August 25, 2008
When it comes to immigration to Canada, senior citizens have a different set of needs and settlement issues than younger immigrants...
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August 22, 2008
Atlantic Canada’s (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador) share of immigration in 2007 was 2.4 per cent, the highest it has been since 1980. Altho...
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August 20, 2008
Tom Carter, a Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Adaptation at the University of Winnipeg did a review of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) for a recent issue of the Journal of Int...
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August 18, 2008
After cross-Canada consultations and a recent national round table with business, industry, labour, and non-governmental organizations, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley h...
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August 15, 2008
The Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program (SINP) has recently introduced the Hospitality Sector Project, under which certain foreign workers in the hospitality field can be nominated for priority p...
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August 12, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley today announced the details of the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), a new category of Canadian immigration for Permanent Residency...
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August 11, 2008
Typically, Canada’s western provinces of Alberta and British Columbia have been considered the country’s power-houses behind national economic growth. Recently, however, the Prairie ...
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August 8, 2008
For some of the 332 athletes representing Canada at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, they are representing an adopted country; having arrived here as immigrants and established themselves as ...
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August 6, 2008
With persistent labour shortages in certain industries across Canada, more and more Canadian employers are looking to recruit workers from overseas. Alberta, whose booming economy has left it es...
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August 4, 2008
Recent Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) statistics indicate that the number of temporary foreign workers in Canada increased by 22 per cent from 2006 to 2007. The most dramatic change wa...
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August 1, 2008
The Government of Canada plans to give the provinces more independence and autonomy on the world economic stage. It suggested this week that Ottawa is prepared to shift some traditionally federa...
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July 30, 2008
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) recently announced an investment of $800,000, in collaboration with the Maytree Foundation, which will help immigrant skilled workers integrate in...
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July 28, 2008
Traditionally, newcomers have overwhelmingly chosen to settle in one of Canada’s three largest metropolises, Montreal, Vancouver, or Toronto. New statistics from Citizenship and Immigratio...
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July 24, 2008
Newfoundland and Labrador is the latest Canadian province to open up its Provincial Nomination Program to international students who have been studying in this Atlantic province. ...
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July 23, 2008
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) has recently announced a pilot project that will permit soon-to-be immigrants to have their international credentials recognized before arriving i...
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July 21, 2008
Health care professionals from abroad who wish to immigrate and work in Saskatchewan have a new information resource through which they can better prepare ahead of time. The Internationally Educ...
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July 18, 2008
The proposed new Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT) between Canadian provinces and territories will make it easier for Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents to obtain work outside of their home pro...
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July 16, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has recently signed a Youth Mobility Agreement with Poland which allows young people from Canada and Poland to travel and work in each other’s country fo...
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July 14, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley has begun her cross-Canada tour through which CIC will develop the framework for the new amendments to Canadian immigration legislation.&...
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July 9, 2008
The housing market in Canada has seen its share of ebbs and flows in the past few years, but one thing that remains a constant is the unequivocal need for a strong team of skilled and dedicated worker...
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July 7, 2008
Not having the burden and added stress of having to find a job only three months after graduating from a post-graduate program has made a world of difference for foreign students studying in Canada....
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July 1, 2008
Canada is the only country in the world that allows its private citizens to play a role in the resettlement of refugees. Through the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program, groups of Canadian c...
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June 30, 2008
A recent Ipsos-Reid survey asked over 3,000 Canadians five open-ended questions: What is Canada’s defining person, event, place, symbol, and accomplishment? Reactions were gathered a...
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June 27, 2008
Services are being enhanced at the Canadian immigration visa office in Beirut, Lebanon. Effective immediately, Permanent Resident applicants who are required to attend an interview have the opti...
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June 24, 2008
Canada has more than 40,000 registered cricket players across the country, according to Cricket Canada, and perhaps 50,000 more who are not registered in a league. Cricket has been growing in po...
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June 22, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has made two significant changes to the Permanent Resident card (PR card) application process....
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June 20, 2008
The provincial government recently announced that Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents living in Alberta can now sponsor their close relatives under a new section of the Alberta Immigrant Nominee...
