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.
Radio-Canada – L’examen médical aux fins de l’immigration temporairement optionnel
Le gouvernement fédéral a annoncé mercredi qu’il dispensait temporairement « certains étrangers à faible risque » de l’obligation d’un examen médical additionnel dans le cadre de leur demande de résidence permanente ou de visa de résident permanent. Cette mesure sera appliquée jusqu’au 28 décembre 2021. Le gouvernement explique que ces mesures contribueront à simplifier le traitement des demandes présentées par des personnes à faible risque au Canada, tout en gérant efficacement les risques pour la santé publique.
CTV News – Federal Government ‘Taking Steps’ to Convene National Islamophobia Summit After London, Ont. Attack
Following a meeting at the London Muslim Mosque, the federal minister of immigration, refugees, and citizenship described the work that’s underway to hold a National Action Summit on Islamophobia. “Our government is taking the steps to convene that summit, obviously to have some intentional conversations with leaders from the Muslim community right across the country,” Minister Marco Mendicino told CTV News during a visit to London on Tuesday.
Toronto Star – New Immigration Stream to Help International Students Without Work Experience Stay in N.S.
A pilot provincial immigration stream is expected to fill Nova Scotia’s labour shortages in the continuing care and early childhood education sector, said Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab Wednesday. The International Graduates in Demand immigration stream launched as a pilot in April 2021 and is expected to run for three years, according to a document released by the province which outlines eligibility criteria and application requirements.
CBC News – Episodes of Racism, Harassment, Homophobia Recorded at Border Crossing
An investigation of operations at one of the Canada Border Service Agency’s busiest ports of entry found instances of harassment, racism and homophobia, according to documents shared with CBC News. The third-party review looked at the CBSA’s Cornwall, Ont. office, which crosses into New York state and Akwesasne — a Mohawk Nation territory which encompasses islands in the St. Lawrence River and straddles the Canada-U.S. border.
CBC News – Citizenship Oath Sworn by New Canadians Now Recognizes Indigenous Rights
New Canadians are now swearing a revised oath of citizenship that recognizes Indigenous rights, but are still studying the old citizenship guide that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission also recommended be revised. Bill C-8, which amended the wording of the oath in the Citizenship Act, received royal assent and became law on June 21. The next day, 31 new Canadians swore the new oath at a citizenship ceremony presided over by Suzanne Carrière, the first Métis citizenship judge in Canada.
Ottawa Citizen – Ottawa’s Chinese Families Called for Project Seeking Immigration Certificates to Mark Canada’s Mistreatment of Chinese Newcomers
A nation-wide hunt for historic Chinese immigration identity documents hopes that longstanding Chinese families in Ottawa will be able to contribute. “We invite people in the Ottawa area to contact us if they have any of the certificates we are looking for,” said Catherine Clement, curator of the project. Tens of thousands of the documents were issued between 1885 and 1924. Clement’s project hopes to include the so-called C.I. certificates in an exhibition and archive next year that will mark the 100th anniversary of the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act.
