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Employment and Work
Human rights at work: Can my union refuse to accommodate me in another position because someone has more seniority than me?Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Digital Transformation - a Knowledge Mobilization Resource for the Immigrant and Refugee-serving Sector
Contains resources, strategies and ideas to implement technology for delivery of direct services.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Tool
Indigenous business development toolkit
If you’re an Indigenous person thinking about starting or expanding a business, this toolkit has been developed with you in mind.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Course/Training
CUAET - IRCC Presentation Slides
Here are the slides for the IRCC presentation regarding CUAET.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Research/Dataset
Can Mindfulness Improve the Mental Health of Refugees?
Refugees have consistently been found to experience elevated levels of distress, from symptoms of PTSD, depression, and anxiety, to various culturally specific forms of suffering.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Glossary/Factsheet
4 strategies for hiring refugees successfully
Over five million Ukrainians have fled their country, and more than 68,000 have made it to Canada. If they haven’t already, most will begin seeking employment in their new countries soon.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Personal finance for newcomers to Canada: Opening a bank account, saving for a mortgage, credit scores and more
Getting established in a new country and understanding an unfamiliar financial system can be overwhelming. If you’re new to Canada, here’s what you need to know about getting your financial footing.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Research/Dataset
How age is a big factor for immigration applicants to Canada
Canada is credited for having one of the world’s most immigrant-friendly policies, ranking fourth internationally in the Migrant Integration Policy Index.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Research/Dataset
Ukraine war: why Russians fleeing conscription should be treated as refugees
People fleeing across borders is a hallmark of armed conflict. We first saw millions of Ukrainians flee the country when the Russians invaded Ukraine in February this year.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Research/Dataset
For queer Asians, community means family
From coast to coast, queer and trans Asian Canadians are coming out of the shadows and showing the world who they are.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Canada not doing enough with its highly educated immigrants, StatsCan says
Jessica Wong · CBC News · Posted: Dec 01, 2022
Being a physician has been a lifelong dream for 35-year-old Ayman Jabril. He's passionate about caring for patients, clearly explaining medical treatments, and following up with them over time. He trained and worked as a physician in…
Published December 2, 2022
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Not everyone thinks Canada’s new immigration plan will grow the economy the way it should
Brian Hill Global News December 1, 2022
Nadine Rana’s family has been proudly cleaning clothes for more than 50 years.
Her parents immigrated to Canada from the West Indies in the late 1960s and opened a dry cleaner in Toronto’s east end. Rana now runs the business with the hope…
Published December 2, 2022
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The detention of migrants in Canadian jails is a public health emergency
The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022
Authors: Emma Stirling-Cameron, Researcher in Sexual and Reproductive Health, University of British Columbia and Shira Goldenberg, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, San Diego State University
This month, human rights organizations launched 12…
Published November 29, 2022
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Palestinian refugee's desperate plea for housing in Canada prompts Jewish family to open their door
Adrian Ghobrial CTV National News Nov. 29, 2022
In her past life Aziza Abu Sirdana has only known war, conflict, fear and isolation.
“If you are born in Gaza you don't know what life is,” she told CTV National News.
The 22-year-old Palestinian refugee fled to Canada after she…
Published November 29, 2022
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How the Canada Border Services Agency tolerates and even encourages refugee mistreatment
The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2022
Authors: Kathryn Tomko Dennler, Immigration Researcher, York University, Canada and Brianna Garneau, PhD Candidate, Socio-legal Studies, York University, Canada
Refugee advocates have long known about systemic problems with immigration…
Published November 29, 2022
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Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects feel abandoned waiting for refuge in Pakistan
Janice Dickson The Globe and Mail 25 November 2022
A group of Afghans who worked on Canadian-funded projects intended to promote the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan say they are now stuck in neighbouring Pakistan and running out of money for food and rent, more than a…
Published November 28, 2022
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Sean Fraser: 'Unacceptable' that immigrant surgeons are working as taxi drivers
Naimul Karim Financial Post Nov 25, 2022
Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said changes to Canada’s immigration program next year will rebalance the world’s “most powerful economic migration system” in a way that will help hospitals, builders and other employers address chronic…
Published November 28, 2022
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Ian Mulgrew: Canada's refugee system continues to fail Afghans
Ian Mulgrew Vancouver Sun Nov 24, 2022
“We have been here for a year and two months. We don’t have a Pakistani visa as our visa expired at the end of June. We have applied for a new one, but we are not expecting to get it.”
Momtaz and her family are the kind of refugees that…
Published November 24, 2022
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What are Immigration Canada's plans for your country?
Rhythm Sachdeva CTV News Nov. 23, 2022
Shortly after the federal government unveiled plans for its ambitious goal of seeing 500,000 immigrants arrive each year by 2025, The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) published its strategic objectives for Asia and the…
Published November 24, 2022
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Hameed and Saeed: End the detention of immigrants in Ontario jails
Yavar Hameed & Haniya Saeed Ottawa Citizen Nov 23, 2022
On Nov. 14, a campaign was announced in Ottawa to end the federal government’s contracts with provincial prisons for holding immigration detainees. This campaign, spearheaded by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty…
Published November 23, 2022