By Douglas Todd and Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun | About 100 people attended a candlelight vigil at the Vancouver Jamia Masjid mosque late Monday to show solidarity with the Muslim community still in shock after Sunday’s mosque massacre in Quebec. “All of us feel the pain, sadness and outrage at what happened …,” Vancouver mayor … Continued
Date: February 9Venue: 2610 Victoria Drive, Vancouver Learn more
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By Chuck Chiang, Vancouver Sun | Until they were asked to describe it, Jennifer and Duncan Clark never thought of her family’s traditional Lunar New Year dinner as being an example of Metro Vancouver’s multicultural social fabric.
By Vancouver Sun | Prime Minister Justin Trudeau smiled and waved during his latest visit to Vancouver, but didn’t stop to answer questions on a number of issues facing Canadians. Trudeau joined the city’s Lunar New Year celebrations Sunday, participating in a blessing ceremony before a traditional lion dance, then leading a parade through Vancouver’s … Continued
By UBC News | Researchers Jiayun Yao and Hind Sbihi were intrigued by a population health concern they were hearing about anecdotally: that immigrants had fewer allergies upon arriving in Canada, but that their allergy rates increased over time in Canada.
Date: February 22, 2017Venue: Webinar Learn more
By Tavia Grant, Globe and Mail | New population projections for Canada paint a picture of growing diversity, in all parts of the country. Nearly half of the population will likely be immigrants or children of immigrants by 2036 if current immigration levels continue, a Statistics Canada study estimates, up from 38.2 per cent in … Continued
By Nicholas Keung, Canadian Immigrant Magazine | Ottawa is quietly working on a plan to use computers to assess immigration applications and make some of the decisions currently made by immigration officers, the Star has learned.
By Thomas Roper, Employment Law Today | Employer must pay $8,500 for rejection letter mentioning difference of religion