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CANADIAN EDUCATION
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UNIVERSITIES SEE TUITION, FOOD BANKS
The study, produced by the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
and the Canadian Association of Food Banks, shows that in March of
this year, university food banks served 3,121 students. Of those
students, 44 per cent had children of their own.
CANADA'S FIRST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR RECENT IMMIGRANTS TO LAUNCH NEXT
WEEK
The Career Bridge internship program addresses current labour market
demand for internationally qualified professionals and also responds
to the needs of experienced recent immigrants seeking to launch their
careers in Canada.
ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS LOWERED TO ATTRACT STUDENTS TO CAMPUSES
Ontario universities are increasing the competition, and in some cases
lowering the entrance requirements, to attract students to their
campuses after the mad rush last year to accommodate the
larger-than-usual high-school graduating class created by the double
cohort.
FIXING IMMIGRATION KEY FOR HARPER
Companies that require technical staff, universities needing lab
technicians and communities desperate for physicians are all affected,
he said. The provinces cannot solve this problem alone, he added. The
former Ontario health minister noted immigration is ultimately a
federal government responsibility.
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CANADIAN EMPLOYMENT
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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA HELPS YOUNG PEOPLE IN SASKATCHEWAN DEVELOP JOB
SKILLS
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is providing financial
assistance for these projects through the Skills Link Program. The
Skills Link program helps youth facing barriers to employment develop
the broad range of skills, knowledge and work experience they need to
participate in the job market.
CANADIAN JOBLESS RATE EASES TO 7.2%, U.S. RATE STAYS AT 5.6% AMID
SOLID GAINS
Canada's economy created 56,100 jobs in May, nudging the unemployment
rate down by one-tenth of a percentage point to 7.2 per cent - the
lowest rate since July 2001, Statistics Canada said. The news helped
prod the Canadian dollar up by about three-quarters of a cent against
the American dollar, topping 74 cents US for the first time since
mid-April.
OPTIMISM, 15,000 NEW JOBS TURN B.C. ECONOMY RED-HOT
We haven't seen business better in the province than we're seeing it
right now': Jim Pattison
IMMIGRANTS IMPORTANT TO ECONOMY, SURVEY FINDS
He pointed to the 68 per cent of respondents who disagreed with the
statement that it is easy for skilled immigrants to find jobs in their
chosen field in the GTA.
INDIAN IT FIRMS SNAP UP US COMPETITORS
A recent report by BusinessWeek online says that in a bid to expand
their reach and customer base, Indian companies are buying US,
Canadian and European companies – often hiring more workers there.
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CANADIAN IMMIGRATION
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CANADA'S REFUGEE BOARD FACING NEW RACISM ALLEGATIONS FROM EMPLOYEES
In human-rights complaints and labour grievances, at least four black
and other non-white employees in the refugee protection division of
the Immigration and Refugee Board say they have been subject to
harassment, ghettoized in lower-level positions or denied permanent
status.
WARNING AIRED ON ‘CAREGIVER SCAM'
"It has come to my attention that a number of these caregiver-training
schools, which attract enrollees by offering to arrange employment for
them abroad once they finish the course, may actually be involved in a
scam," Albert warned in her weekly briefing with the diplomatic press
corps on Thursday.
RULING AFFECTS `OUT OF WEDLOCK' APPLICANTS
A Federal Court ruling delivered on May 17, but made public only
recently, orders the citizenship department to grant Canadian
citizenship to people who can demonstrate that they were born outside
Canada to a Canadian father, out of wedlock.
IMMIGRANTS IMPORTANT TO ECONOMY, SURVEY FINDS
While skilled immigrants face great difficulties finding jobs in the
Greater Toronto Area, they play an important role in keeping the
economy growing, according to a survey of attitudes toward
immigration.
VISIBLE MINORITY WOMEN MOST LIKELY OUT OF WORK: STUDY
"The gap in labour market outcomes for foreign-born visible minorities
may be related to incidents of discrimination or unfair treatment,"
the report says, "According to the Ethnic Diversity Survey, about 20
per cent of visible minorities aged 15 and over said they had
sometimes or often experienced discrimination or unfair treatment in
the previous five years because of their ethnicity, culture, race,
skin colour, language, accent, or religion."
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