Joyce Chan suspected something was wrong with her husband when he started losing his way to their local Tim Hortons five years ago. “Instead of walking south, he’d walk north and get lost. I would…
View More Cultural Barriers Add to Immigrants’ Dementia StruggleJacky Habib
Pulse: Arab Media Tack Conservative
Arab media publications across Canada are providing extensive coverage of the Syrian crisis, often publishing editorials in support of the Conservative Party’s approach to fighting ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also called ISIL…
View More Pulse: Arab Media Tack ConservativeTackling the Grim Prospects for Foreign-trained Physicians
Mohammad Shahadat Hossain is the kind of person who doesn’t just have a plan B, he has a plan C as well. In 2011, he left his job as a chief consultant at a private hospital…
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Canada Falling Behind in Successfully Integrating Immigrants
Canada is taking a step back on immigration policy, according to the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), released yesterday. Canada scored 68 out of a possible 100 points for 2014, which is a four-point decline from…
View More Canada Falling Behind in Successfully Integrating ImmigrantsBridging Program Gives Hope to Foreign Trained Medical Professionals
Like many immigrants, Sadia Sohail was looking forward to starting a new life in Canada when she moved here with her young family in 2000. “Pakistan was a troubled country. I didn’t want to raise my…
View More Bridging Program Gives Hope to Foreign Trained Medical ProfessionalsFederal Government Earmarks Money for Newcomer Needs
New Canadians were not left out of Canada’s 2015 budget released by the Federal government in late April. The government’s focus on newcomers centres on three primary objectives: remove financial barriers to international education accreditation, reduce…
View More Federal Government Earmarks Money for Newcomer NeedsDiaspora groups as essential bridge builders
Diaspora populations are increasingly being seen as “bridge builders” between host countries and the nations they come from, particularly amid crisis situations as with the recent earthquake in Haiti. With more and more countries –…
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