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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 […]

February 25, 2019 / Comments Off / Read More

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

February 25, 2019 Comments Off

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 […]

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen sings praises of private refugee sponsorship

February 14, 2019 Comments Off

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 […]

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

February 12, 2019 Comments Off

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 […]

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

January 30, 2019 Comments Off

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 […]

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

October 11, 2018 Comments Off

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. […]

Canadian population up by half a million in past year

October 11, 2018 Comments Off

Between July 1st, 2017, and July 1st, 2018, the Canadian population increased by 518,588, according to Statistics Canada. This marks a population increase of 1.4%, the biggest gain in more than 60 years! The population increase is mostly attributed to migrants entering Canada. This includes permanent residents immigrating through economic and family sponsorship pathways, as well as those […]

Canada’s new, improved provincial pathways to immigration

October 11, 2018 Comments Off

Far from taking the summer off, Canada’s Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Programs spent the months of July, August and September innovating and issuing more than 3,000 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The big news in the third quarter of 2018 included the largest invitation round so far this year […]

IRCC says revised citizenship rules are resulting in more new Canadians

October 11, 2018 Comments Off

Applications jumped more than 130 per cent in 9 months after rules changed in October 2017 The number of people receiving Canadian citizenship is on the rise thanks to revised rules that have made it easier to obtain, the Government of Canada says. By the end of this month, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) […]

African professor in Canada publishes bestselling book of African poems

October 2, 2018 Comments Off

Professor Philip Alalibo, a Nigerian political scientist and professor in Canada, publishes a bestselling book on African poems. In this collection of insightful poems, Professor Alalibo’s intellectual sagacity is brought to bear in his poetic offerings that underscore his political, social, cultural and racial experiences that traverse two continents, Africa and North America. This book liberally […]