Immigration News


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Immigrate to Canada without a job offer: British Columbia PNP

If you have a graduate degree in science from an eligible British Columbia institution, you can get Canadian permanent residence without a job offer. Science grads may be eligible to apply for a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) called the Skills Immigration – International Post-Graduate category. Under this category, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC […]

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Express Entry: Canada holds biggest PNP draw ever

Canada held a new Express Entry draw on December 10. A total of 1,032 candidates were invited to apply for permanent residence. Invited candidates had previously received a nomination through a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), adding 600 points to their base human capital score. As a result, the minimum cut-off for this draw was 698. […]

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Minister Miller promises new measures for federal government document disclosure related to residential schools

Part of a shameful and racist colonial policy, Residential Schools forcibly removed Indigenous children—First Nations, Inuit and Métis—from their communities and denied them their families, languages and culture while also enduring widespread abuse. It is our moral obligation to Survivors to pursue the truth and to support them, as well as those suffering from intergenerational trauma in their search for closure.
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Ahnahktsipiitaa’s cinematic VR experience This Is Not a Ceremony premiering in January at the Sundance Film Festival. Winning submission of the NFB/imagineNATIVE Digital Project Prize presented in New Frontier program in Park City and available worldwide via “The Spaceship”.

The National Film Board of Canada VR experience This Is Not a Ceremony, written and directed by Ahnahktsipiitaa (Colin Van Loon), will have its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 20–30.
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Statement from the Equal Rights Coalition on the nexus between democracy and the human rights of LGBTI persons

On the occasion of the Summit for Democracy, the undersigned members of the Equal Rights Coalition (ERC) affirm that the revitalization of democracy within our own nations and around the world is essential to promoting and protecting human rights, especially for those most vulnerable including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) persons. Threats to the rule of law, rising levels of inequality, authoritarianism, and corruption are eroding democracy in every region, with grave consequences for LGBTI persons, among others. Persistent criminalization of LGBTI status and ongoing violence and discrimination undermine the ability of LGBTI persons to fully participate in democratic and political processes.
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Federal Minister of Transport visits British Columbia and views flood impacts to transportation infrastructure

Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra joined the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure for the Province of British Columbia, the Honourable Rob Fleming, to observe some of the damage to national and provincial transportation infrastructure caused by floods in British Columbia.
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Here are the 12 politicians who are overseeing Immigration Canada

Canada has named the 12 members of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, who will monitor federal policy related to immigration and multiculturalism. The Standing Committee, also called CIMM for short, oversees matters relating to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). It studies and reports […]

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