Rethinking our refugee system
Canada's refugee system is broken. It is groaning under the weight of a massive backlog, burdened by a Byzantine decision-making system, and freighted with a cumbersome deportation process. An unsustainable surge in refugee claims prompted the government to impose visa requirements on two democracies, Mexico and the Czech Republic, last summer. The recent acceptance of a white South African as a refugee further highlighted the cracks in the system. Read More ...
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Health worsens after immigration, study shows |
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Oct 27, 2008 04:30 AM
Shabnam Janet Janani
The health of immigrants decreases over time in Canada and actually gets worse than the health of people born here, a study shows.
"The health of immigrants worsens with each decade they stay in the country," said Dr. Scott Lear, a kinesiologist at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia who is to present the study today at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress in Toronto.
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Help for immigrant job-seekers |
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It's who you know: Free seminar on networking
Oct 27, 2008 04:30 AM
Nicholas Keung
Immigration/Diversity Reporter
The beauty of professional networking is you never know when the seed you sow is going to take root and flourish.
Ask Toronto's Melwyn D'Costa, who arrived from Mumbai, India, three years ago.
The advertising executive, with an MBA and 12 years of account management experience, had volunteered at the Institute of Communications and Advertising and helped run a group for foreign-trained advertising and marketing professionals.
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Economy will need more immigrants |
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Report says newcomers help fuel Canada's growth, but policies should make it easier for them to stay
Oct 25, 2008 04:30 AM
Nicholas Keung
Immigration/Diversity Reporter
Immigration levels in the country will have to go up significantly for future economic growth, the Conference Board of Canada reports.
To meet long-term domestic labour market needs and to remain competitive in the global search for talent Canada will have to increase its number of immigrants from the existing 250,000 to 360,000 annually by 2025.
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Treating a national `racism emergency' |
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Spate of violence against immigrants is fuelling a national conversation on tolerance in Italy
Oct 17, 2008 04:30 AM
Rachel Donadio
New York Times
MILAN–The metal shutters are closed at Shining Bar, a coffee shop near the central train station here. On the facade, someone has written "proud to be black" and spray-painted "Abba Lives" in red.
Abba was the nickname of Abdul William Guibre, who was born in Burkina Faso, raised in Italy and beaten to death here last month by the bar's father-and-son proprietors.
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