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Some Canadian Cities open under New Rural, Northern Immigration Job Program

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?

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New Federal Initiative Matches Immigrants to Jobs

Don Curry June 18, 2019 No Comments Atlantic Immigration Pilot Immigration Immigration Services Liberal Party North Bay Northern Ontario Settlement Services The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

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…

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First Syrian Refugees to Arrive in Northern Ontario

Don Curry December 6, 2015 No Comments donation North Bay Northern Northern Ontario Ontario refugee resettlement Syria Syrian

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…

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Canada Must Resettle Refugees In Small Towns

Don Curry November 27, 2015 No Comments Canada Cities Northern Ontario Ontario refugee resettle resettlement Small Syria Syrian towns

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…

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Refugees Trying to Escape Violence, Not Stoke It

Don Curry November 17, 2015 No Comments Brad Wall extremism Immigration Multiculturalism Muslims North Bay Northern Ontario Paris Peterborough refugees terrorism

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…

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Small Cities Pledge Support for Syrian Refugees

Don Curry September 11, 2015 No Comments immigrants Newcomers North Bay Northern Ontario Ontario refugee crisis Settlement Organizations Syria Syrian refugees Timmins

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…

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Life is Better in Smaller Cities

Don Curry July 21, 2015 No Comments CIC Cochrane diversity Immigration Nipissing North Bay Northern Ontario Timmins

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.…

Settlement Services Increasing Priority in Northern Ontario

Don Curry February 9, 2015 No Comments Cricket Immigration Newcomers North Bay Northern Ontario settlement Timmins

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…

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Thursday's summit on #Islamophobia, strangely, was closed to the public. While the prime minister named several national institutions as part of the problem, advocates worry about the safety of Muslim children as they head to school, reports Reedah Hayder. https://newcanadianmedia.ca/islamophobia-summit-trudeau-calls-out-federal-institutions/

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