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 – P.E.I. Needs to Fix Poor Protection for Temporary Foreign Workers, Says Union
Protecting temporary foreign workers on P.E.I. is a simple matter of human rights, the Canadian Union of Public Employees told a legislative committee earlier this week. Aditya Rao, the human rights representative with CUPE Maritimes, was testifying before a committee considering a proposed Temporary Foreign Worker Protection Act. Rao said the province needs to put workers’ rights ahead of business interests. The province has considerable power in the management of the temporary foreign worker program, said Rao.
CBC News – Food Program for Edmonton Newcomers and Refugees at Risk
An Edmonton program that helps provide food to more than 500 newcomer and refugee families is asking for help from the public after its funding was cut. Officials with the Grocery Run Program, say funding from the Edmonton Community Foundation, United Way, food rescue charity Second Harvest, and the federal government and private donors was short-term and will end in December. “They were focused on emergency response rather than on longer-term strategies,” said Catherine Bangel, who handles public relations for the program.
Welland Tribune – Using Data to Integrate Anti-Racism in the Settlement Sector
Although on paper Canadian immigration policy gives equal importance to the social and economic success of newcomers, this is not the case in practice, says Aviva Weizman, research associate at the Centre for Newcomers in Calgary. She spoke at Metropolis Canada’s 4th Annual Forum on Measuring Identities on Wednesday. While the settlement sector is often considered to have expertise in diversity, equity and inclusion, there are blind spots that need to be addressed.
Globe and Mail – For Many Filipino-Canadian Families, Preserving Their Language Happens One Word at a Time
Growing up, Carlos Cabaneros was familiar with the books of Dr. Seuss and Robert Munsch. Born in Saudi Arabia to Filipino parents, he attended international school in Riyadh, and English is his first language. But through yearly vacations to the Philippines to visit extended family, Mr. Cabaneros eventually learned to speak his heritage language, Tagalog. Today, he wants to make it easier for second-generation immigrants like him to do the same.
Toronto Star – ‘I’ve Wasted 18 Months of My Life’: Canada Has Left These Students in Study-Permit Limbo
The Canadian immigration department says on its website that the processing of study permits takes an average 13 weeks even now, in the midst of the pandemic. Some Iranian students say they have been waiting as long as two years, and that the delay is costing them career opportunities. “We want Canadian authorities to expedite this process and stop discriminating against Iranian students,” Peiman Pour Momen said
La Source – Comment faut-il décoder les nouveaux enjeux de l’immigration vietnamienne en France et au Canada
De l’occupation japonaise (1940) aux ultimes soubresauts des guerres d’Indochine (les guerres contre la Chine de 1979, puis de 1984) c’est presque un demi-siècle entier de guerre, de conflits et de violences qui ont fait du Vietnam une des nations qui compte le plus d’immigrants au XXe siècle. Mais avec la paix et la reconstruction, le pays et les diasporas qui en sont issues ont profondément évolué. C’est à cette évolution et aux nouveaux enjeux qui en résultent que s’attaque Anne-Cécile Delaisse, doctorante à UBC et qui s’est lancée dans une vaste dissertation ethnographique sur l’immigration vietnamienne, et en particulier sur le cas des pays d’accueil que sont le Canada et la France.
