, promised to help students and workers to recover withheld wages from their employers. The post was published by the Naujawan Support Network (NSN), a Brampton, Ont.-based collective of Punjabi-Canadian activists.
Edmonton Journal – ‘He Was Not Just My Interpreter’: Veteran Helped Afghan and His Family Resettle in Canada
Stephen Peddle, 47, served in the Canadian military for 28 years, including two missions on the ground in Afghanistan — one in 2007 and another in 2012. He left the service in 2019. Peddle got involved with the current Afghan refugee crisis to help his former interpreter, Sangeen Abdul Mateen, who served on the ground with him in 2007, get his family members to safety. “He was not just my interpreter, not just my friend, but my cultural adviser while I was in Afghanistan who I credit with helping keep myself and my comrades alive,” said Peddle
