Recent Posts Tagged With 'immigrants'

• Happy to be here in Canada

  Posted on Tuesday July 21st, 2009 at 09:16 in immigrants, emigration and immigration, canadian experience

  By ABUBAKAR KASIM, GUEST COLUMNIST, Toronto SunExtract: "I made the right decision to make Canada my home.Despite its unstable winter season and shortened sunny summer period, in spite of the challenges in trying to adjust to the new environment, and...

• Library Services for Newcomers to Canada: Embracing Cultural Diversity

  Posted on Saturday July 11th, 2009 at 23:34 in librarians, immigrants, library services, emigration and immigration, new canadian

  by Kendra Bender (MLIS student, School of Library &Information Studies, University of Alberta, CANADA), Information for Social Change Issue 26: Winter 2007- 2008. Excerpt from the Canadian Library Association 2007 Students Article ContestPress Re...

• Discrimination common in Toronto rental market: study

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 23:08 in immigrants, discrimination, multiculturalism, emigration and immigration

  Watch the VideoExtract:July 7, 2009 Comments64Recommend26CBC News"Volunteers posing as prospective tenants found discriminatory approaches by landlords in about a quarter of the cases, the study says. (CBC)A new study into rental housing says race, ...

• Wanted: Plumbers. Must not be foreign

  Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 21:35 in immigrants, discrimination, canadiana, employment and career, emigration and immigration

  Red tape bars immigrants who could end skills shortageApr 29, 2009, Toronto StarComments on this story (46) Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION REPORTERGetting foreign credentials and work experience certified in Canada isn't just a headache for brain-surgeon...

• Award ceremony recognizes top Canadian immigrants

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 20:43 in immigrants

  Updated: Tue May. 26 2009, ctvbc.caThe first annual Top 25 Canadian Immigrants award ceremony was held Monday in Vancouver, recognizing some of the most noteworthy new Canadians.The awards are the brainchild of Nick Noorani, publisher of Canadian Imm...

• New rules to fast-track skilled immigrants

  Posted on Saturday November 29th, 2008 at 23:04 in jobs, skills, immigrants, canadiana, new canadian

  38 job categories listed in bid to clear backlog; critics say the move offers'no solutions'Nov 29, 2008 04:30 AM Toronto StarIf you're planning to move to Canada, you'll have to check the list first.Thirty-eight in-demand occupations were unveiled b...

• Ethnics and immigrants vs. New Canadians (Change please!)

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 12:44 in immigrants, ethnicity, canadiana, new canadian

  Books on politics list, by Andrew Steele Amazon.com Widgets Andrew Steele, November 14, 2008 @ globeandmail.com"This may seem a bit petty, but I dislike when people use “immigrant” and “ethnic” interchangeably.Tom Flanagan, an academic I ad...

• Speaking Canadian - Talking Canadian Eh to Zed

  Posted on Wednesday November 5th, 2008 at 23:02 in american, english, immigrants, multiculturalism, canadiana

• How to Speak Canadian ~~ How to Speak American

  Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 23:01 in american, language, immigrants, multiculturalism, canadiana

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• Canada: The land of opportunity and hope

  Posted on Saturday November 1st, 2008 at 23:18 in immigrants, multiculturalism, emigration and immigration

  Welcome. Bonjour.Canada as we all know is a great land of opportunity and hope. It is bestowed with economic prosperity, educational institutions that produce highly skilled professionals, a quality of life based on excellent health care, and a count...