Latest news happening in the settlement sector of Ontario.
Here we post new publications (studies, reports), government notices and more.
In March 2017, the Immigration Appeal Division (IAD) will be launching a six-month Remote Testimony by Videoconference Pilot Project in its Central (Toronto) regional office to provide counsel with the opportunity to use videoconferencing services to have appellants, applicants or other witnesses testify in selected sponsorship or residency obligation appeals.
The United States has issued an Executive Order stopping nationals from certain countries from entering the U.S. The Government of Canada has been informed that dual citizens of Canada and another country are not affected by the Executive Order.
Officers who are conducting assessments of foreign nationals who are citizens of Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Yemen and Iraq and who are seeking to travel to the United States from Canada but are refused entry due to the U.S. Executive Order entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States” may consider issuing a short-term temporary resident permit lasting up to 180 days.
The new Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) LaunchPad is a place where youth in Toronto facing barriers use sport to recognize and reach their potential.
Available in French and English, this free, easy-to-navigate platform allows public, private and community-based groups engaged in financial education to design their own tailor-made evaluation plans.
If you’re planning any protesting, marching, or demonstrating, be safe, be careful, and know your rights. Click here to download a 1-page pdf that outlines your rights and responsibilities at protests in Canada.
The report shows that small Canadian companies are more likely than larger companies to discriminate against job applicants with Asian names, regardless of the skills and qualifications of the candidates.
The multilingual website, InMyLanguage.Org, will be taken offline on March 24, 2017 at 5:00 P.M. Until that time, you can download and save documents from InMyLanguage.Org.
This infographic sums up the statistical projections of languages in Canada from 2011 to 2036.
The infographic Population projections, immigration and diversity, Canada and its regions – 2011 to 2036 presents some of the results from the publication Immigration and Diversity: Population Projections for Canada and its Regions, 2011 to 2036.