By Time | On a recent Tuesday, Neal Fachan walked down a dock in Seattle’s Lake Union and boarded a blue and yellow Harbour Air seaplane, alongside six other tech executives. He was bound for Vancouver to check on the Canadian office of Qumulo, the Seattle-based cloud storage company he co-founded in 2012. With no … Continued

By Conversation | As international migration continues to grow in scope, complexity and impact, social integration of newcomers has become an issue of global concern. It’s particularly a salient issue for Canada, a country with one of the highest global rates of immigration.

By Voice | EARLIER this month, I visited Welcome House, a place of refuge for people who are new to B.C. Welcome House provides housing, child care, a medical clinic, free English classes, and support for people who have experienced trauma, all under one roof.

By Straight | Feeling a sense of belonging doesn’t always come easy for newcomers to Canada. For sexual and gender minorities, it can be tougher.

By ISSofBC | A new web-based text messaging tool developed by ISSofBC and the Vancouver Community Networkoffers real-time information sharing with refugees and immigrants via cell phone to help ease the transition newcomers face as they navigate services in their new communities.

By Toronto Star | The issue of the unemployment rate of educated newcomers to Canada in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) — currently twice of those with a similar background born in Canada — often overshadows another challenge for immigrants: underemployment. In the GTA, 1-in-2 newcomer men and 2-in-3 newcomer women with a bachelor’s degree … Continued

By Vancouver Sun | The Liberal government is launching a new three-year immigration experiment that aims to help fill labour shortages in Canada’s agri-food sector.

By City News 1130 | It’s not the language, the culture or weather that is hardest to adapt to. For newly arrived Syrian refugees in British Columbia, who are queer, it’s the absence of fear and hatred toward their very existence.

By Abbotsford News A group of women recently hopped in a car in Abbotsford and headed to Vancouver to go “shopping.” What made this excursion unique for Karen, Jamie, Shelby and Robyn was that they each came home with an outfit that didn’t cost them a dime.

Supporting effective labour mobility and foreign qualification recognition processes, ensuring workers can access needed skills and training, and building an inclusive and diverse labour market are essential to growing Canada’s economy and creating jobs.  Premiers are committed to ongoing progress in these areas.