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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial assistance for newcomers, temporary residents and refugees
Canada is helping people who face financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. If you live in Canada, even temporarily, there may be support for you. Some of the information on this page is available in multiple languages.Last updated May 14, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Guidance from IRCC for Private Sponsors Regarding COVID-19
IRCC have produced a document intended to assist sponsors in understanding how cases in process are affected by COVID-19 and, for refugees already in Canada, how sponsors can continue to fulfill their sponsorship role while also addressing the unique settlement needs of sponsoredLast updated May 11, 2020
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Course/Training
Anti-Racism online session (Discrimination During COVID Times)
The Anti-Racism online session (Discrimination During COVID Times) with Desmond Cole and MPP, Laura Mae Lindo.Last updated May 6, 2020
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Course/Training
Online Resources to Help Celebrate Safety and Health Week
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS), along with organizations across North America, will be celebrating Safety and Health Week from May 3-9, albeit, a little differently this year. With the physical distancing in place during the pandemic, workplacesLast updated May 4, 2020
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Glossary/Factsheet
SSHA Memo to Homeless Service Providers
On April 22, SSHA provided an update to homeless service providers and we are also sharing these resources to enhance awareness and understanding of the response to ensuring homeless residents are supported and protected through the pandemic.
Last updated Apr 27, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services: Social Assistance Treatment of the CERB
The Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services has posted information on Social Assistance Treatment of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) on their website.Last updated Apr 27, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
SHA Homelessness Services COVID-19 Response FAQ and Resources
Shelter, Support & Housing Administration Division Homelessness Services COVID-19 Response Frequently Asked Questions and Resources.Last updated Apr 27, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Government of Canada launches Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Calculator for Employers
April 21, 2020 Ottawa Canada Revenue Agency
To help employers keep and re-hire workers amidst the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is implementing the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS). This important economic measure provides a 75% wage subsidy of
Last updated Apr 21, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Website Enables Sharing of Pandemic Resources and Good Practices
April 20, 2020 – Hamilton, ON - Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has provided an online space, Pandemic Info Share, to enable businesses and organizations to share their pandemic-related good
Last updated Apr 20, 2020
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Best Practices/Practical Guide
Coronavirus (COVID 19): Qs and As For Service Provider Organizations
Please note: In response to COVID-19 the Federal Government has established an Emergency Response Plan to help individual business and non-profits. The situation is evolving for us all, we may not have answers instantaneously, but we will need to work on this together as itLast updated Apr 13, 2020
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LGBTQ refugee group only able to resettle four per cent of Afghans, urges Ottawa help
Dylan Robertson The Canadian Press December 20 2022
LGBTQ refugee group Rainbow Railroad says it has only been able to resettle 4 per cent of the nearly 3,800 Afghans who have asked it for help since the Taliban took over their country.
The Toronto-based group documents…
Published December 21, 2022
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Canada plans to welcome millions of immigrants. Can our aging infrastructure keep up?
Tyler Dawson The National Post Published Dec 21, 2022
The Canadian population just blew past 39 million, and the country is only going to get bigger: Ottawa announced in November it wants to bring in a half-million more immigrants each year. The population grows apace, our…
Published December 21, 2022
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Most Canadians welcome immigrants, but anti-immigration sentiments persist
The Conversation December 20, 2022 Constantin Colonescu Dr. Andrea Wagner
Hostility towards immigrants has become a powerful component of right-wing populism in several western countries. But for the time being, Canada has not succumbed to this wave.
In Canada, attitudes towards…
Published December 21, 2022
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From war-torn countries to a peaceful place: How Afghan and Ukrainian newcomers are coping in Canada
Hayatullah Amanat CTV News Dec. 20, 2022
Some Afghan and Ukrainian newcomers to Canada say that although they are struggling with different challenges in their new country, they now feel safe and live in peace.
Since August of 2021, more than 26,000 Afghans have relocated to…
Published December 21, 2022
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As residents flee Hong Kong, some want Canada to do more to bring them here
CBC News · Posted: Dec 20, 2022
As Hong Kong experiences its biggest emigration wave in decades, many residents looking to leave are calling on the Canadian government to expand the eligibility for special immigration programs.
"The Hong Kong we grew up in, that we used to know…
Published December 21, 2022
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Government of Canada improves sickness benefits under the Employment Insurance system
Canadians who are facing illness or injury need to feel confident that they are supported and that their jobs are protected as they recover. That is why the Government of Canada is taking action to improve Employment Insurance (EI) sickness benefits.
Published December 20, 2022
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Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program is ballooning to fill the labour gap, but workers say they’re abused and poorly paid. Is that the solution we want?
Ghada Alsharif The Star Sat., Dec. 17, 2022
David Rodriguez, a 37-year-old cook from Mexico, says he was fired from a Toronto restaurant less than two months after arriving in Canada for standing up to his verbally abusive employer.
Amelia, 37, from Indonesia, says she was fired…
Published December 20, 2022
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Here’s how Syrian refugees who came to Canada say they’re doing — seven years later
Nicholas Keung The Star Sat., Dec. 17, 2022
Seven years after Canada opened its doors to Syrian refugees, that first cohort of newcomers say they feel good about their new lives, have remained friends with their sponsors and are hopeful for a better future.
However, many still…
Published December 20, 2022
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Canada's National Farmers Union wants permanent status for migrants
Toula Mazloum City News Dec 16, 2022
The National Farmer’s Union (NFU) is asking the government to give migrants “full and permanent status.”
It comes as International Migrants Day is marked on Dec.16.
NFU says they asked for equal rights for agricultural workers living, working…
Published December 20, 2022
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Migrant workers in Vancouver demand rights, status
Angela Bower CityNews Dec 18, 2022
Protesters gathered in the snow in downtown Vancouver on Sunday to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to follow up on his promise to expand access to permanent resident status for all migrant workers.
It came in honour of International…
Published December 20, 2022