Muhsen Ahmed Ramadan Agraira: In a 7-0 ruling Thursday, the high court upheld a 2009 decision by Peter Van Loan, then the public safety minister, to reject the man's application on the grounds he was inadmissible in the national interest. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. His claim was rejected in 1998 because his application was not deemed credible and was against Canada's national security interests. OTTAWA - The Supreme Court has denied a Libyan man's request for permanent residency status in Canada. Muhsen Ahmed Ramadan Agraira came to Canada on a false Italian passport in 1997 and originally claimed refugee status because he was a member of the Libyan National Salvation Front a group that opposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Immigration and Refugee Board: The case is being closely watched as a test of the Canadian government's new immigration policy that considers nearly all EU countries "safe." Moh csi, a Roma, claims she would be in danger from hate groups and persecution by authorities if she returned to Hungary, according to Reuters. The board was due to start hearing her case on Tuesday and n" - Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board has put off until mid-July a hearing on an asylum claim by Hungarian Roma activist Viktoria Moh csi, a former member of the European Parliament. The Hungarian government has denied she would be in any danger. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mandela: The sense of crisis subsided a few days later with word that Mandela had started to respond well to treatment. That Mandela is likely to be discharged from hospital soon has not stopped South Africans from thinking about national life without him, according to The Star. Mandelas leadership transcended disparate groups opposed to apartheid. Though he held formal leadership positions within the ANC, he was a key player who united factions within and outside the party when divided on big questions like whether communism was the only path to freedom and whether whites should be allowed to participate in the struggle. Granted, there were structures that served as talk shops bringing together a multiracial opposition with divergent ideologies. But Mandela was the public face and symbol of resistance even while imprisoned and It is impossible to discount Nelson Mandelas significance to South Africa. Proof came with his latest hospitalization for a chronic lung infection. An anxious nation parsed official characterization of his condition as serious as this descriptor had not been used during prior hospital stays. Uncertainty prompted a longtime friend and fellow inmate on Robben Island to urge the former presidents family and, really, the nation to release him so that God may have his own way. To South Africans, Mandela represents closure marking the transition from the colonial and apartheid past to something else dreamed by generations. Not just representing closure, Mandela helped to bring about the formal end of white supremacy. He did this with his leadership of the African National Congress ANC and his command of the armed wing of the liberation movement from 1961 until his arrest in 1962. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Cheryl Maloney: We see this every day. The poverty is there in our faces every day, said Cheryl Maloney, during a telephone interview Thursday, according to The Chronicle Herald. The study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives also paints a grim picture of Metis, Inuit and non-status Indian children, along with children of immigrants and visible minorities and A study showing half of this countrys First Nations children live in poverty doesnt surprise anyone living in a First Nations community, least of all the president of the Nova Scotia Native Womens Association. The majority of the children living in poverty have young aboriginal mothers who support their children on their own and its not easy, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Edward J. Snowden: Snowden says he cannot get a fair trial on NSA leaks in U.S, according to Globe and Mail. Britain alerts international airlines to deny Snowden boarding Controversy WikiLeaks activists in Iceland are discussing with government officials there the possibility of asylum for Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed hundreds of classified documents on NSA surveillance, Julian Assange, the founder of the anti-secrecy group, said Wednesday. More Related to this Story Julian Assange marks one year in Ecuadors embassy in London (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ben Bernanke: NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, has said he probably wont serve another term when his current one expires this coming January. His decision to skip the Feds annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., this summer has only reinforced the view that he wont be coming back. But history has yet to issue its verdict on the worlds most powerful central banker. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Bernanke might well end up regarded as one of the bravest, most innovative Fed chiefs yet. But history made him as much as he made history: The global financial system started to show signs of unusual stress soon after he assumed the chairmanship in early 2006. By September 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapse set off a global panic, Bernanke, having brilliantly analyzed the historical causes and consequences of the Great Depression as an academic and having already taken some exceptional measures as Fed chairman understood the importance of quickly going all in to counter a potential tragedy of enormous proportions. After galvanizing the Fed into the role of audacious financial first responder, he went to Capitol Hill with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and, in what has been recalled by many as an extraordinary meeting, persuaded or, more accurately, terrified reluctant politicians to take unprecedented steps, including a massive emergency fiscal injection to save the financial system. Things really were that dire so much so that, worried that the banks might not open the next morning, I told my wife to withdraw as much cash from the ATM as possible. Ben Bernanke ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES Related Items Articles Obama gives clearest signal yet that Bernanke will likely leave Fed in January when term ends Undoubtedly, Bernanke will be remembered as a bold policy leader who helped avoid a global depression by courageously taking the Fed into uncharted waters using highly experimental and highly risky policies. At the same time, he leaves his successor with a set of unprecedented and unresolved problems to contend with, from weaning the economy off life support to navigating the consequences of an unusually large balance sheet. And with so much uncertainty about the success of the Bernanke way, econ textbooks and quarterly unemployment figures just dont hold enough answers to how his stewardship of the U.S. economy will play itself out in the years ahead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Djamel Ameziane: Thats what the Pentagon said in 2008 during the Bush administration. Thats what the Obama administrations task force confirmed when they cleared Ameziane for transfer, according to The Star. But Ameziane, a former Montreal resident and chef, remains trapped because he fears persecution if sent to Algeria, from where he fled two decades ago. No other country has offered refuge, including Canada where he once lived and has relatives and community support and Djamel Ameziane should not be in Guantanamo Bay. And according to the list of the remaining 166 detainees released through a freedom of information lawsuit Monday, that assessment hasnt changed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Michael Ignatieff: Higher Learning How universities will compete: appeal to elites, move online, according to Globe and Mail. Evolution 2.0 What did you learn in university today? Michael Ignatieff, Univ. of Toronto video screen capture Expert Voice Over the last year, much has been written about the future of the university, particularly concerning jobs, tuition rates and funding. Even as enrolment numbers continue to climb and post-graduation employment rates are still strong, universities have been criticized for their lack of direct focus on job preparation and the cost of a university education. At the same time, mounting budgetary constraints have resulted in the need for universities like so many other sectors of society to do more with less while meeting increasing accountability expectations. More Related to this Story Four eastern universities team up to share resources and ideas (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

domestic responsibilities: A whole vocabulary developed the mommy track , the mommy brain , the motherhood penalty , according to The Star. Initially, there were too few non-traditional fathers to test her hypothesis. But finally, with couples beginning to split the responsibilities of child-rearing more equitably, she has been able to do the research to challenge the prevailing myth and Work-life balance has always been considered a womens issue. It was mothers who struggled with the dual role of income-earner and family caregiver; mothers who were demoted or passed over for promotions because of their domestic responsibilities; mothers who earned less than their male counterparts and their childless female colleagues. For a long time, Jennifer Berdahl , a professor of organizational behaviour at the Rotman School of Management, had an uneasy feeling about this diagnosis. She suspected men who took on child-rearing responsibilities from stay-at-home dads to fathers who picked up the kids from daycare paid a similar price. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

non-status Indian children: The study by the left-leaning Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives being released Wednesday also paints a grim picture of Metis, Inuit, and non-status Indian children, as well as of children of immigrants and visible minorities. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. For other indigenous children Metis, Inuit, and non-status Indian children the rate is about 27 per cent. TORONTO - Half of Canada's First Nations children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics that pegs the cost of easing the problem at $580-million a year. The analysis of census data from 2006 the latest year relevant statistics are available finds one-third of immigrant children and almost one-quarter of visible minority kids live below the low income line. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.