Increases in immigrant settlement support from Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada (CIMC) Minister Jason Kenney has pledged to continue working with provincial governments to increase the uptake of immigrant settlement programs.  Provinces outside of Quebec and Ontario will see more than $240 million in federal funding in 2009 to...
Minister Kenney announces increase in federal commitments to help newcomers settle in Canada
The Government of Canada is keeping its promise in the Speech from the Throne to work with the provinces and territories to increase the uptake of immigrant settlement programs. Provinces and territories outside of Ontario and Quebec will be allocated more than $240 million in federal funding...
Alberta and British Columbia seeking Filipino skilled workers
The Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia have a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Philippines’ Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) regarding human resource development to promote the many employment opportunities in Alberta and BC. Hector Goudreau, the Alberta Minister...
Asian immigrants - successful 2nd generation
According to a study from the Montreal-based Institute for Research on Public Policy, the real test of a society’s inclusiveness is the academic and professional success of immigrants’ children.  The study shows a positive overall pattern for immigration in that most second-generation immigrants...
The Americans don’t want you - well we do!
America attracts the best form of human capital- IT specialists, doctors, scientists, engineers etc. America is the envy of the Western World as most skilled professionals want to work there, because after all, it is the land of plenty. Most of these individuals enter on H-1B visas and all of them have...