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June 17, 2008
The controversial amendments to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) have received support from Senate and the House of Commons. The budget implementation act, which includ...
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June 16, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the provincial government of Prince Edward Island (PEI) recently announced a new agreement that will make it easier for PEI to attract skilled workers from...
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June 10, 2008
Controversial changes to Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) have passed final reading in the House of Commons. The proposed immigration amendments, which were included ...
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June 6, 2008
A recent poll by Nanos Research for Policy Options says that 72.6 per cent of Canadians realize the importance of immigration to the future of the country. When asked what Canadian immigration p...
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June 4, 2008
Last month, a team of Alberta government and industry leaders went to India on a trade mission. Though the focus of the GO-India mission was meant to be trade and investment, it served just as m...
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June 2, 2008
Specialized English and/or French language training programs, tailored for the profession in which newcomers plan to work, are becoming increasingly common. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (C...
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May 30, 2008
Rob Norris, the Minister for Advanced Education, Employment and Labour for the province of Saskatchewan, has recently traveled to the Philippines to work with government officials and representatives ...
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May 26, 2008
According to Statistics Canada, 51 per cent of people who immigrated to Canada between 2001 and 2006 have university degrees. This is largely due to the Canadian immigration selection system, wh...
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May 22, 2008
The new Agreement on Canada-Yukon Cooperation on Immigration was
recently announced by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Canada, Diane Finley, and the Yukon Minister of Education, Patrick
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May 20, 2008
The provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have recently been allotted new funding for immigrant integration and skills enhancement to help newcomers succeed....
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May 18, 2008
Canadian Governor General Michaelle Jean recently wrapped up a five-day visit to France in which she inspired French media and French society with her 'very Canadian approach to diversity.'&nb...
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May 15, 2008
Michael Chan, Ontario's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, recently announced a $24.7 million program aimed at keeping skilled immigrants in Ontario by helping them find jobs in their fields...
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May 14, 2008
Since the proposed amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) were announce in Parliament in March, Attorney David Cohen has been actively working with government authorities to e...
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May 12, 2008
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, recently announced that the Government of Canada would soon issue a formal apology in Parliament for the Kom...
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May 9, 2008
The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity recently announced that $5 million will be made available to the Chinese-Canadian community to go towards com...
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May 6, 2008
According to Canada's auditor general, Sheila Fraser, Canada's Foreign Affairs department is collecting more than it should from Canadian passport applicants. She announced that the $25 ...
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May 5, 2008
Integration into life in Canada can be especially challenging for immigrant children. Rukhsana Khan, herself a Canadian immigrant from Pakistan, experienced this challenge first hand while growi...
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May 2, 2008
Pier 21, located on the waterfront of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has received new funding to better tell Canada's story of immigration. The $10 million capital expansion of the immigration museum...
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April 30, 2008
The government of Alberta's nine-year Health Workforces Action Plan (released last fall) outlined the need to attract foreign health professionals to Alberta and to create Health Career Centres to...
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April 29, 2008
Launched less than a year ago, the Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO) is a tool to help newcomers and prospective immigrants obtain the information they need to prepare themselves for work in ...
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April 25, 2008
The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has introduced a new stream into the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP). Through the Family Connections category, immigrant ...
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April 23, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finley recently announced changes to work permit requirements for international students in Canada. The new regulations afford more flexibility ...
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April 20, 2008
Bill C-37, which will amend Canada’s Citizenship Act, was introduced to restore Canadian citizenship to the tens of thousands who lost, or who never had Canadian citizenship because of several l...
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April 18, 2008
This past year, the British Columbia (BC) Provincial Nominee Program ushered 1,881 skilled and business immigrants into the province, exceeding its target by 9 per cent and increasing the number of no...
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April 16, 2008
Human Resources and Social Development Canada is working with the province of Manitoba to develop a Letter of Understanding (LOU) that will strengthen protections for temporary foreign workers. ...
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April 14, 2008
Last week, the Liberal shadow Cabinet held a quasi-emergency meeting in which the need to go to the polls as soon as possible was debated and recognized. According to Liberal sources, the genera...
