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Canada Offers Deals On 56 Government-Owned Properties To Create Affordable Housing

Former military bases, postal facilities and federal office buildings are among the sites listed in the new Canada Public Land Bank database.

International Business Times

Want to Fight Climate Change? Fix Housing

Treating the two calamities as separate issues misses a huge opportunity to address both

The Walrus

Canada rejects India's travel advisory amid escalating diplomatic row; calls for calm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s allegations of “potential” involvement of Indian government agents in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June unleashed a diplomatic row with India rejecting the charges as “absurd” and “motivated”

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International students are not to blame for Canada's housing crisis

At the start of the new academic school year, around 30 students at Canadore College in North Bay, Ont. held a protest to decry the lack of accommodation provided to international students.

The Conversation

Canada's new Tech Talent Strategy aims to attract workers from around the world

The Canadian government has announced a new strategy to entice tech workers from around the globe to work in Canada. The Tech Talent Strategy was announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser at the Collision technology conference in Toronto on June 27.

The Conversation

Students take on Canada and win after falling victim to immigration scam in India

Deportation of students duped into paying thousands of dollars to consultant halted for now

The Independent UK

Canada loosens visa rule

Thailand is among 13 countries newly added to Canada's electronic travel authorisation (eTA) programme by its Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Sean Fraser, the North American country announced on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

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Ottawa is doing little to eliminate discrimination against French-speaking African students

The fact that Immigration Canada discriminates against Black students from French-speaking Africa is something researchers and observers of Québec and Canadian politics have been documenting and denouncing for years.

The Conversation

International students face exploitation in Canada and abroad

Up to 700 Indian international students were recently found to have allegedly arrived in Canada with fraudulent admission letters from post-secondary institutions. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada only discovered the letters were fraudulent years after some of the students graduated and had applied for work permits or permanent residence.

The Conversation

Why universities need to look beyond grades when admitting international students

International students play an instrumental role in the development of Canada’s current and future economy.

The Conversation

MSU student Brian Fraser remembered for good nature, zest for life

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. — Michigan State sophomore Brian Fraser was remembered as a charismatic, good-natured young man with a zest for life at his funeral Mass Saturday.

Tribune News Service

3 slain in campus shooting are identified as graduates of Michigan high schools

DETROIT — The three victims who were killed in a Monday night shooting at Michigan State University were high school graduates from the Grosse Pointe area and Clawson, school district officials, family and police confirmed Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Graduates of Michigan high schools identified as campus shooting victims

DETROIT — The three victims who were killed in a shooting at Michigan State University were high school graduates from Grosse Pointe and Clawson, school district officials, family and police confirmed Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Canada expands temporary work permit program for Hong Kong residents

The Canadian government is broadening the criteria for Hong Kong residents to apply to work in Canada through a temporary work permit program that was introduced after China imposed new security rules on the former British colony in 2020, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Monday.

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Canadian lawmakers back resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslims

The Canadian parliament on Wednesday unanimously voted in favor of a non-binding proposal for the resettlement of 10,000 Uyghur Muslim refugees from China's Xinjiang region into Canada over two years.

The Conversation

Canada needs to consider the user experience of migrants when designing programs that impact them

The first interaction many Canadians have with government services today is digital. Older Canadians turn to the internet to understand how to file for Old Age Security or track down a customer service phone number. Parents visit school district websites for information on school closures, schedules and curricula.

Reuters

Canada plans record immigration targets amid labour crunch

Canada plans to welcome a record 500,000 new permanent residents in 2025 and has boosted its targets over the next two years as the country looks to ramp up arrivals to address an acute labour shortage, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Canada lifts work hour limits for international students to help labour shortage

Canada is lifting the 20-hour-a-week limit on the number of hours international students can work off-campus, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser announced on Friday, citing the country's labour shortage.

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Canada on track to exceed lofty 2022 immigration target

Canada is on track to exceed its immigration goal of granting permanent residency to more than 430,000 people in 2022, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday.

The Conversation

Canada must grant permanent immigration status to undocumented residents

In the December 2021 mandate letter to the newly appointed Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, the Liberal government tasked him with exploring “ways of regularizing status for undocumented workers who are contributing to Canadian communities.”

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