The Media Roundup provides links to recent and archived articles, in both English and French, on immigration and diversity appearing in the national and local news. Some international content is also included. Articles are updated weekly.
Government of Canada — Government of Canada supports the integration of French-speaking newcomers and vitality of communities
Francophone immigration is essential to the vitality and sustainability of official language minority communities. It is important that newcomers establish linguistic, economic and social roots, which will help them find employment, access French-language services and feel a true sense of belonging. Yesterday, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, announced a $640,000, three-year investment in the Culture d’entreprise project, run jointly by the Fédération culturelle canadienne-française and Culture pour tous, with financial support from the Ministers’ Council on the Canadian Francophonie.
CBC News — ‘Despair, betrayal, disbelief’: Ukrainians who fled to Canada face uncertainty over immigration status
A Ukrainian family in Halifax says the federal government needs to provide answers to the thousands of Ukrainians who are now learning that it could be more than 50 years before their permanent residency applications are processed. Oleh Zadoretskyy first learned of the possibility of the decades-long wait after reading a CBC News report in October. He’s part of an online community of Ukrainians who arrived using the pathway created under the humanitarian and compassionate stream to help them flee the war. He said some of his friends thought the report was so outrageous, it had to be Russian propaganda.
CIC News — 2025 in review: Canada’s biggest changes for international students and PGWP eligibility
In 2025, Canada introduced several changes affecting international students and recent graduates—from new rules for changing schools to updated eligibility requirements for Post-Graduation Work Permits (PGWPs). These updates matter whether you’re planning to study in Canada, are already here on a study permit, or are aiming to work on a PGWP after graduation. In January 2025, new rules came into effect building on the above change, requiring international students to also include a new valid Provincial or Territorial Attestation Letter (PAL/TAL) before submitting an application for a study permit extension.
Radio-Canada — 8 personnes accusées à la suite d’une manifestation contre l’immigration à Toronto
La police de Toronto a annoncé dimanche qu’elle a porté 29 chefs d’accusation contre huit personnes au lendemain d’une manifestation contre l’immigration qui a aussi donné lieu à une contre-manifestation. Le Canada First Movement, qui réclame sur son site web « la fin de l’immigration de masse incontrôlée et non vérifiée », avait invité ses partisans à un rassemblement sur la place Nathan Phillips devant l’hôtel de ville. Un groupe formé de syndicats, d’organismes contre le racisme et la haine et de conseillers municipaux a lui aussi organisé un rassemblement au même endroit pour « dire non à la haine ».
CBC News — Hundreds gather for anti-immigration rally, counter-protest in downtown Toronto
Dozens gathered at Nathan Phillips Square Saturday to protest mass immigration, prompting a counter-protest and a news conference with city councillors and opposing groups. Ahead of the anti-immigration rally, Coun. Neethan Shan (Scarborough-Rouge Park) and Coun. Paula Fletcher (Toronto-Danforth) joined groups such as the National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations to denounce racism and xenophobia, the Toronto & York Region Labour Council said in a news release.
Toronto Star — Canada’s immigration system is favouring these kinds of applicants — even over others who score higher
Canada’s Express Entry system has increasingly prioritized French-speaking candidates, with francophones accounting for 42 per cent of permanent residence invitations last year. In 2025, about 48,000 of the roughly 114,000 selected applicants were chosen because of their French-language proficiency, often with lower cut-off scores than those applied to general or occupation-based draws. The policy is intended to strengthen French-speaking minority communities outside Quebec, whose demographic share has steadily declined.