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April 10, 2008
The minority Conservative government has easily survived a confidence vote on its immigration bill after the Opposition Liberals declared that they are not prepared to hang an election on the proposed...
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April 9, 2008
After much debate and questioning in the House of Commons, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley has released the principles that would guide implementation of proposed change...
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April 6, 2008
The Quebec provincial government has announced $68 million over the next three years to help newcomers find work in their fields more quickly. $22 million has been allocated for the next 12 mont...
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April 4, 2008
The number of visible minorities in Canada has topped the five million mark for the first time in Canada’s history, now representing 16.2 per cent of the country’s population. Canada...
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April 1, 2008
The minority Conservative government tabled a bill on March 14, 2008 that proposed amendments to Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). At that time, the government indicate...
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March 31, 2008
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) will be investing an additional $3.8 million into the Canadian Immigration Integration Project (CIIP) to prolong the successful program until 2010...
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March 28, 2008
Aware of persisting labour shortages for some time now, the British Columbia (BC) government has been investing in WorkBC, the provincial action plan to address skills shortages. Facilitating th...
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March 26, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finley recently announced funding for 19 organizations in Toronto to provide settlement services in schools, libraries, and community centres directed...
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March 23, 2008
Both the provincial government of Quebec and the federal government of Canada have been investing in French language training in order to reinforce French-speaking cultural communities across Canada....
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March 21, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley recently announced that Canada will be doubling the number of Iraqi refugees it accepts for this year. The target is between 1,800 ...
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March 17, 2008
On March 14, 2008 Canada’s Conservative government proposed amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). If passed, these changes would give the Minster of Immigration ...
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March 14, 2008
In their efforts to deal with the current backlog of immigration applications, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has proposed changes to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) in the...
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March 12, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finley has announced the arrival to Canada of the first of many Vietnamese who have been living in the Philippines without status since the 1970&rsquo...
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March 10, 2008
Canadian employers added 43,300 net new employees to their work forces in the month of February, just under the 46,400 that were added in January and well above last year’s monthly average of 31...
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March 7, 2008
A recent Statistics Canada report focuses on the changing Canadian workforce, highlighting the dwindling ratio of replacement workers to retirees. Given Canada’s demographic makeup and its...
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March 3, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley recently announced that, effective immediately, travelers from Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Lithuania will no longer need to obtain Tem...
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February 29, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley recently announced funding for the Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick (SAANB) to help attract French-speaking immigr...
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February 27, 2008
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivered the new Canadian budget in Parliament yesterday. Regarding immigration, the new budget pledges 22 million over two years, including legislation to...
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February 25, 2008
Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) has recently signed new Labour Market Agreements with provincial governments to improve the quality of Canada’s l...
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February 20, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) have recently pledged new funding to help newcomers establish themselves in Newfoundland and Labrador...
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February 17, 2008
Ontario Citizenship and Immigration Minister Michael Chan recently announced a new development in the Ontario Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) that removes obstacles for international students who wis...
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February 13, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finley recently announced that two new Temporary Foreign Worker units are being established in Toronto and Moncton (New Brunswick). They will he...
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February 11, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finely rang in the Chinese Lunar New Year at the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre, where she announced new funding for the centre. $2 million o...
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February 8, 2008
Manitoba is the third Canadian province to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Philippine government to streamline the recruitment of Filipino workers to various sectors of Manitoba's grow...
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February 5, 2008
During Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebrations in Toronto, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Minister Diane Finley announced new funding for three Vietnamese organizations serving newcomers in t...
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February 4, 2008
Attracting and Retaining Immigrants: A Tool Box of Ideas for Smaller Centres has recently been released by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and provincial, municipal, and community partners. I...
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February 1, 2008
Though immigration to Canada’s northern territories is small by comparison to the immigration flow to Canadian provinces, the number of newcomers deciding to live in the Northwest Territories (N...
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January 30, 2008
The British Columbia (BC) provincial government has signed a two-year memorandum of understanding with the Philippine government to help fill provincial labour shortages with skilled Filipino workers....
