Changes to Canadian electoral law – how does it affect you?
November 2, 2015 Comments Off on Changes to Canadian electoral law – how does it affect you?Essentially, Bill C-23 changes the rules for voters, candidates, parties and the people whose job it is to make sure elections are fair. Ottawa says it will boost penalties for offences, reduce voter fraud and empower political parties, as opposed to Elections Canada, to drive voter turnout. For some voters, it means it’ll be harder […]
Continue reading …Peter Ouma Obwogo is Kenyan’ top principal of 2015
November 2, 2015 Comments Off on Peter Ouma Obwogo is Kenyan’ top principal of 2015
By Zabde Ayienga Local media has given extensive coverage to the nomination of Peter Ouma Obwogo as Kenya’s top Principal of the year 2015. What the media may not know is how Peter balances professional principles and standards of performance of his school with often challenging community matters on the other hand. He has to […]
Continue reading …New Immigration System “Express Entry” Takes off Slowly
November 2, 2015 Comments Off on New Immigration System “Express Entry” Takes off SlowlyCitizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander is expecting just 10 to 15 per cent of the immigrants who arrive in Canada this year will have been selected via the new Express Entry application system, a mechanism designed to choose immigrants more quickly to better meet the needs of the labour market. But he expects that […]
Continue reading …Canada Votes: How three main parties would deal with immigration issue
September 27, 2015 Comments Off on Canada Votes: How three main parties would deal with immigration issueTORONTO – While Canada does not have the millions of illegal immigrants that our neighbour to the south is grappling with, it’s estimated that somewhere between 50,000 and as many as 200,000 people live in the country — likely in the Greater Toronto Area — without the necessary approvals. The Toronto Sun asked the three […]
Continue reading …Nigerian couple in Calgary facing deportation gets reprieve
July 31, 2015 Comments Off on Nigerian couple in Calgary facing deportation gets reprieveA Nigerian family on the cusp of being forced out of the country because of their newborn has been granted a reprieve. From yesterday: Family in Calgary may be forced out Dimeji and Deborah Tawose and their three children will all now receive temporary resident permits. The couple, both medical radiographers, came to Calgary on […]
Continue reading …“Express Entry” law leaves international students behind
March 24, 2015 Comments Off on “Express Entry” law leaves international students behindSignificant changes to Canada’s immigration management system have made it more difficult for international post-graduates who graduated from Canadian universities to become permanent residents of Canada. The Express Entry immigration selection system, which came into operation on January 1 of this year, requires candidates eligible for permanent resident status to make an expression of interest […]
Continue reading …Bid to make O’ Canada lyrics gender neutral opposed by Tories
March 24, 2015 Comments Off on Bid to make O’ Canada lyrics gender neutral opposed by ToriesA Liberal backbencher’s bid to make O Canada more gender neutral by replacing the reference to “all thy sons” with “all of us” in the English lyrics seems set for defeat after several Conservative MPs — including the parliamentary secretary to the heritage minister — spoke out against it. In an impassioned address to a […]
Continue reading …The Kimutais, changing the face of higher education in Kenya
January 1, 2015 Comments Off on The Kimutais, changing the face of higher education in Kenya
A country with educated citizenry is one bound for greatness. This fact is not lost on Bethwel and Phylis Kimutai who have expended great effort in the last several years to provide quality education to thousands of Kenyan youth through the three institutions of higher education they founded. If we believe that our circumstances […]
Continue reading …Nigerian Author Chimamanda Adichie speaks of immigrant experience
January 1, 2015 Comments Off on Nigerian Author Chimamanda Adichie speaks of immigrant experienceChimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the most celebrated young authors writing today. Her most recent novel, Americanah, tells the story of the journey of Ifemelu, a Nigerian immigrant making a new home in the United States. The New York Times called Americanah “witheringly trenchant and hugely empathetic… a novel that holds the discomfiting realities of […]
Continue reading …“Express Entry’ law begins January 1
January 1, 2015 Comments Off on “Express Entry’ law begins January 1With one month left to the launch of a new immigration system that will give skilled immigrants express entry into Canada, the government has made public for the first time the details of the points system it will use to select foreign workers. While the government is promising the new system will have “in demand” immigrant s in Canada within six […]
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