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.
ICI Radio Canada – Recrutement intensif d’étudiants indiens : Québec suspend le traitement des demandes
Le gouvernement du Québec suspend la réception et le traitement des demandes présentées dans le cadre du Programme des étudiants étrangers impliquant 10 établissements privés d’enseignement collégial qui mènent des campagnes de recrutement intensives à l’international, particulièrement en Inde. Faisant présentement l’objet d’une enquête, ces collèges privés sont soupçonnés d’avoir développé une stratégie commerciale hautement lucrative, voire frauduleuse, qui facilite ensuite l’immigration de leurs étudiants via le Québec.
National Post – Canada Now Resettles More Refugees Than Any Other Country, Mostly Through Private Sponsorship
Private sponsorship gives citizens the power to offer refugees a new life in Canada. It is an alluring and unique alternative to resettlement by the United Nations, which in 2019 resettled less than one per cent of the world’s 20 million refugees. The result: a deluge of requests and difficult decisions for Canadians. Nonetheless, thousands sponsor every year. Their generosity is a bright spot in a time of tightening border restrictions.
CBC News – Federal Program Gives Young Newcomers Paid Work Experience — And Reason to Hope
In March, the federal government invested nearly half a billion dollars over three years through its Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS) program. The Regina Open Door Society, which helps settle refugees and immigrants, applied for money to run 14-week employment programs for newcomers. It pays participants a minimum wage while they take eight weeks of job readiness training that helps with letter writing, interview skills and workshops on workplace culture. The training is followed by six weeks of work experience.
ICI Radio – La Nouvelle-Écosse se prépare à accueillir un nombre record de nouveaux arrivants
Le gouvernement provincial de la Nouvelle-Écosse a approuvé un nombre record de demandes de nouveaux arrivants en 2020. Ils ont cependant été moins nombreux à s’installer dans la province cette année en raison de la pandémie. La province a approuvé 3 517 demandes, dépassant son objectif de 3292.
Washington Post – Canada Is Turning Asylum Seekers Away at the Border. In the U.S., They Face Deportation.
When the United States and Canada agreed in March to close their border to asylum seekers at unauthorized entry points, Canadian officials said they had received assurances from their U.S. counterparts that the people they turned back wouldn’t be deported. Now at least one has been. At least eight others are being held at a federal detention facility in Batavia, N.Y., many with final removal orders.
CBC News – Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot in Thunder Bay, Ont., a Success
A program which hopes to attract new immigrants to rural and northern communities across the country has helped 69 people secure their Canadian permanent residency in Thunder Bay, Ont. The city was part of the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, which provides a pathway to permanent residency for skilled foreign workers, who help fill needs in a community’s employment gaps.
