Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Thirteen outstanding community leaders and organizations are being recognized with Ontario’s 2011 Newcomer Champion Awards. These leaders will be recognized for their community-building contributions – such as supporting the settlement and integration of newcomers, and promoting Ontario’s many diverse cultures in their communities.

https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2011/06/celebrating-ontarios-newcomer-champions.html

The City of Ottawa unveiled a new plan on Monday to attract immigrants and better integrate those who are already here. The plan brings together a dozen immigration and settlement agencies, as well as employers, social service providers and others.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/story/2011/06/19/ottawa-immigration.html

Volunteering is a key to Canadian success, a conference on civic participation for immigrants heard on Saturday. The one-day conference, held at the Peel District School Board, examined how to encourage newcomers to Canada to participate in Peel’s civic life.

https://www.mississauga.com/what%27s%20on/article/1025263–conference-encourages-civic-participation

Late last summer, the MV Sun Sea, a small Thai cargo ship, entered Canadian waters off the British Columbia coast, where it was intercepted by the navy and the RCMP. Crowded on board were 492 Tamils, including women and children. The vessel’s arrival was not unexpected; in fact, the government had been monitoring its journey for months and had intelligence that it was smuggling refugees from Sri Lanka.

https://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/2011.06-society-arrival-of-the-fittest/