Immigration

Canada set an ambitious goal in immigration and achieved a historic feat in the past year.

Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, has announced that the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants will officially open on November 23, 2021.

A youtube video showing the dramatic change of the country source of origin of immigrants to Canada in just 30 years provides a fascinating review of a rapidly changing scenario from 1990 to 2020, categorized by country of birth of immigrants.  See it for yourself with the video below:

Susan* first came to Canada at age 45, and went through Canada’s credentialing process for engineers. 

In an earlier article, Eleanor Laquian drew our attention to growing dissatisfaction among Canadians about the country’s policies on immigration and multiculturalism which some blame for the rising xenophobia in what has always been seen as a peaceful and hospitable society.

Facts about Canada’s doors opening to refugees from strife-torn countries like Syria invite a spectrum of reactions.

Canada has an enviable global reputation as a liberal and progressive country with its recognition of same sex marriage, LGBTQ rights, gender parity, and most recently, legal recreational cannabis.

The election of an openly anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim president in the United States in 2016 seems to have emboldened like-minded Canadians to display their racial prejudices as well.