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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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Course/Training
Capacity Building Opportunity: Facilitation Skills Training
For a limited time, Skills for Success Canada is covering the tuition fees to participate in the highly successful Change it Up Facilitator Training.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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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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How fraud artists are exploiting Canada’s international education boom
MacLean’s Stéphanie VergeJanuary 24, 2023
Nisha never doubted her family’s faith in her. Growing up as the youngest child in a big family in India’s Punjab state, Nisha—who agreed to speak with me if I didn’t use her last name—always had her sights set on bigger things. After she…
Published January 26, 2023
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‘Backwards immigration process’ creating red tape for future N.S. doctors, medical resident says
By Alicia Draus & Alex Cooke Global News January 23, 2023
A medical resident who came to Nova Scotia as an international student says the province is losing out on good doctors due to immigration challenges.
For the past several years, a handful of international students have…
Published January 26, 2023
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Indian migrant arrested near U.S. border last year accused of using fake documents to apply to Ontario college
Caitlyn Gowriluk, Karen Pauls · CBC News · Posted: Jan 24, 2023
An Indian citizen who was part of the same group of migrants as a family that froze to death near the United States border in Manitoba last year has been accused of forgery in his home country, after allegedly using…
Published January 26, 2023
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Seeking asylum is a legal human right – why are we treating it as the opposite?
Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock The Globe And Mail January 23, 2023
Lloyd Axworthy is a former Canadian foreign minister and current chair of the World Refugee and Migration Council. Allan Rock is president emeritus of the University of Ottawa and a former Canadian ambassador to\u2026
Published January 23, 2023
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Canada should fly vulnerable Afghans directly here, do checks after: advocate
Rachel Gilmore Global News January 22, 2023
Afghans who are facing immediate, high risks from the Taliban should be brought straight into Canada now, an advocate says.
Canada can worry about identification checks, such as fingerprinting, afterwards, Tim Laidler of the Veterans…
Published January 23, 2023
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There's an increase of newcomers to Waterloo region to help with labour gaps
James Chaarani · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2023
The Region of Waterloo has seen a significant rise in new permanent residents in recent years, which the federal government said will help to fill gaps in the labour market.
Data provided to CBC News by Immigration, Refugees and…
Published January 23, 2023
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Calls for more newcomers to help ease labour shortage
Richard Hutton St. Catherine Standard Fri., Jan. 20, 2023
Adrion Brion came to Canada from the Philippines along with his wife and son. Since landing in Canada last August, he has found a job in information technology with the Algoma Central shipping company,
Adrian Brion had…
Published January 20, 2023
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People with disabilities need financial relief now
Rabia Khedr The Star Wed., Jan. 18, 2023
It’s perplexing for us disabled people and advocates that so many media headlines point to the extreme financial struggles of people with disabilities in our inflationary economy while the powers that be continue debating details.
What…
Published January 20, 2023
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Opinion: Coming to a new country as a refugee can be overwhelming
Rosemary Legge Fort Erie Post Thursday, January 19, 2023
Uprooting yourself from what is comfortable and known can be overwhelming and scary. Traversing the highways and byways, moving into a new home, changing careers, or other major changes can make the best of us feel stressed…
Published January 20, 2023
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This pilot program makes it easier for newcomers to Canada to become permanent residents
Jonathan Migneault · CBC News · Posted: Jan 19, 2023
Felix Koros moved from Kenya to Sault Ste. Marie., Ont., with his family in early December, and thanks to an immigration pilot program, he says he is on track to become a permanent resident soon.
"We thank God that we are here…
Published January 20, 2023