In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: The Liberal government is set to repeal Bill C-24; municipal councils wage war on Uber and Canadians react to Haryana violence in…
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Faith Communities Step Up to Welcome Refugees
In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: faith-based organizations are at the forefront of Syrian refugee resettlement efforts; Taiwan’s elections are lauded as a step towards democracy in China…
View More Faith Communities Step Up to Welcome RefugeesImmigration Fraudsters Target Refugees, South Asians
As refugees begin trickling into Canada in 2016, local police departments are warning newcomers and their sponsors to beware of con artists posing as immigration officials who might attempt to cheat them out of their…
View More Immigration Fraudsters Target Refugees, South AsiansNiche, Ethnic Media Struggle to Compete
When you turn on your TV, answer your cell phone or read an advertisement online, chances are more and more likely that the same company is behind all three services. By both historical standards and…
View More Niche, Ethnic Media Struggle to CompeteGovt Scales Back Year-End Refugee Target
The Canadian government announced their plan today to bring 10,000 Syrian refugees to the country by the end of the year, with an additional 15,000 to follow in January and February of 2016. The Ministers…
View More Govt Scales Back Year-End Refugee TargetCanada Not Equipped to Accept 1,000 Refugees a Day
Justin Trudeau and the Liberal party’s promise to bring 25,000 refugees to Canada by year-end was commended by refugee advocates during the election period, but many experts have stepped forward since Oct. 19 to say…
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Conservatives Misread Immigrants: Journalist Panel
With the final ballots long since counted and the prime minister-designate Justin Trudeau preparing to name his cabinet, members and guests of the Canadian Journalism Foundation (CFJ) gathered in downtown Vancouver to reflect on the…
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Pros and Cons of Family Reunification
Justin Trudeau has now officially been elected as Canada’s 29th Prime Minister and with him come promises of investment in infrastructure, electoral reform and changes to the lengthy family reunification process. Some of those changes…
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Family Reunification: The Economic Cost
As the date of the federal election draws nearer, political candidates have begun to consider the costs of reuniting immigrant families – both economically and socially. On September 25, Justin Trudeau announced that if elected,…
View More Family Reunification: The Economic CostMaintaining Momentum for Syria
It’s been over one month since images were published showing three-year-old Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on Turkish shores and Canadian support for intervention in the Syrian refugee crisis seems to only be gaining momentum.…
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