Latest news happening in the settlement sector of Ontario.
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CBC News · Posted: Jun 16, 2022
The Nova Scotia government has announced a huge jump in the number of allocations to the provincial nominee and Atlantic immigration programs.
The province said in a news release Thursday it can approve a total of 5,430 applicants this year — 40 per cent more than the 3,857 it approved to settle in Nova Scotia in 2021.
Sabrina Gamrot The Star Fri., June 10, 2022
A recreation program from the City of Mississauga has been expanded to include Ukrainians without refugee documentation.
The ActiveAssist program gives low-income residents and newcomers with refugee status access to city-run recreation and cultural programs with a $275 credit.
By Laura Osman | National Observer | June 10th 2022
The United Nations committee on the rights of the child has released a report expressing serious concerns about the welfare of children in Canada — particularly those who are Indigenous.
"The committee is deeply concerned about the discrimination against children in marginalized and disadvantaged situations," said the report, made public Thursday.
CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2022
As fighting continues to destroy her home country, Ukrainian Olha Iovych says she's searching for a peaceful, safe community in which to temporarily raise her family.
And she may have finally found that respite in northern Ontario.
Iovych is one of several Ukrainian refugees who have settled in Sudbury, following a mass exodus from Ukraine following attacks from neighbouring Russia.
Alistair Steele · CBC News · Posted: Jun 10, 2022
From a slow trickle in March and April to a steady stream today, Ukrainians fleeing Russia's brutal invasion of their country have been arriving in Ottawa in the hundreds, perhaps thousands.
By one estimate, they could account for more than one per cent of the city's population by year's end.
The Canadian Press June 9th 2022
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada needs an emergency mechanism to respond quickly to humanitarian crises, according to a new report from the special parliamentary committee on Afghanistan.
That would include allowing the minister to lift biometric requirements, introduce special visas, establish refugee sponsorship programs, and establish air gateways if needed.
Dan Cameron June 8, 2022 Policy Options
The start of 2022 saw some citizens across Canada taking to the street to protest the control they believe they have lost over their lives due to COVID-19 measures. But there’s a more serious problem. Canadians have long been losing control in an area much more central to their daily lives –their jobs.
By Nicholas Keung The Star Mon., June 6, 2022
It’s not easy for Nesa to confide in someone about why she fled Iran to Canada, let alone having to spill out personal details as intimate as her sexual orientation.
Thomas Desormeaux Jun 06, 2022 Ottawa Citizen
The federal government is extending funding for the National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4), a program that aims to help newcomers to Canada navigate social and medical services, MP Marie-France Lalonde announced at a press conference outside CHEO Monday.
Mariam Nouser Waterloo Region Record Wed., June 8, 2022
WATERLOO REGION — Abdul Haseeb believes Islamophobia and racism have played a huge part in the mental health struggles of Muslim youth.
The Cambridge high school student hopes to tackle this challenge with seven other local Muslim high school and university students as part of the region’s first Muslim Youth Council.