Lost Canadians to Regain Citizenship
A recent Citizenship and Immigration Canada report recommends that the federal government retroactively restore Canadian citizenship to thousands of 'Lost Canadians'. These people have had their citizenship denied or unknowingly…
Major Canadian Bank Announces Scholarship Program for New Canadians
The RBC Royal Bank Scholarship for New Canadians was created for students who have been through the Canadian immigration process. Recognizing how immigration has shaped Canada’s cultural, social, and economic…
Manitoba and Ontario Investing in Immigrant Settlement Services
Continually striving to be a more attractive destination for Canadian immigrants, Canadian provinces are investing heavily in immigrant services. Ontario just opened the first of a set of five new…
Manitoba offering diversity and intercultural training programs to businesses
With the success of the Manitoba Provincial Nomination Program (PNP), the province of Manitoba welcomes about 200 newcomers every week, a number that is projected to double by 2017. The…
Manitoba establishes Fairness Commissioner for Immigrants
ManitobaLabour and Immigration Minister Nancy Allan recently appointed Ximena Munoz as the province's first Fairness Commissioner responsible for improving qualifications recognition for skilled immigrants in Manitoba and forimplementing the Fair…
Manitoba
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 July…
Manitoba PNP cited as one of the world’s best immigration programs
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…
Over 90,000 People Displaced by Latest Military Escalation in Lebanon – IOM Scales Up Its Response
Beirut, 25 September – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has released its latest Mobility Tracking displacement update showing at least 90,350 people have become newly displaced since 19 September,…
More Details Let Out Regarding the Implementation of Immigration Changes
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 changes to…
More relaxed work permit rules a sigh of relief for Foreign Post-Graduate students in Canada
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…