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.
INFO Radio-Canada – Un nouveau camp de migrants accueilli avec hostilité à Lesbos
« On n’a pas peur de la COVID, on a peur d’eux. » Sur l’île de Lesbos, les riverains du nouveau camp de migrants, construit à la hâte après l’incendie de la mégastructure de Moria, craignent un « drame », une « catastrophe », et blâment tour à tour l’Europe, le gouvernement grec et les ONG. Depuis le port de Panagiouda, on voit à l’oeil nu les tentes blanches du nouveau camp censé héberger d’ici la fin de la semaine les milliers de personnes chassées du centre de Moria ravagé par les flammes la semaine dernière.
CTV News – ‘I’m Not Comfortable Living Here’: More Americans Did Actually Try to Move to Canada Since Trump’s 2016 Election
When Donald Trump won the presidential election in November 2016, many Americans threw up their hands and threatened to flee north of the border to live out the rest of their days in chillier climes. And according to new figures from the government, some of them may have actually followed through on that threat. Canada saw an uptick in Americans trying to move to Canada following Trump’s win, according to the new figures from Immigration Canada.
Toronto Star – International Students to Rally for COVID-19 Immigration Changes Outside Freeland’s Office in Toronto
Dozens of demonstrators gathered at Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office in Toronto in the first of two events scheduled this weekend. A second event in Mississauga, Ont., is planned for Sunday. The students say the requirements for graduates to gain permanent residency in Canada are too strict, and economic disruption from the COVID-19 crisis has made those requirements essentially impossible to meet.
ICI Toronto – Toronto est-elle la ville « la plus multiculturelle au monde » ?
« La diversité, notre force », telle est la devise de Toronto. La capitale de l’Ontario accueille l’une des populations les plus diversifiées du monde. En 2016, l’émission More And Less de la BBC a désigné Toronto comme la ville la plus multiculturelle au monde. Le média anglais a pris en compte le pourcentage d’habitants nés à l’étranger pour déterminer la ville ayant la plus grande diversité de population. Selon Statistique Canada, les minorités visibles représentent 51,4 % de la population de Toronto.
CBC News – Ethnocultural Community Groups, Winnipeg School Division Translate Back-to-School Info for Newcomers
Numerous volunteers and a handful of community organizations have banded together so newcomers in Manitoba can have better access to COVID-19 back-to-school information. The Ethnocultural Council of Manitoba, with help from four other ethnocultural community groups and the Winnipeg School Division, translated the province’s Restoring Safe Schools plan into six different languages. The information is presented in videos and information sheets to help newcomers who don’t speak English, or are still learning the language, understand the public health guidelines for schools in a language they know.
Chronicle Herald – From Learning Her ABCs to Helping Newcomers Resettle: Syrian Refugee Wins Literacy Award
Three years ago, Malak Alahmad came to Nova Scotia without any English language skills. “When I come here, there was nothing, no friends,” she recalled. But, as the Syrian mother of four says, studying will help you come a long way. Alahmad was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Council of the Federation Literacy Award. Presented in each province and territory, the award celebrates outstanding achievement, innovative practice and excellence in literacy.
