Shady business practices use social connections in immigrant communities to bolster their bottom line.
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From Walmart to Real Estate, and the Value of Community
What happens when Skilled Immigration requirements funnel the best of foreign individuals into Canada, only for their international qualifications to be discounted once they arrive? What does it take for internationally accomplished immigrants to achieve the same or greater levels of professional, economic, and personal success after moving to Canada? We speak to a marketing professional who went from working minimum wage to selling houses. This is part of a larger series profiling newcomers across Canada whose lives have been touched by Canada’s immigration policies.
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New App Helps Immigrants Feel at Home
homeis, a new app that enables immigrants to reach out to people of similar background for help, advice and a sense of community, makes it easier for new Canadians to adapt while staying connected to their roots.
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“This was an attack on humanity,” say Canadians about Christchurch shootings
On March 18th, a Sheikh, a rabbi, a Member of Parliament (MP) and a reverend gathered at a commemorative service in honour of victims of the Christchurch shooting victims at Jaffari Community Centre (JCC) in…
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Changing Ontario: South Asian Women Step Up to Empower the Community
As Toronto evolves into the world’s most multicultural city, so does its colourful communities, rising as a collective force to overcome challenges. This time, it’s the women who are initiating change. Meet a few dynamic…
View More Changing Ontario: South Asian Women Step Up to Empower the CommunityOnly Quebec has a plan to save community newspapers
Last week the Quebec government released details on how it planned on disbursing $36.4 million to struggling newspapers over the next five years. This money is to help smaller newspapers that are especially hit by…
View More Only Quebec has a plan to save community newspapersFirst Filipino Senator Tobias Enverga Jr. Dies
The first and only Filipino-Canadian senator died today (November 16, 2017) in Medellin, Columbia where he was attending a parliamentary meeting. The Ontario senator was in the South American country for the ParlAmericas Annual Plenary…
View More First Filipino Senator Tobias Enverga Jr. DiesNon-Profit Media may be the Way Forward
News outlets in Canadian communities are falling like bowling pins. At least 171 media organizations in 138 communities closed between 2008 and this January, according to the Local News Research Project, a project led by Ryerson…
View More Non-Profit Media may be the Way ForwardJim Wong-Chu: A Visionary for Asian Canadian Writing
Jim Wong-Chu 1949-2017 The ‘paper son’ who became a community leader and literary pioneer “Knowledge does not set you free – it enslaves you.” Strong words from a strong man. Jim’s insatiable appetite for history…
View More Jim Wong-Chu: A Visionary for Asian Canadian WritingHow do you Build Healthy, Connected Communities? Start with Dignified Spaces
The first thing you notice when you walk into the light-drenched main room at Calgary’s The Alex Community Food Centre is the promise written in loopy script above the open kitchen: “Good food is just…
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