Latest news happening in the settlement sector of Ontario.
Here we post new publications (studies, reports), government notices and more.
Caitlyn Gowriluk, Karen Pauls · CBC News · Posted: Jan 24, 2023
An Indian citizen who was part of the same group of migrants as a family that froze to death near the United States border in Manitoba last year has been accused of forgery in his home country, after allegedly using fake documents to apply to study in Canada.
MacLean’s Stéphanie VergeJanuary 24, 2023
By Alicia Draus & Alex Cooke Global News January 23, 2023
A medical resident who came to Nova Scotia as an international student says the province is losing out on good doctors due to immigration challenges.
For the past several years, a handful of international students have attended medical school at Dalhousie University, but due to immigration requirements some have left the province to complete their residency program.
Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock The Globe And Mail January 23, 2023
Lloyd Axworthy is a former Canadian foreign minister and current chair of the World Refugee and Migration Council. Allan Rock is president emeritus of the University of Ottawa and a former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations.
James Chaarani · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2023
The Region of Waterloo has seen a significant rise in new permanent residents in recent years, which the federal government said will help to fill gaps in the labour market.
Rachel Gilmore Global News January 22, 2023
Afghans who are facing immediate, high risks from the Taliban should be brought straight into Canada now, an advocate says.
Canada can worry about identification checks, such as fingerprinting, afterwards, Tim Laidler of the Veterans Transition Network told host Mercedes Stephenson in an interview for The West Block.
Anya Zoledziowski Vice January 10, 2023
Rynn Azerial Willgohs, a 50-year-old transgender woman, has been rapidly researching ways to flee the United States. She’s from the U.S., but with physical attacks against transgender and nonbinary people on the rise and lawmakers targeting transgender people with increasingly draconian legislation that criminalizes their very existence, Willgohs is worried.
CTV News Dave Charbonneau Thursday, January 12th 2023
The Food Services Training Program at the Ottawa Mission is a free program that gives the most vulnerable a chance to turn their lives around.
The program is helping one Ukrainian refugee start a new life in a new country.
Tetiana Kitsynenko is a Ukrainian refugee who has just graduated from the Chef Ric's Food Services Training Program at the Ottawa Mission.
Paige Parsons · The Canadian Press · Posted: Jan 18, 2023
The Alberta government has announced a deadline for ending an agreement to hold federal immigration detainees in provincial jails.
The province says that written notice has been given to the federal government to end the agreement with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The agreement entailed use of provincial correctional centres to house people being detained on immigration matters.
Ryan Tumilty National Post Jan 17, 2023
OTTAWA – Quebec is taking a dwindling share of Canada’s new immigrants, and significantly less than its proportional national share, as it maintains tight caps on newcomers, even as the Trudeau government continues to open the floodgates to more immigration nationally.