New Articles - December, 2011

No shared values, but we can still get along

 

BY ANDREW POTTER, OTTAWA CITIZEN | Link to Article

It would be a lot easier to debate the tough cases of Canadian multiculturalism if people understood how the system actually worked.

That includes everyone from taxi drivers and barbers to

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Tolerance is breaking out all over

 

By Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Sun | Link to Article

Canada has undergone extraordinary changes in the past four decades.

Toronto the Good (and WASP) has become Toronto the city where more than half of all residents were born abroad. The

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New Burnaby program creates bridges to employment

By Sam Cooper, the Vancouver Sun  | Link to Article 

When people come to Canada, they might leave behind furniture or household knick-knacks, but they don't leave behind the education, knowledge and skills they've gained in their

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Calgary Oil Transforms Canada to Energy Superpower of Immigrants

By Jeremy Van Loon, Bloomberg Business Week | Link to Article

Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Alberta Premier Alison Redford says oil is opening Canada’s fastest-growing province to the world for the first time.

The

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ACCES Employment helps skilled immigrants find work

By Leilie Ferenc, The Star | Link to Article

In a city where newcomers make up half the population, finding work in Toronto — or the GTA for that matter — is a full-time job for skilled immigrants.

Among them is Jordanian-born Barraq Hajhamad, who came to Canada with his wife six

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Employment centre coming to Downtown Eastside

 

By Cheryl Rossl, Vancouver Courier | Link to Article

The Open Door Group is gearing up to provide more employment services in the Downtown Eastside while at least two other area non-profits look at closing shop.

The

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Immigrants say they know nation better than Canadians born here

By Randy Boswell, Ottawa Citizen | Link to Article

Immigrants to Canada claim a stronger knowledge of the country's history than those who were born here, according to one of the surprising results of a nationwide

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Manitoba probes immigrant-investor program

By Anna Mehler Paperny, the Globe and Mail | Link to Article

Manitoba’s auditor-general is reviewing an initiative designed to bring immigrant investors to the province in light of scandals plaguing similar programs in the

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Booming mining sector creates worker shortage

By CBC News | Link to Article

The mayor of Red Lake says the town has a history of bringing in foreign workers in boom times and that history is now repeating itself.

Phil Vinet says the gold mine is hiring every available worker

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Tap immigrants to help shape foreign policy

By Tom Axworthy, John Monahan and Natalie Brender | Link to Article

As Canada’s focus on Libya shifts from the drama of regime change to

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