The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated a shift to a blended model of service delivery by settlement agencies, which have been forced to move many activities online and get creative in supporting clients with limited internet access.
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IRCC announces increased funding toward settlement services for newcomers to safely and sustainably recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
View More Ottawa Pumps $30 Million To Help New Canadians During Pandemic
Ruhina Taskin moved to Toronto from Bangladesh during the coronavirus pandemic and writes about the challenges of starting a new life in Canada when the world is in limbo.
View More Settling in Canada During a Pandemic is a Double-Edged SwordA graphic novel that creates awareness about sexual abuse among immigrant and refugee women has upped its print order barely a month after its launch…
View More Graphic Novel Highlights Sexual Abuse of Immigrant and Refugee Women
Sports has the ability to unite Canada, show the recently released findings of an Association for Canadian Studies survey. “A majority of Canadians agree that sports break…
View More Canadian Sports History Not Naïve of Exclusion
Canada is expected to welcome up to 305,000 immigrants this year. The last time Canada admitted that many newcomers was in 1913, when a staggering…
View More Deciding on the Right Level of ImmigrationI was confident I was not being naïve or a ninnyhammer when I decided to relocate as a family to North America yet again, this…
View More Save Us from Depression: Immigrant Journalist
On Friday, Mar. 4, I attended the 18th National Metropolis Conference, hungry for new information and curious to find out whether my area of expertise…
View More Ethnic Media – a Missed Topic of the Metropolis Conference 2016Immigration and the ‘immigrant experience’ are often used as a smokescreen to mask systemic racism and exclusion. This is according to Neethan Shan, executive director…
View More “Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”With the current influx of refugees coming to Canada, academic researchers are studying immigrants’ resiliency — their ability to overcome hurdles and challenges — so…
View More Researchers Investigate Ways to Help Newcomers Adjust