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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.
Radio Canada International – Les relations interculturelles en temps d’élections
Immigration et intégration, deux thèmes peu ou pas abordés après quatre semaines de campagne électorale au Québec. Pourtant ces deux thèmes sont cruciaux dans une province qui, contexte démographique oblige, accueille bon an mal an, plus de 50 000 immigrants permanents. […] Alors que le débat sur la cohésion sociale, engendré par le dépôt du projet de loi sur une Charte des valeurs québécoises, par le Parti québécois, ne cesse de créer des remous, le sociologue de formation, Doudou Sow, a analysé, sous deux angles, la problématique de l’intégration des immigrants dans leur société d’accueil et vient de publier deux essais : « Intégration professionnelle des personnes immigrantes et identité québécoise : une réflexion sociologique » et « Intégration : une responsabilité partagée entre la société d’accueil et la personne immigrante. »
Cameroonvoice – Canada : Cours d’anglais gratuits pour les francophones de l’Ontario
La langue française est présente en Ontario depuis plus de 350 ans. D’ailleurs, la communauté francophone de la province représente la communauté francophone la plus importante du Canada après celle du Québec. La journée du drapeau ontarien est célébrée le 25 Septembre et fêtera cette année le 39ème anniversaire de l’amitié franco-ontarienne. En novembre 2013, l’Ontario a décidé d’étendre son programme d’Anglais Langue Seconde (ESL : English as Second Language) dans les communautés à travers la province afin d’encourager l’intégration des francophones en Ontario mais aussi pour permettre aux immigrants de langue française d’obtenir plus d’opportunités et de succès en matière de recherche d’emploi.
Nova News – Toronto Consultants Advise Immigrants to Avoid Digby, Yarmouth, Clare
Immigroup, an immigration consulting firm based in Toronto that helps people apply to come to Canada, posted a list last August called “Dying Towns: 10 Towns in Canada that Smart Immigrants Avoid”. […] The list appears to be based on StatsCan data – for Digby and Yarmouth the unemployment rates of 13 and 12.5 per cent are the main reasons for avoiding the towns, but for Clare they also mention that the average wage fell by 7.5 per cent. […] The mayor says Immigroup’s information about the Yarmouth ferry is out of date, not to mention the StatsCan data the whole list is based on. “We’ve seen an increase in fisheries jobs,” he said, “We have a fish plant in Meteghan looking for employees—they’re looking to bring people in because they can’t find employees here.”
The Record – App for New Canadians Wins Open Data Contest
Carlos Saavedra and Jason Ernst will use $26,000 in prize money they just won to launch a startup called Electric Sheep, which will help new Canadians decide where they should live based on employment, education and climate data. Saavedra and Ernst won first place in the Canadian Open Data Experience, a national app development contest organized by the Treasury Board of Canada. […] Their app is called newRoots and is based on seven sets of data. Recent immigrants who use the app select the factors that are important to them, and the app provides a list of cities matching their priorities. Most new Canadians first settle in Toronto, Montreal or Vancouver. […] The app taps into federal data on average incomes, visible-minority populations, crime rates, housing data, climate, unemployment rates and labour markets.
The Telegram – Virginia Waters Candidates Meet with Muslim Community
All three candidates in the race to win former Premier Kathy Dunderdale’s old district of Virginia Waters in an upcoming byelection attempted to garner support during an all-candidates event in St. John’s Wednesday night. The Muslim Association of Newfoundland and Labrador organized the event as a means to give members of its community the chance to hear from the candidates. It was held at the Masjid al-Noor mosque, located within the Virginia Waters district.
The Telegram – Immigration Canada Cites Lack of Money in Denying Woman a Visa
Danny Gillis, a regional co-ordinator with the Catholic organization, told The Telegram then that every year the group brings a speaker from someplace overseas where it does work. This year, the guest was to be Alawiran-Plaza from the Philipines, who was described in a number of church bulletins advertising her visit as “area manager of a coalition of grassroots people’s organizations that works towards achieving sustainable rural development. (It) is based on the belief that the poor can make positive economic and social change for themselves.” In denying her a visa, Immigration Canada noted the woman’s lack of experience in giving such talks and her lack of financial security. “In reviewing her application, the visa officer noted that Ms. Alawiran-Plaza did not provide evidence that she has given similar talks or presentations in the past and she has no previous documented travel outside of the Philippines,” an email from Immigration Canada reads. “In addition, she has negligible savings and few ties to her home country.”
