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Steven Wilhelm,  Submitted

Publishing date:Aug 17, 2022  

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Fleeing their war-torn home country, Ukrainian families are still facing challenges in the safety of Canada’s boarders.

According to Fleeha Ahmad, a program coordinator and settlement counsellor with Rocky…

'Windsor has been a favourable destination' says South Asian Centre

CBC News · Posted: Aug 18, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

The number of people who speak South Asian languages or Arabic as their first language in Windsor-Essex has seen a sharp rise since the last…

Employers need to treat workers with ‘dignity and respect,’ Sean Fraser says

Kevin Yarr · CBC News · Posted: Aug 18, 2022 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser

'We cannot create a situation that allows employers with…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…