canadian feeling: From appreciating their warm coats to quickly figuring out how cold it really is, they've also made their own winter traditions, ones they want to share with family and friends, according to Huffington Post Canada. Shovelling is not a part we were used to, Mississauga-Ont. resident Swati Bhatt Vyas tells The Huffington Post Canada. In the video above, four Canadians share their stories of experiencing their first Canadian winter. Swati Bhatt Vyas and her husband in 2010. Vyas' neighbourhood during the holidays. We do have a little tradition in our neighbourhood that the first time everybody comes out to shovel, we bring out the coffee, we bring out the cookies... that resonates with the Canadian feeling. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ceo positions: And if you think that's because men are more capable of running companies than women, you would be sorely mistaken and sexist to boot, according to Huffington Post Canada. Women aren't in as many leadership roles as men because fewer women apply for those positions, and a new study has delved into why. The 2016 Fortune 500 list showed that just 21 companies had women at their helm, meaning women hold a pathetic 4.2 per cent of CEO positions in the United States' 500 biggest companies. The study, titled Leaning Out How Negative Recruitment Experiences Shape Women's Decisions to Compete for Executive Roles published by Sage Journals, found that fewer women than men were applying for senior management roles, and women who had been rejected from similar jobs in the past were even less likely to apply. Glamour reports that these results say something about the huge gap in confidence between men and women, noting a 2015 study, which found that men in 48 countries had higher self-esteem than women. And although the study also found that men were also less likely to apply to jobs similar to ones they'd been rejected from, women were 1.5 times less likely to apply than men. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

manitoban town: It's quite scary about how insidious the security agenda has become,'' said John Hinds, CEO of News Media Canada, according to Huffington Post Canada. The demonization and racial profiling, that's really scary, too.'' The weekly Flin Flon Reminder entered the article as part of its submissions to the annual Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. The action by the U.S.-based Internet giant has sparked dismay, anxiety and raised questions about Canadian autonomy. The feature article from July, 2016 outlines the challenges and triumphs as the family settled in the Manitoban town of 5,100 and the community's willingness to make them feel welcome. In an email, Pay Pal promised to follow up within 72 hours of its investigation, which it never did. PayPal requested more information about business, transaction Flin Flon publisher, Valerie Durnin, said when she tried to pay the 242.95 for the paper's entries, Pay Pal flagged the payment as possibly not in compliance with its acceptable use policy,'' which she said she hadn't been able to track down. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-muslim postings: Have Donald Trump's months of pre-election anti-immigrant rhetoric led to a rise in racial intolerance in this country Photo Reuters We get the same Twitter feeds, we hear the same sound bites on television and radio and in the print media as well, according to Huffington Post Canada. Clearly the messages are crossing the border.'' And those messages do seem to be resonating with some Canadians, said Perry, pointing to a flurry of anti-Muslim postings on social media that followed last month's Quebec City mosque shooting. But has U.S. President Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban, his promise to build a wall on the Mexican border and months of pre-election anti-immigrant rhetoric led to a rise in racial intolerance in this country Or has such discrimination been bubbling below the surface within some segments of Canadian society, and Trump's world view and policies have merely validated such sentiments, granting like-minded people tacit permission to voice racist comments and perform hateful acts, where they might not have before I think absolutely the boundaries are porous, the borders are porous, so anything that happens in the U.S. obviously affects us,'' said sociologist Barbara Perry, a global hate crime expert at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Ont. I'm not a big user of social media, but even someone like me who's at arm's length can see the freedom people are feeling to express some pretty vicious and violent sentiments,'' she said, noting that the ability to remain anonymous makes it easier to voice politically incorrect'' opinions. More recently, former prime minister Stephen Harper spoke of Islamicism being the greatest threat to Canada and said during the 2015 election campaign he would consider banning the niqab for public servants. You might not say something out loud or you might not sign your name to something ... being expressed online, but if nobody can see your face because you've got a picture of a cute little kitty cat as your avatar, then you don't suffer repercussions, you don't think anyone's going to call you out in the same way they would in a more public and face-to-face venue.'' Simmering for years' sociology professor Still, it's important to recognize that Canada is hardly innocent when it comes to discriminatory attitudes and policies, said Rima Wilkes, a professor of sociology at the University of British Columbia, pointing to the maltreatment of indigenous people, the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act, and the internment of Japanese-Canadians and the refusal to accept Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the Second World War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