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January 28, 2008
According to a recent Statistics Canada report, immigrants who settle in smaller Canadian cities and rural areas are better off financially than those who head to larger urban areas. The Perspec...
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January 25, 2008
The shortage of information technology (IT) workers that is looming in Canada could cripple the sector and seriously impact the Canadian economy, says a recent report by a coalition of industry profes...
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January 24, 2008
According to Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC), Canadian labour force growth is projected to increase by only 11 per cent over the next 50 years. T...
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January 22, 2008
As of February 1, 2008, Canadians and Americans crossing a land border from Canada to the US will need to show both an official document with photo ID, as well as proof of citizenship. This deci...
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January 17, 2008
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is stressing the importance of keeping skilled workers in Canada and of recruiting talented immigrants to offset Canada's chronic labour force shortages.&nbs...
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January 15, 2008
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) has announced that the Expedited Labour Market Opinion (E-LMO) pilot project to bring in foreign workers to Alberta and British Columbia, has been...
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January 10, 2008
The Philippines is one of the largest exporters of labourers in the world, with 10 per cent of its current population working abroad. In 2006, it was the third highest source country of immigran...
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January 8, 2008
Currently in fundraising phase, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights will have the mission "to advance understanding and support for human rights in Canada and throughout the world." The vision ...
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January 7, 2008
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) have pledged $7.5 million over five years to the national Metropolis Project for rese...
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January 3, 2008
The United States government has delayed a requirement that people entering the U.S. from Canada, Mexico, or the Caribbean by land or sea must present a valid passport. The Western Hemisphere Tr...
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January 3, 2008
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)’s eagerly anticipated new series, "The Border", tells the story of a cast of Canadian immigration and customs agents and how they deal with various bo...
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December 30, 2007
As part of a year-end review with The Canadian Press, Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the country's record for helping immigrants settle in Canada. He addressed the issues of how Canadians a...
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December 28, 2007
Time magazine, a renowned American publication named the loonie (the Canadian dollar) the Canadian Newsmaker of 2007. The magazine defines the Newsmaker as the person, group, place, or thing tha...
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December 25, 2007
Effective December 23, 2007, a new amendment to Canada's citizenship laws has gone into effect to streamline the process of obtaining citizenship for children adopted abroad by Canadian parents.&n...
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December 23, 2007
A recent Statistics Canada report (based on the 2001 census) pegs Canada's population at 33,091,200 as of October 1, 2007. Immigration continues to be an important contributor to population growth...
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December 20, 2007
Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada recently committed new federal funding to help provincial governments with the settlement and integration of new immigrants. $121.6 m...
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December 19, 2007
A new pilot project has been launched by the federal and Alberta governments to fast-track the entry of internationally-trained nurses into Alberta's health care system. A federal contributi...
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December 17, 2007
The Alberta government has recently established special advisory offices in Edmonton and Calgary for temporary foreign workers. They will provide one-stop access to information and services and will h...
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December 14, 2007
A recent study by Canada's Competition Bureau found that rules that restrict who can offer professional services in Canada may go further than necessary to protect the public interest. Studi...
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December 11, 2007
The city of Montreal will receive $4.5 million over three years from the Quebec provincial government to fund programs to help immigrants find employment and learn about Quebec culture. On an an...
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December 9, 2007
A recent Citizenship and Immigration Canada report recommends that the federal government retroactively restore Canadian citizenship to thousands of 'Lost Canadians'. These people have h...
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December 6, 2007
Canadians speak over 200 languages according to the latest language reports from Statistics Canada's 2006 census. For the first time in Canadian history, allophones (people whose first langu...
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December 4, 2007
The latest Statistics Canada report from the 2006 census came out yesterday. It focuses on immigration and language and highlights the important contribution of newcomers to Canada’s growt...
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December 2, 2007
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finley announced that as of November 30, 320 Service Canada centres across the country are providing in-person foreign credential referral services fo...
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November 30, 2007
Questioning the United States' compliance with international refugee requirements, a Federal court judge ruled that Canada's reciprocal refugee-processing agreement with the United States shou...
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November 28, 2007
The Alberta provincial government has recently launched an online immigration web portal to promote Alberta as a destination for immigrants and to help newcomers transition into their new home. ...
