The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear Nell Toussaint’s leave application to determine her constitutional right to access healthcare, effectively barring access to healthcare for thou-sands of uninsured people needing medical treatment. “When people do not want to allow me to have access to the healthcare I require, I feel that my life and health are devalued because of my...
More than one thousand Parent and Grandparent Super Visa applications have been approved in less than three months since the Super Visa program took flight, for an overall approval rate of 77 per cent, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said. “I’m pleased that the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa is working as intended and giving large numbers of eligible...
Professional immigrant networks are not new, but the dozens of associations of immigrants helping immigrants in the gta have been operating mostly under the radar – until now. The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (triec), the government of Canada and Scotiabank recently introduced a vital new website as part of the Professional Immigrant Networks initiative (pins) to forge...
For the fifth year in a row, the province of Ontario has been named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers by Canada’s Top 100 Employers which reviews workplace policies and practices of employers across the country. Ontario is committed to advancing diversity and inclusiveness through a number of targeted initiatives. Of particular interest to new immigrants is the Diversity...
The population of Canada increased 5.9 per cent between the 2006 and 2011 censuses, compared with a 5.4 per cent increase during the previous five-year period. The increase in the growth rate was attributable to slightly higher fertility and to an increase in the number of non-permanent residents and immigrants. Canada’s population increased at a faster rate than the population of any...
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Canadian Experience
Green behind the ears
When we first came to Canada, the South Asian community was much smaller and... Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney with Sam Benet of... I had spent our first months in Canada sending out resuumés. So many, that I... Charles Sousa, Ontario’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration announced... New in Canada, we hopped into a cab to visit friends. The only problem was that... Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Governor General David Johnston join the... |
Help for Newcomers
Use caution at garage sales
With garage sale season upon us, Health Canada reminds consumers to put safety... One of the first things most newcomers have to do when they arrive in Canada is... Scotiabank has expanded its Scotiabank StartRight program to offer a suite of... |
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Success Strategies
What sheer determination can achieve
I would like to share with you a story about my mom, a woman who was very... Until I was thirty years old, I wasn’t much of a fisherman.
I’d take a... During the 1996 Summer Olympics, I saw a young athlete with his brand new... With the morning mist still on the Hudson River, and the sun just kissing the... Seventeen years ago, I became the president of my community association. It was... I was leaving my last class for the day when I saw my friend, Ken Frankel,... |
Success Snapshots
 How Rina Singha FOUND her feet in Canada The 74-year-old celebrated Kathak dancer created her own parameters for her art... As a new immigrant, I had been in survival mode,” says Vasdev Chanchalani.... Chandra Siddan examined her life with an unflinching honesty in her... She was told by many people that it is very hard to break into the media scene... “Dance is my life, my being, my consciousness. I approach dance with... Harinder Takhar became Ontario’s first South Asian minister way back in 2004.... |
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Focus
How to dress for success: Seminars and workshops on topics of interest to newcomers.
A unique workshop, Dressing for Success, conducted by image consultant... India Rainbow Community Services of Peel is a registered, charitable,... Tax season is about to come to an end and those of you who are yet to file... |
Diversity
New Awards recognize volunteers
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced a new volunteer awards program to... Prime Minister Stephen Harper consulted Indo-Canadian business leaders and... We were very new in Canada; it was our first winter; our first acquaintance... Ontario students continue to be among the top-achieving students in the world,... With thousands of people from countries around the world immigrating to Canada... |
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Education
 LEARN THE LINGO! CANADIAN WORKPLACE CATCHPHRASE 101 Being familiar with common phrases at the workplace will help you fit in sooner... For international students considering attending a Canadian university, the... It is a well-worn (nonetheless true) saying, that it’s often the little... |
