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Social isolation on the rise while civic engagement has dropped in Toronto, study finds
CBC News · Posted: Nov 22, 2022
Civic engagement among Torontonians has fallen markedly in recent years while the proportion of city residents who feel socially isolated has risen.
That's according to the Toronto Social Capital Study 2022, a sweeping report released Tuesday that
Last updated Nov 23, 2022
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Moving beyond the media’s ‘deficit lens’ is essential for racialised peoples to claim belonging. Here’s how they’re doing it
The Conversation November 7, 2022 Sukhmani Khorana
Australia’s mainstream media has long viewed refugees, migrants and Indigenous communities through a “deficit lens”. That’s where these populations – in all their glorious complexity – are framed simply as a “problem” that needs
Last updated Nov 9, 2022
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Course/Training
OCASI Professional Education and Training Program (PET)
Under the PET project, assistance is available to frontline staff working in organizations funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), to enhance their skills and gain knowledge through individual courses.Last updated Nov 4, 2022
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Home is where the community is: housing as a human right
October 11, 2022 Rabble
In the third episode of the Courage My Friends podcast, Series III, Dania Majid, director of the Tenant Duty Council Program at the Advocacy Center for Tenants Ontario (ACTO); John Ecker, director of Research and Evaluation at the Canadian Observatory on
Last updated Oct 13, 2022
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For queer Asians, community means family
By Diamond Yao • October 5, 2022 Xtra Magazine
From coast to coast, queer and trans Asian Canadians are coming out of the shadows and showing the world who they are. With anti-Asian violence on the upswing due to racist misperceptions about the origin and spread of COVID-19, and
Last updated Oct 11, 2022
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Ukraine war: why Russians fleeing conscription should be treated as refugees
The Conversation September 29, 2022 Martin Jones
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. Now there are reports of hundreds of thousands of Russians
Last updated Sep 29, 2022
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Canada should recommit to bilingualism
Steve Lafleur Policy Options September 28, 2022
Canada is officially a bilingual country. In practice, though, there are few parts of Canada outside of Quebec where one can live a primarily francophone life. This probably won’t change. But Canada can and should aspire to be a
Last updated Sep 29, 2022
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How age is a big factor for immigration applicants to Canada
Deena Zaidi CTV News Sept. 25, 2022
Canada is credited for having one of the world’s most immigrant-friendly policies, ranking fourth internationally in the Migrant Integration Policy Index. But the criteria used to prioritize applicants based on age leaves many at a disadvantage
Last updated Sep 29, 2022
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Here’s Canada’s new plan to help foreign students and workers become permanent residents. Some say it isn’t nearly new enough
Nicholas Keung The Star Wed., Sept. 21, 2022
After much hype over a new strategy to help more migrants become permanent residents, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has delivered a plan that largely reinstated the policy changes made during the pandemic.
A motion unanimously
Last updated Sep 22, 2022
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