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Montreal AIDS conference told current approach mostly benefits wealthy, majority white nations

CBC News · Posted: Aug 03, 2022 3:41 PM ET | Last Updated: August 3

A man wearing surgical gloves, a toddler on his father's knee. All three are African.

It's time for richer nations to…

TORONTO — To better serve the Francophone community, the Ontario government is now offering the option of French language characters, such as accents (e.g., ç, è, é, ê, ë), on Ontario health cards. This is another step forward in the province’s plan to make French characters…

By Nicholas Keung Immigration Reporter

Tue., Aug. 2, 2022

After weeks of delays, Canada is rolling out interim measures to allow international students who have been left in a kind of immigration limbo due to pandemic backlogs to stay and work legally in this country.

Starting…

Canada has announced rules for holders of expired post-graduation work permits who want to apply for open work permits or extend the one they currently have.

International students whose permits expired or will expire between September 20th, 2021 and December 31, 2022 will be…

News release

July 28, 2022—Saint John, NB—The Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI), met today to consider opportunities for the future of immigration to Canada and initiatives to respond to pan-Canadian labour shortages. Ministers discussed ways to maximize…

Kurlis Mati

A University of Windsor sociology professor is taking part in a research project aimed at improving the lives of migrant farm workers in Canada.

Glynis George is examining supports for guest workers to identify ways to close gaps in service.

It's part of a larger…

Of more than 2M temporary and permanent residence applications, nearly 1M are from India

Pratyush Dayal · CBC News · Posted: Jul 28, 2022 

Abdulsalam Dakouri has been trying to bring his brother, a Syrian refugee, and his family in Iraq to Saskatoon for the past four years, but…

In letter to Ottawa, 4 provinces say they can choose newcomers with 'greatest chance of success'

Jess Chin · CBC News · Posted: Jul 27, 2022 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

Citing a nationwide labour shortage, several provincial immigration ministers say they want more…

Rural municipalities expressing concerns that Ukrainian immigrants are delayed in getting work permits

John Cairns - about 20 hours ago

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities is expressing concern that Ukrainian immigrants to Canada are encountering…

Canada’s over-65 population is not small. In 2020 it was more than 18 per cent and within eight years is expected to reach 23 per cent. Clearly, current policies are not addressing the impact this will have on labour markets, or on the cost of social services.

Author of the…