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May, 2013 News Articles

May 17
Canada to offer ‘startup visa’ to foreign tech work
By The Province | Link to Article  SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Canadian government has launched an aggressive campaign to lure Silicon Valley tech workers frustrated by U.S. visa policies northward, just as Congress wrestles with a long-sought overhaul of America’s immigration system. Canada’s... Read more.
May 15
Loan program for immigrant professionals launched
By CBC News | Link to Article  The New Brunswick Multicultural Council has launched a new micro loans program to help immigrant professionals upgrade their foreign credentials. Many people who were trained in other countries arrive in Canada only to find out their credentials aren't... Read more.
May 15
Multiculturalism competes on global market
Joe Greenholtz, Richmond News | Link to Article  Here's another way to think about the issues of ethnic enclaves, of signage, of expectations around integration and the question of who accommodates to whom. We used to get immigrants in Canada. Now we have migrants. Immigrants saw a move to... Read more.
May 14
Kenney pushes new visa plan in Silicon Valley
By Steven Chase, the Globe and Mail | Link to Article  Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is heading to Silicon Valley this weekend to lure high-tech immigrant entrepreneurs to Canada, dangling a new recruitment program that offers immediate permanent residency to qualifying foreigners. Canada... Read more.
May 13
Application for the 2014 Canada's Top 100 Employers competition
By Canada Top 100 | Link to Article  Applications are now available for the 2014 Canada's Top 100 Employers competition. The deadline to submit completed applications is June 13, 2013.Employers of all sizes are invited to apply, including both public and private sector organizations. Check... Read more.
May 10
B.C. unemployment rate drops to 6.4%
CBC News | Link to Article  B.C. saw a surge in new full-time jobs in April, and its unemployment rate is now well below the national average, which sits at 7.2 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. In B.C., the unemployment rate grew to seven per cent in March from 6.3 per cent in... Read more.
May 08
Philippines now Saskatchewan's top source of immigrants
CBC News | Link to Article  Saskatchewan's immigrant surge is being reflected in the latest data from the federal census — with a big wave of people from the Philippines accounting for much of it. According to the latest set of 2011 data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, there are... Read more.
May 08
Citizenship increasingly out of reach for newcomers, national survey shows
Tobi Cohen, O.Canada.com | Link to Article  OTTAWA — Already under fire for massive backlogs in its citizenship program, the federal government could face more criticism — not to mention a political quandary — in the wake of new figures that suggest citizenship is increasingly out of reach... Read more.
May 08
Canada's immigrant population young, suburban and growing, data shows
By Heather Scoffield, CTC News  | Link to Article  OTTAWA -- The debut of Canada's controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century. They're young, they're suburban, and they're... Read more.
May 07
How Canada is winning the race in recruiting skilled immigrants while the U.S. lags behind
By Meera Louis, Edmonton Journal  | Link to Article  When a recruiter called last year about a position as a mechanic in British Columbia, Paul Thomas said he could hardly believe it. Thomas’s annual income had dropped to US$40,000 a year from US$100,000 as business slowed at the Atlanta... Read more.
May 07
Immigrant youth have fewer mental health issues, Hamilton study shows
  By Denise Davy, CBC News | Link to Article  The healthy immigrant effect, where new immigrants are healthier than native-born Canadians, also appears to exist in the mental health of immigrant children, show preliminary findings of a study out of McMaster University. Kathy Georgiades, a... Read more.
May 02
Report puts screws on foreign worker visas - Australia
By AAP, The Australia News | Link to Article  AUSTRALIAN employers would be prevented from discriminating in favour of overseas applicants under a raft of changes flagged in a report on the nation's foreign worker visa program. Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor has flagged legislative... Read more.
May 01
Foreign workers ‘critically important’ in parts of B.C., official says
By Jenny Lee, Vancouver Sun | Link to Article  Temporary foreign workers are “critically important” to restaurant operators in northeastern B.C., the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association says. Vancouver has no shortage of workers, but “if you’re opening up a new quick-service... Read more.
May 01
Minister Kenney announces funding for newcomer integration through HIPPY Program‏
By Canada News Centre | Link to Article  Ottawa, May 1, 2013 — Newcomers who participate in the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) Program will benefit from $2.6 million in new funding over the next three years, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister... Read more.

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