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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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Research/Dataset
Women’s Guide to Cyber Safety 2022
Women and girls are both the targets and scapegoats of online harassment; we’re singled out and then victim-blamed as though we asked to be persecuted.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Tool
What are my options if I was discriminated against?
Steps to Justice has a new tool to help people who experienced discrimination at work, by their landlord, or by the police. The tool lets them compare the legal options they have.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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Course/Training
Understanding and Challenging Anti-Black Racism
This 4-module course aims to assist people working in the immigrant and refugee-serving sector understand how systems operate and how they create and manifest racism and anti-Black racism.Last updated Nov 4, 2024
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Research/Dataset
National Advisory Council on Poverty - 2024 report
The National Advisory Council on Poverty released their 2024 report yesterday. It confirms what we have been saying for years re: disproportionate levels of poverty for Black and racialized people, and for immigrants, refugees and migrants.Last updated Oct 31, 2024
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Tool
Fair Farmwork Toolkit launches
A new toolkit aiming to empower migrant farm workers through a social certification launched in September 2024. Prepared by CERC Migration Researcher Erika Borrelli, the document provides a new perspective for a transparent and equitable food supply chain.Last updated Oct 30, 2024
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NDP calls for end to most immigration detention cases
Brigitte Bureau · CBC News · Posted: Feb 01, 2023
The federal NDP is calling for an end to immigration detention — except for people who pose a danger to the public — after Radio-Canada/CBC reporting revealed that thousands of foreign nationals are detained each year with no…
Published February 6, 2023
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Why immigration detainee who died in custody had ‘no end date’ on stay in jail
Nicholas Keung The Star Wed., Feb. 1, 2023
There was no timeline to get Abdurahman Ibrahim Hassan out of jail and out of this country.
The immigration detainee was being held at the provincial jail in Lindsay, Ont., as he awaited deportation from Canada.
He’d been there since…
Published February 6, 2023
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New regulations on migrant farm workers should tackle employer/employee power imbalances
February 1, 2023 The Conversation Stephanie Mayell, C. Susana Caxaj &Janet McLaughlin
The government of Canada recently amended the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to include new employer obligations. These amendments are intended to enhance protections for migrant…
Published February 6, 2023
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TD strikes deal with Canada immigration site as newcomers surge
Kevin Orland, Bloomberg News January 31, 2023
Gerry Butts, vice chair of Eurasia Group and former principal secretary to the prime minister of Canada, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the inclusion of Canada in Eurasia Group's Top Risks 2023 report. Butts speaks about the risks…
Published February 6, 2023
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Immigration requirements are driving new doctors away from N.S., says medical resident
Nicola Seguin · CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2023
Abhinaya Yeddala's plan to become a family doctor and build a life in Nova Scotia is coming to fruition — but she says she nearly gave up and left the province because of a requirement that added more than two years to the process. …
Published January 30, 2023
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Black Canadians worry possible recession would hit anti-racism progress at work: report
Aya Al-Hakim Global News January 30, 2023
Most Black Canadians feel their employers have made progress in addressing anti-Black racism in the workplace but worry a possible recession would stall or even wipe out those gains, a new survey has found.
The study by KPMG found that…
Published January 30, 2023
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Students, workers from Iran plead to speed up spousal work permits
Dilshad Burmanabout City News January 27, 2023
Editor’s note: The names of the participants in this story have been changed for their safety and that of their families in Iran.
For newlywed international student Sarah, her education and part-time job have taken a back seat as she…
Published January 30, 2023
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Montreal community groups call for help with influx of asylum seekers
CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2023
Community groups from across Montreal say they are being stretched to the breaking point by the rise in asylum seekers and refugees settling in the city.
"What we see is, on the ground, claimants going in places they would never go to ask for…
Published January 30, 2023
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It took him 2 years to get paid as a teacher in Ontario. He hopes his story helps other skilled immigrants
Vanessa Balintec · CBC News · Posted: Jan 26, 2023
It took Thiru Thirukkumaran almost two years to receive his certificate to teach in Ontario and he wouldn't have gotten it at all if he didn't appeal the regulatory college's initial denial.
CBC Toronto first told the story of…
Published January 30, 2023
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Montreal health-care services work to improve asylum seekers' journey to parenthood after Roxham Road
CBC News · Posted: Jan 25, 2023
When she crossed the Canadian border via Roxham Road last year, Géraldine Bertrand felt a deep sense of relief.
"When I got there, I was at peace, I felt safe, it was the first time in my life that I had that feeling," she said. "It was the best…
Published January 30, 2023