Articles tagged with: canada
Express Entry System: More discretionary power for Canadian Government
The government is granting itself more discretionary power to decide who gets permanent residency in Canada through a new Express Entry system that will fast-track applications for the most desirable economic immigrants and allow Ottawa …
What life at school is like for students with sexual or gender minority status?
In 2011, Eagle Canada published a 145-page report titled: “EVERY CLASS IN EVERY SCHOOL. Final Report on the First National Climate Survey on Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia in Canadian Schools”. The study involved surveying over …
An article in PLAN Canada: Contemporary Practices in Social Planning
Lessons from Comprehensive Social Plan Development
by Angeles, L., O. Shcherbyna, and J. Foster
PLAN Canada, Spring 2014 issue. Vol. 54 No. 1
Canadian municipalities have increasingly become responsible for social service delivery and infrastructure maintenance since the …
Canada must see immigration as a competitive edge – Gordon Nixon says
Diversity and immigration are important parts of Canada’s past, present and future.
Canadians have built a prosperous and civil society, one rich in opportunity, that people of many different cultures call home. Our economic strength is …
Study finds ‘entrenched’ racial bias in Canadian TV ads
Generally speaking, Canadians are proud to think of our country as diverse, open and inclusive. But when it comes to selling us something, advertisers mostly trust white people to do the job.
That’s according to a …