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Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, issued the following statement:

“By opening our doors to those seeking a better life, we open our communities to those wanting to build a stronger Canada. Other than Indigenous peoples, who have been here since time immemorial, all Canadians can trace their stories back to immigration. Whether your family has been here for many generations, like mine, or has just joined Canada, we can all celebrate the benefits of an inclusive...

The Canadian Children, Youth and Communities (CCYC) In | Equity Conference is an interdisciplinary conference designed to bring together pediatric health and allied health care professionals to address health care inequities from birth to adolescence using a family-centred approach.

This conference explores health equity topics specific to marginalized communities in the Canadian health care system and offers approaches that can be implemented to address barriers in accessing healthcare for...

As Canada continues to grapple with a housing crisis, the conversation is increasingly turning to international students coming into the country. But multiple provinces are pushing back on federal suggestions that an international student cap could help solve the problem, and say they haven’t been consulted. Immigration Minister Marc Miller, Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc have all indicated that Ottawa is considering a cap on student intake.

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Canada’s housing minister says the federal government isn’t ruling out changes to its ambitious immigration targets, but maintains the country should also focus on what it can do to increase housing supply when it comes to addressing current housing challenges.

“When we look to the future of immigration levels planning, we want to maintain ambition and immigration, but we want to better align our immigration policies with the absorptive capacity of communities that includes housing, that...

Canada’s housing crisis “absolutely cannot” be solved without the aid of new immigrants who bring their skills here, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told reporters on Friday.

“Without those skilled workers coming from outside Canada, we absolutely cannot build the homes and meet the demand that exists currently today.”

Miller was asked by reporters if he was considering slashing Canada’s immigration targets, which are currently at historic highs, in response to a recent Bank of Canada report...

Bianca Briciu is assistant professor at the Providence School of Transformative Leadership and Spirituality, Saint Paul University. With a profound fascination for unlocking human potential across various dimensions of intelligence—ranging from cognitive to emotional and spiritual—she stands as a dedicated educator and researcher. Her current focus lies at the intersection of emotional and spiritual intelligence, positive psychology, mindfulness and transformative leadership.

Bianca’s Longing...

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)recently announced the launch of a standalone federal pathway for the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), which helps refugees and displaced people abroad immigrate to Canada through economic immigration pathways. 

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