The lesson here is that communities will be on guard for those trying to game the system, so it’s wise not to try. So, exactly what kinds of jobs are available in these communities?
View More Some Canadian Cities open under New Rural, Northern Immigration Job Program
The good news announcement was a long time coming. As someone who’s been involved in immigration initiatives in North Bay and throughout northeastern Ontario since the early 1990s and has consistently advocated for increased immigration…
View More New Federal Initiative Matches Immigrants to Jobs
The email arrived on the evening of Friday, December 4th. Our first Syrian refugee family will be here soon. The alert came in a mass email from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) through our…
View More First Syrian Refugees to Arrive in Northern Ontario
If you got all your news from our national TV networks and CBC Radio, you would think that all the refugees are arriving in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal. That is not the case. What the…
View More Canada Must Resettle Refugees In Small Towns
The online reaction to the horrific events in Paris of November 13 has been a wake-up call for those of us who work in the immigration, race relations and multiculturalism sector. We thought our work…
View More Refugees Trying to Escape Violence, Not Stoke It
Canada’s big city mayors have been vocal in their support for doing more to expedite the process of bringing Syrian refugees to Canada – as they should be. Large cities have large capacities to do…
View More Small Cities Pledge Support for Syrian Refugees
Increasingly, immigrants are learning what many of us already know. Life can be better in the smaller centres of Canada. It takes me five minutes to drive to work. I can walk it in 30.…
View More Life is Better in Smaller Cities
For more and more new Canadians arriving in Ontario, Toronto and Ottawa are no longer the desired destinations. Newcomers seem to be moving further north in the province. As such, an innovative project is under…
View More Settlement Services Increasing Priority in Northern Ontario