Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has been running its #ImmigrationMatters campaign since 2018 to raise awareness of how immigration benefits Canadian society as a whole.
The Government of Canada's immigration campaign, also known as #WelcomingWeek2022, aims to educate Canadians on the importance of immigration while also informing potential immigrants about all they could gain by immigrating.
The campaign consists of community events in addition to a website that posts immigration success stories to help Canadians understand how the immigration system works and ways they can get involved with local initiatives.
#IRCC, #ImmigrationMatters, #Immigration_matters, #WelcomingWeek2022
https://brampton-news.com/irccs-immigrationmatters-campaign-highlights-the-benefits-of-immigration/
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/immigration-matters.html
September 16, 2022
On September 8, 2022, Statistics Canada released the “Canada in 2041: A Larger, More Diverse Population with Greater Differences Between Regions” report, projecting that immigrants and their children will increasingly account for most of Canada's population by 2041.
With the expansion of the Canadian population through immigration, visible minorities—those who are now referred to as the "racialized population" by Statistics Canada–will become increasingly apparent.
Up to almost half of all toddlers 14 years old and younger, 49.7%, could be racialized Canadians in 2041, and approximately the same proportion (47.3%) of working-age people in Canada, those aged 15 to 64 years old.
#Statistics_Canada, #population_growth, #racialized_population
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/immigrants-children-set-dominate-canada-population-colin-r-/
September 12, 2022
Navigating the visa application process has become increasingly difficult for Canadian educators, foreign students, and partners alike.
Canadian immigration officials are increasing staff and working to reduce processing times. However, the significant backlog has caused some students to delay their program start dates this year.
In a related matter, the Canadian government has extended its COVID-era policy that permits students to complete up to 100 percent of their studies online and still obtain a Post-Graduate Work Permit (PGWP).
According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, this policy will remain unchanged until August 31, 2023.
Consequently, students studying online or who have submitted a study permit application before that date will still be eligible for a PGWP.
#IRCC, #PGWP, #study_permit, #immigration_backlog, #COVID_19
https://monitor.icef.com/2022/09/continuing-visa-delays-putting-canadas-competitiveness-at-risk/
September 9, 2022
A recent Canadian government audit of its pilot immigration programs found that the lack of a clear, defined set of guiding principles hindered officials' abilities to develop, manage and evaluate the programs' progress.
The authors also noted that this lack of guidance for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials also limited their ability to create a formal risk management process.
IRCC utilized the evaluation function to constantly assess and report on the early performance results of pilot programs.
This allowed for quick decision-making about changes to a program or to evaluate if it needed to be transitioned into a permanent one.
However, there were difficulties in analyzing economic development and retention since the data was not readily available until years after the experiments concluded.
#IRCC, #Audit, #RNIP, #Pilot_Programs
September 8, 2022
