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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.
A Kurdish queer activist, Ziva Gorani fled her hometown in Afrin, Syria, and resettled here with help from the Canadian government in 2016 via Turkey. The trans woman was placed in a shelter among straight Syrian refugee families, who had never met a queer person in their lives, which made Gorani very uncomfortable.
Language app helps Canada’s LGBTQ newcomers learn queer culture and history | The Star
A Kurdish queer activist, Ziva Gorani fled her hometown in Afrin, Syria, and resettled here with help from the Canadian government in 2016 via Turkey. The trans woman was placed in a shelter among straight Syrian refugee families, who had never met a queer person in their lives, which made Gorani very uncomfortable. When she later moved temporarily into the home of a gay couple, she also felt uneasy because she lacked the cultural references to the LGBTQ community in Canada. In both the straight and queer worlds, Gorani felt like an outcast here.
For more than seven decades, the federal government has published a citizenship study guide for wannabe Canadians — a booklet that touches on Canada’s history and geography, its political structure and key tenets of what it means to be a good citizen. The current version, however, hasn’t been updated in more than a decade, drawing criticism for using outdated terminology and leaving out or sanitizing darker moments of Canada’s past, including attempts to forcibly assimilate Indigenous Peoples.
The Newfoundland and Labrador government revealed Wednesday how it will spend nearly $8 million to help meet an ambitious goal of attracting 5,100 immigrants annually by 2026. The money will be spent on such things as supports to help people settle and become integrated with their new homes. As well, money will targeted for education, inclusion initiatives and promotional campaigns to attract residents to Newfoundland and Labrador.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-immigration-investments-1.6077138
Researchers looked at the wages of naturalized citizens in two cohorts — demarcated by the Conservative government’s citizenship reform implemented in 2015 that raised an applicant’s minimum physical presence in Canada from three to four years. They found that those affected by the change were less likely to hold a position in the public sector, and more likely to be self-employed and have a job with continuously varying work schedules. These immigrants also tended to work more hours a week and for a lower wage than peers not affected by it.