Despite receiving nearly a billion dollars in taxpayer funding, settlement services designed to help all newcomers remain a well-kept-secret, with the government appearing to favour quantity over quality, Reedah Hayder reports.
View More Study Points to Gaps in Settlement Services for Newcomers
Microaggressions happen to newcomers and immigrants daily, even during small talk. Being asked about one’s accent is one of them, writes Kaziwa Salih.
View More ‘Your Accent Is Interesting’: Talking about Microaggressions Faced by Newcomers
While Canada is taking steps to sharing knowledge of Indigenous history with newcomers, including through an updated citizenship oath, critics say more needs to be done to meaningfully involve them in reconciliation efforts.
View More A Decolonized Citizenship Ceremony is a Step Towards Reconciliation
The federal government is foreshadowing a major overhaul of the immigration intake system so that it does not pit low-skilled workers against highly qualified applicants, reports Local Journalism Initiative reporter, Fernando Arce.
View More ‘We Can’t Take Immigrants for Granted’: Minister
Javier Ortega-Araiza shares his experience building a business in Canada and what it reveals about The Great White North’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
View More Capitalizing on the “Immigrant Experience” to Succeed in Canada
While skyrocketing home prices are making it hard for newcomers to buy a home, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some options to help first-time buyers in three major Canadian cities.
View More Helping First-Time Homebuyers Navigate Hot Real Estate Market
Many immigrants who come to Canada in the skilled workers class, find it difficult to get employment that matches their education and skill level. Seeking help from Canadian settlement agencies, many find that the agencies instead encourage them to settle for jobs they are overqualified for because of a lack of ‘Canadian experience.’
View More Agencies Ask Newcomers to Settle for Less
Virtual coast-to-coast events being staged in the wake of a new study that shows Canada has overtaken the United States as the most attractive destination for foreign workers.
View More Expos to Help Immigrants Find their Routes in Canada
Canada urges graduating foreign students to stay, as a new study shows COVID-19’s devastating effects on the international education market, migrant workers and recent immigrants.
View More “We Don’t Just Want You to Study Here, We Want You to Stay Here.”
As the federal government increases immigration levels, questions hang in the air about whether it was wise for the new Ford government in Ontario to abandon the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration in 2018. The organization had originally been responsible for the province’s policy on citizenship and immigration issues.
View More Ontario Silent on Whether Provincial Immigration Ministry will Return