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November 26, 2007
Ms. Uzma Shakir was recently awarded the Atkinson Economic Justice Fellowship to continue her community-based work around multiculturalism, immigration, and social inclusion. The award of up to ...
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November 20, 2007
Canada's Banks are realizing that they need to "attract a diverse client and employee base to be successful in tomorrow's economy." Given that by 2030, statistics show that immigration w...
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November 19, 2007
Citizenship and Immigration Canada Minister Diane Finley recently announced measures to help people from Iraq and surrounding countries who have close family members in Canada....
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November 15, 2007
Prince Edward Island (PEI) is the latest in a string of provinces to benefit from Citizenship and Immigration Canada funding to go towards online tools. Over four years, PEI will receive $808,00...
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November 14, 2007
Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) recently announced that it will be funding a new initiative through the Foreign Credential Recognition Program for internationally-trained archite...
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November 11, 2007
Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada recently returned home from visiting Mumbai, Chandigarh, and New Delhi, India. The purpose of her trip was to review operations at Ca...
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November 9, 2007
A new study recommends that Canada attract more foreign students to its educational institutions and that it put systems in place to convince them to stay in Canada upon graduation. Internationa...
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November 7, 2007
The Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC)'s Global Experience @ Work initiative consists of seven local community projects to engage employers in the integration of internationally-trained professiona...
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November 5, 2007
Quebec Immigration Minister Yolande James recently announced that the province will be progressively increasing the number of immigrants to Quebec over the next three years. By 2010, the Quebec ...
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November 1, 2007
As of next year, a new stream of Canadian immigration will be available to certain temporary foreign workers and international students with Canadian degrees and Canadian work experience. First announ...
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October 31, 2007
Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, recently announced that citizens of the Czech Republic and Latvia will no longer need visas to visit Canada. The policy is effective...
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October 30, 2007
Not only is job creation growing steadily in Canada, but a large proportion of this growth is in sectors with high employment quality. This is according to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce...
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October 29, 2007
The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Diane Finley, recently announced that 75 Service Canada centres in Ontario now offer in-person foreign credential information and referral services ...
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October 24, 2007
The provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia have joined British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario in issuing Lists of Regional Occupations Under Pressure. Human Resources and Social Development Canada ...
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October 22, 2007
Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada will be traveling to New Delhi at the end of October to assess Canadian immigration operations in India. She will also be "send[ing] ...
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October 19, 2007
Sunday October 21 will close out Citizenship and Immigration Canada's annual Citizenship Week, "a time we dedicate each year to celebrate our shared values of respect, freedom and justice, and ref...
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October 17, 2007
Suivant la conclusion de la consultation publique sur la planification de l'immigration pour la période 2008-2010, la ministre de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles propose une crois...
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October 16, 2007
It was the first time that the Europe-wide immigration index included Canada in its 28-nation study, which explores how countries integrate newcomers into mainstream society. Grading nations bas...
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October 12, 2007
"Study in Canada and pursue your dreams," is the motto of the Canadian Education Centre (CEC), a non-profit organization with 20 international offices. Since 1991, the CEC has been organizing bi...
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October 10, 2007
Skills Connect, a British Columbia (BC) employment initiative that helps immigrants find jobs that match their skills and experience, is now providing its services to the health care sector. It ...
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October 4, 2007
The Immigrant Business Start-Up Pilot, offered by the province of New Brunswick and Enterprise Saint John, is aimed at recent immigrants who are interested in starting a small business and wish to acq...
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October 3, 2007
The national Vital Signs report, issued by the Community Foundations of Canada (CFC), measures Canada’s quality of life in terms of work, learning, public safety, poverty, health and wellness, a...
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September 30, 2007
Recent changes to the British Columbia (BC) Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) will make it easier for business immigrants to set up new businesses in the province. The BC PNP has lowered the mini...
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September 28, 2007
For the first time ever, the province of Manitoba welcomed the largest annual number of immigrants per capita in Canada. The Manitoba population of 1,186,679 received 10,800 immigrants between J...
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