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.
La Source – RésoSanté passe à la loupe la santé mentale des jeunes immigrants francophones de la Colombie-Britannique et de l’Alberta
Il s’agit d’un des projets les plus ambitieux lancés par RésoSanté Colombie-Britannique : l’application Speakbox axée sur la santé mentale des jeunes immigrants francophones dans la province et en Alberta arrive en fin de développement de sa première phase. Le projet vise à fournir une application gratuite qui procure des outils psychologiques et mentaux aux jeunes arrivants pour les aider dans leur intégration à la société canadienne. L’application propose des contenus adaptés aux conditions particulières de la province, développée par des professionnels de la santé mentale, mais aussi par des universitaires, des entraîneurs, des professionnels de la thérapie par les arts ou encore des enseignants.
Global News – ‘They Need Rescue’: Afghan Activists Desperate to Bring Families to Canada
Activists who fled Afghanistan for asylum in Canada are frantic to get their families out after the pandemic slowed Canada’s sluggish refugee reunification process, leaving them stranded and at risk of Taliban retribution for their work, refugees and advocates said. The families, mainly young children and spouses, would almost definitely be approved to come to Canada, immigration experts said, but the bureaucratic process for reunification takes an average of three years and two months, according to the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR).
Globe and Mail – Taliban Checkpoints, Canadian Red Tape Impeding Rescue Efforts in Afghanistan
Efforts to evacuate expats and former Afghan support staff are being hampered by a network of checkpoints the Taliban have set up throughout Kabul, as those seeking airlifts to Canada also grapple with what are being described as unreasonable requests for exit documents. About 800 former Afghan translators, fixers and staff who worked for Canada’s military or diplomats are hiding in Kabul, as are an unknown number of Canadians.
Halifax Today – Montreal Haitian group urges Ottawa to speed up immigration files for quake victims
Montreal’s Haitian community urged Ottawa on Monday to process immigration files more quickly for Haitians waiting to come to Canada, as its members tried to help their homeland following a deadly earthquake over the weekend. The head of the Montreal-based community organization Maison d’Haïti says Ottawa should quickly approve the applications from people who had already started the immigration process.
National Post – Canada evacuated 34 diplomats, 807 Afghans: Trudeau
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau says 34 Canadian diplomats and Canadian Armed Forces personnel have been evacuated from Afghanistan along with more than 800 Afghans under a special immigration program. Speaking on the campaign trail in Longueuil, Que., Trudeau says Canada is working with its allies, including the United States and the United Kingdom, to help as many Afghans as possible.
Global News – Edmonton Park Named After Immigrant Who Was Once Told to ‘Look More Canadian’ in Job Interview
An immigrant who was once told to “look more Canadian” in a job interview is now being honoured with an Edmonton park in his name. “I feel very proud and very happy,” said 90-year-old former Canadian citizenship court judge Gurcharan Bhatia. Earlier this month, the city named the park in the community of Blue Quill, The Jiti and Gurcharan Bhatia Park.
