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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.
Prabhjot Singh had one main goal when he came to Canada earlier this year: to work as a priest in one of the country’s many Sikh temples. But seven months later, Singh claims he’s lost his life savings, faced threats of violence and been left struggling to feed his two children, prevented by his alleged employers and immigration rules from working in Canada.
As the coronavirus situation intensifies, community workers are urging elected officials to not forget vulnerable populations, and for governments to commit to programs that will ensure people are not left behind and that their needs are top of mind in any post-COVID-19 plan. Advocates point to asylum seekers, especially those who have been working on the front lines of the pandemic. They say at least one — Marcelin François, a former patient orderly — has died from the virus.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7369922/community-workers-vulnerable-populations-coronavirus-second-wave/
Je me souviens d’avoir participé à une séance sur l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion (EDI) à l’occasion du concours du fonds Nouvelles frontières en recherche, lancé en 2018. Dans le cadre de leur demande en ligne, les chercheurs doivent expliquer les mesures prises pour assurer le respect des normes d’EDI dans la composition de leur équipe et leur environnement de recherche. Ce volet formalise l’engagement des trois organismes subventionnaires de la recherche (les Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada, le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie et le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines) envers la création d’un environnement d’apprentissage équitable et inclusif pour les stagiaires et les chercheurs.
Une infirmière qui a tenu des propos dénigrants et dégradants envers une femme autochtone, Joyce Echaquan, peu avant son décès, a été congédiée, a annoncé mardi le premier ministre François Legault. La mère de sept enfants est morte à l’Hôpital de Joliette, lundi soir, dans des circonstances nébuleuses. Une vidéo qu’elle a filmée en direct sur Facebook, en réclamant de l’aide, a suscité de nombreuses réactions.
A Vancouver welcome centre for immigrants and refugees is once again hosting families fleeing hardship elsewhere in the world after sitting virtually empty during the summer months. According to Statistics Canada, only three refugees arrived in B.C. between April and June compared to 202 during the same period last year. Now, after an almost three month suspension of Canada’s resettlement program due to coronavirus concerns, the Immigration Services Society of B.C., (ISS of B.C.) is helping 16 families settling in the Lower Mainland this fall.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/issbc-refugees-coronavirus-1.5743464
In a groundbreaking judgment involving a spousal immigration case, Canada’s Federal Court has entered uncharted territory by broadening the definition of conjugal relationship to include mixed-orientation couples who are otherwise committed and dependent on each other. In granting an appeal by the gay man and his heterosexual partner, referred to in court as AP and AM, Justice Janet M. Fuhrer said the Immigration Appeal Division was wrong and unreasonable in rejecting their spousal sponsorship application.