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Khan: Needed, a national employment policy for Canada’s immigrant population

There is a major discrepancy between the expertise (and expectations) immigrants bring with them and how Canada positions itself to be able to absorb that expertise. This is the overall understanding of several reports published over the last year that studied employment inequity in the labour market. These reports, focusing mainly on Ontario – still […]

Canada, U.S. urge Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, to conduct peaceful elections on Feb. 23

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U.S. President Donald Trump’s top foreign policy advisor Amb. John Bolton, has urged Nigerians to ensure that the Saturday,s elections are peaceful. Bolton said this in a tweet by the U.S. Embassy in its twitter account @USEmbassyAbuja accessed by the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja. The National Security Advisor of the United States also […]

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Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen sings praises of private refugee sponsorship

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  Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen came to Windsor Wednesday to celebrate the four decades of success of the country’s private refugee sponsorship program. “This month we are celebrating 40 years since the privately-sponsored refugee program came into existence in Canada,” said Hussen, himself a refugee who came to Canada in […]

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African youths in Nova Scotia publish book on damages caused by slavery, colonialism, anti-black racism

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African youths in Nova Scotia are taking their communities and the country by storm with the publication of a book that sheds light on the horrendous effects and impact of the trans-altlantic slave trade, colonalization and societal and systemic racism. The book titled R which represents “Reparations” was written by 30 youths and published in […]

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3 restaurants open in 2 months to bring together a Winnipeg Nigerian population that’s doubled in size

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Elizabeth Lawal loves to bring Nigerians in Winnipeg together, and now she’s doing it over flavourful dishes of pounded yam or jollof rice. “That is the joy I have — to see something that is not in the city I created,” she said. Lawal is the first to admit she was taking on a challenge in opening Akin’s African Restaurant and Bar on Sargent […]

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Ontario issues new Express Entry invitations to French-speaking candidates

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Ontario has issued new invitations to Express Entry candidates through its French-Speaking Skilled Worker Stream. The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) issued Notifications of Interest (NOIs) to 85 Express Entry candidates on September 20 and followed this with another 46 NOIs issued on September 27. The 131 invitations brought the total number of invitations issued […]

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Manitoba has welcomed 130,000 immigrants over MPNP’s 20-year history

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Manitoba is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its pioneering Provincial Nominee Program, which has welcomed more than 130,000 immigrants since its inception in 1998.  The creation of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, or MPNP, made the province the first in Canada to nominate newcomers for permanent residence through streams tailored to its economic needs and priorities. […]

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Growing Canada’s future economy an ‘impossibility’ without immigration

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When it comes to the future of immigration to Canada, it’s no longer a question of “why immigration” but “how much,” says federal Immigration Minister, Ahmed Hussen. “That’s where the debate is now,” he told his audience at the 2018 Canadian Immigration Summit in Ottawa. “Without immigration, our ability to grow our economy would become […]

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Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program at 20: Helping more people immigrate and succeed

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Since its inception 20 years ago, Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program has grown in both size and importance and now stands as the country’s second largest program for economic immigration. From its humble beginnings in 1998, when around 200 people were admitted to Canada through it, the Provincial Nominee Program, or PNP, will be responsible for more […]

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New Express Entry report shows Federal Skilled Worker invitations jumped by 400% in 2017

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Candidates in Express Entry’s Federal Skilled Worker Class and Canadian Experience Class benefited the most from changes to the way candidates in the federal economic immigration system’s pool are awarded points, says a new report published Thursday. The anticipated year-end report says Invitations to Apply, or ITAs, issued to candidates in the Federal Skilled Worker Program […]

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