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Ottawa expanded National Newcomer Navigation Network to help healthcare professionals
On June 6, 2022, the Government of Canada expanded National Newcomer Navigation Network to help internationally educated health care professionals. Marie-France Lalonde, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), announced nearly $1.5 million in funding to promote sector collaboration of foreign qualification and credential recognition requirements for internationally educated healthcare professionals. This initiative will help internationally educated healthcare workers fill key positions, remove barriers to working in Canada’s health care system, and help them access credential and qualification requirements faster.
#CHEO, #healthcare_workers, #IRCC, #Lalonde, #funding
LGBT2+ couples in Canada will now be able to transfer citizenship to children born abroad
June is pride month, a time to celebrate gender diversity and recognize the unique struggles facing marginalized groups. Although Canadian law prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender, sometimes same-sex, gender-opposite and intersex couples still go unaddressed. For example, until two years ago, Canadian same-sex couples and couples with fertility problems were facing issues if they had children abroad. Same-sex marriage has been legal in Canada since 2005. But until July 2020, Canadians had to be biological parents in order to pass on citizenship to their children born abroad. That was until the Superior Court of Quebec ruled that the legal parents of children of foreign origin could also be included in the definition of “parent” of the Citizenship Act.
#LGBT2, #citizenship, #Pride_Month
Canada keeps accepting applications of Ukrainian nationals under the CUAET
On June 3, 2022, the Government of Canada updated the number of Ukrainian newcomers arriving in Canada under the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET). According to the latest update, between January 1 and May 30, 2022, 7,251 Ukrainians arrived in Canada by land, and an additional 32,449 arrived by air. Between March 17 and June 1, 2022, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received 278,003 applications under the CUAET. To date, the applications of 127,153 Ukrainian nationals have been approved.
#Ukrainian_immigrants, #Ukrainian_refugees, #refugees, #CUAET, #Ukraine, #IRCC
Canada welcomed 160 Afghan refugees
On June 3, 2022, the Government of Canada made a new update regarding the Afghan refugees in the country. According to the last update, Canada has accepted 160 more Afghan refugees since May 27, 2022. As of now, Canada has welcomed a total of 14,645 Afghan refugees. The Government of Canada aimed to bring at least 40,000 Afghan nationals to Canada through the special programs for Afghan refugees, as well as via the special immigration program for Afghan nationals who assisted Canadian forces in Afghanistan.
#Afghan_refugees, #refugees, #Afghanistan