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Hamilton, Six Nations organizations marking National Day of Truth and Reconciliation all week
Aura Carreño Rosas · CBC News · Posted: Sep 26, 2022
Friday marks the second National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, a day honouring "the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities."
The day was one of the…
Published September 29, 2022
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Recruiters and employers increasingly taking advantage of temporary foreign workers, advocate says
Joel Ballard, Francis Plourde · CBC News · Posted: Sep 23, 2022
Temporary foreign workers are reporting paying recruiters and employers thousands of dollars to obtain a permit to work in Canada — only to end up with nothing.
CBC Radio-Canada spoke with multiple experts who say…
Published September 29, 2022
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Iranians in Toronto protest after young woman dies in police custody in Iran
Griffin Jaeger · CBC News · Posted: Sep 20, 2022
Members of the Iranian community in Toronto are taking a stand against what they say is the world's silence following the death of a 22-year-old woman in Iran after she was detained by the morality police.
Mahsa Amini was arrested…
Published September 21, 2022
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Canadians who aren't white say border agents discriminate against them as they return home
Joanne Roberts · CBC News · Posted: Sep 16, 2022
Canadians who aren't white say they're discriminated against at the Canadian border, and they believe it's because of their race.
A 33-year-old woman from Winnipeg said she's gone through a full range of experiences at the border…
Published September 16, 2022
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Door opens to Chatham-Kent’s agricultural workers
Oct 19, 2021 - There has been broad praise for changes to Canada’s immigration policy announced earlier this year that provide a path to permanent residency for temporary foreign workers – including agricultural workers.
In Chatham-Kent, workers the Caribbean, Latin America and…
Published October 19, 2021
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Opportunity for policy leaders: apply to Maytree Policy School 2022
Applications are open for Maytree Policy School 2022
Are you a policy professional who is in a position to influence the public policy direction of your organization and interested in enhancing your effectiveness in the policy process?
Is your organization ready to become more…
Published September 30, 2021
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New fund to help groups working to resettle Afghan, other refugees in Waterloo region
Sep 15, 2021 -Individuals looking to help refugees coming to Waterloo region this year, including those from Afghanistan, can donate money to a new fund that will provide cash to organizations working to resettle people in the community.
The fund is a joint project between the…
Published September 15, 2021
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‘Climate migrants’: Report warns 200 million could be pushed out of homes by 2050
September 13, 2021 -Climate change could push more than 200 million people to leave their homes in the next three decades and create migration hotspots unless urgent action is taken to reduce global emissions and bridge the development gap, a World Bank report has found.
The…
Published September 15, 2021
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Canada needs to do better for Black refugees and immigrants
Black refugees from Africa still face barriers to integration and long processing times.
In 1951, Canada did not sign the newly adopted UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. It feared the United Nations treaty would limit its ability to deport communists and others…
Published August 6, 2021
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Ontario Supporting Young Victims and Survivors of Human Trafficking in Peel Region
BRAMPTON – The Ontario government is investing more than $3.1 million over the next five years in a new community-based program to provide more young victims and survivors of human trafficking in Peel Region with the services they need. With this funding, the region is creating…
Published July 14, 2021