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New programs help prepare east Hamilton newcomer students for school
Empowerment Squared has launched two new programs aimed at building confidence, skills and knowledge in students who recently arrived in Canada.
By Kate McCullough
Wed., Aug. 17, 2022
Attia Naeem’s first few days in a Hamilton classroom were lonely. Overwhelmed by change, she…
Published August 17, 2022
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Large group of post-grad work permit holders ineligible for 2022 extension
Large group of post-grad work permit holders ineligible for 2022 extension
In January 2021, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced a public policy that allowed people whose PGWPs were expiring on or before Nov. 27, to apply for an open work permit valid for…
Published August 17, 2022
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Immigration Minister responds to criticism over Afghan resettlement numbers
Government promised a year ago to resettle 40K Afghans. Only about 17,300 have made it to Canada
CBC Radio · Posted: Aug 16, 2022 11:46 AM ET | Last Updated: August 16
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser says the delay in getting more Afghan refugees to…
Published August 17, 2022
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From international student to refugee
Fleeing Ukraine and resettling elsewhere has been difficult—especially for African nationals.
by Patrick Egwu
August 15, 2022
On February 22, Martin Domo was at his home in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, when his friend phoned him and said, “We need to leave.” Tensions…
Published August 17, 2022
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Writing the stories of Afghan women, one step at a time
The Shoe Project paired Canadian mentors with women who escaped Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul
Katherine Govier
Toronto Star
Friday, August 12, 2022
The January snow-laden trees outside my Toronto window were far away from the empty concrete walls of a room somewhere in…
Published August 17, 2022
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[TW]A year into Taliban rule, Afghans fear Canada has left them behind
By Stewart Bell Global News
Posted August 12, 2022 6:00 am
On the day the Taliban took over Afghanistan, Sadia fled her office in Kabul and hid at a friend’s house. A manager at a Canadian-funded women’s project, she knew what the return of the Taliban meant.
A year later, she…
Published August 17, 2022
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Aid shipment to Afghanistan cancelled due to anti-terrorist law
Marie Woolf
The Canadian Press
Published Wednesday, August 10, 2022 8:14PM EDT
OTTAWA -- Two containers of food bound for Afghanistan have been cancelled by a Canada-based aid agency because of a law banning any dealings with the Taliban.
World Vision says it has been forced to…
Published August 11, 2022
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Canada should loosen visa requirements to allow more Ukrainian refugees: report
Bill Graveland
The Canadian Press
Published Aug. 11, 2022 1
CALGARY - A new report says Canada needs to change its federal visa policy to speed up the admission of Ukrainian refugees, which has slowed to a trickle.
The study by the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy…
Published August 11, 2022
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[TW] On the run and hiding in a hole: Thousands of Afghans who helped Canada still facing Taliban vengeance
'The (Canadian) government is just ambiguously silent to the vast majority of these people. No one is getting any kind of answer back'
Author of the article:Tom Blackwell
Publishing date:Aug 11, 2022
Somewhere in southern Afghanistan, a former employee of Canada’s armed forces…
Published August 11, 2022
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Indigenous women have generally poorer health than Indigenous men, UBCO professor finds
Economist Min Hu's research is based on self-reported health data from StatsCan's Aboriginal People's Survey
Winston Szeto · CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2022 7:00 AM PT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Indigenous women across Canada living off-reserve tend to have poorer physical and…
Published August 11, 2022
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