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Newcomer YouTubers help immigrants get settled in Canada with advice and candid takes
Dakshana Bascaramurty The Globe and Mail 21 December 2022
The Idumota Market in Nigeria’s capital – also known as Lagos Island Market – is a dizzying warren of shops and street vendors selling house slippers, dresses, bottled water, wristwatches, knockoff designer purses, and…
Published December 22, 2022
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Here's what happens when your immigration application is assigned to inactive employees ID
Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2022
After CBC News published a story about how Canada's immigration department assigned tens of thousands of applications to hundreds of inactive employees and placeholder codes, the department explained its processing system…
Published December 22, 2022
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North Bay embraces Ukrainian student refugee
Chris Dawson Bay Today December 22, 2022
Yukhym Baranovskyi enjoys the community of North Bay.
"North Bay is a cozy city with very beautiful nature," the 22-year-old said.
"North Bay reminds me of my hometown with its architecture."
You see, home for Yukhym is the region of…
Published December 22, 2022
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Refugee group partners with Ottawa to bring hundreds of LGBTQ Afghans to Canada
Nick Logan · CBC News · Posted: Dec 22, 2022
A leading advocacy organization for LGBTQ refugees is partnering with the federal government to resettle hundreds of Afghan refugees fleeing persecution because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Rainbow Railroad has…
Published December 22, 2022
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New study shows that high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants
The Canadian Press 20 December 2022
A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation are immigrants.
Jessica Dube, a researcher with the…
Published December 21, 2022
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LGBTQ refugee group only able to resettle four per cent of Afghans, urges Ottawa help
Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press December 20 2022
LGBTQ refugee group Rainbow Railroad says it has only been able to resettle 4 per cent of the nearly 3,800 Afghans who have asked it for help since the Taliban took over their country.
The Toronto-based group documents…
Published December 21, 2022
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Canada plans to welcome millions of immigrants. Can our aging infrastructure keep up?
Tyler Dawson The National Post Published Dec 21, 2022
The Canadian population just blew past 39 million, and the country is only going to get bigger: Ottawa announced in November it wants to bring in a half-million more immigrants each year. The population grows apace, our…
Published December 21, 2022
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Most Canadians welcome immigrants, but anti-immigration sentiments persist
The Conversation December 20, 2022 Constantin Colonescu Dr. Andrea Wagner
Hostility towards immigrants has become a powerful component of right-wing populism in several western countries. But for the time being, Canada has not succumbed to this wave.
In Canada, attitudes towards…
Published December 21, 2022
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From war-torn countries to a peaceful place: How Afghan and Ukrainian newcomers are coping in Canada
Hayatullah Amanat CTV News Dec. 20, 2022
Some Afghan and Ukrainian newcomers to Canada say that although they are struggling with different challenges in their new country, they now feel safe and live in peace.
Since August of 2021, more than 26,000 Afghans have relocated to…
Published December 21, 2022
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As residents flee Hong Kong, some want Canada to do more to bring them here
CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2022
As Hong Kong experiences its biggest emigration wave in decades, many residents looking to leave are calling on the Canadian government to expand the eligibility for special immigration programs.
"The Hong Kong we grew up in, that we used to know…
Published December 21, 2022
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