balloon tires: The cockpit window seeming to tower above us, according to Huffington Post Canada. It was June 1, 1982, and this was to be our intercontinental chariot to a new life. Its gargantuan balloon tires. As I was reminded over dinner a couple of weeks ago, it hadn't been an easy decision for my parents. Discussion and debate. Six of us had gathered for a late celebration of Christmas, and my mom and dad tag-teamed the retelling of the story of our emigration from the U.K. Falling in love with Canada in the '70s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

health: Bernie Sanders on Tuesday, according to Huffington Post Canada. The two debated the future of the Affordable Care Act, former president Barack Obama's health care legislation that brought insurance coverage to millions of Americans. The Calgary-born Texas senator had a bit of a flub during a town hall debate with Vermont Sen. I want patients to be in charge of their health care not government deciding what health care we get CNNDebate Night Ted Cruz tedcruz February 8, 2017 Cruz brought up an example from Canada to highlight the problems with socialized medicine, but he may not have convinced many Canadians. And he was a governor in Canada. The governor of one of the Canadian provinces came to America to get heart surgery, Cruz said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

census figures: When he was younger it was very hectic because I had to work nights, according to Huffington Post Canada. My husband worked days. At the time I was working really late hours and I just didn't think it was fair to have another child when I didn't really have the time and the energy to put into another child, said Clarke of Mississauga, Ont., whose son Austin is now 15. I thought to myself, 'You know what I have to do what I think I can handle physically, emotionally financially ... I think one is good enough for me.' Clarke is among a growing proportion of Canadian women choosing to have only one child or none at all. Canada's average fertility rate per 2016 census figures was 1.6 per cent, slightly higher than the 1.59 posted by Statistics Canada three years earlier. And that trend towards limited child-bearing is increasingly reflected in Canada's average fertility rate, which 2016 census figures released Wednesday have pegged at 1.6 per cent, slightly higher than the 1.59 posted by Statistics Canada three years earlier. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cities: Nor is the city's middle-aged spread at all unique, according to the 2016 census data released Wednesday Canada's population of 35.15 million is settling in the bigger cities, ensuring they and their suburban neighbours keep growing, while small cities get smaller, according to Huffington Post Canada. The three biggest metropolitan areas in the country Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver are now home to more than one-third of all Canadians with a combined population of 12.5 million, with almost one half living in Toronto and its suburban neighbours, the data shows. In some ways a victim of his own success, the mayor of Kelowna has been struggling in recent years to rein in his city as it slowly spreads across the B.C. interior, testing his ability to provide core municipal services and build badly needed infrastructure. Canada is once again the fastest growing country in the G7, Statistics Canada says in the first of what will be seven tranches of 2016 census data to be released over the course of the year. The latest figures also show that the once yawning gulf in growth rates between the spreading suburbs and their urban centres has continued to narrow, with young professionals and aging baby boomers alike opting for the downtown-condominium life. Wednesday's release focused on population and dwellings; the next one, in May, will be focused on age and sex. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

leadership race: Host Rosemary Barton pressed Blaney on who he would support in the Conservative leadership race if he dropped out. . Steven BlaneyPCC says he would dismantle First Nations reserves. cdnpoli Power & Politics PnPCBC February 7, 2017 The Quebec MP wouldn't answer, instead saying he respected all of the 13 candidates running alongside him, according to Huffington Post Canada. Blaney then switched to bashing the Liberal government's deficits and declaring he wants to dismantle reserves. Blaney, a former public safety minister under the previous Conservative government, made the comments Tuesday during an appearance on CBC News' Power and Politics. Reserves are not helping First Nations to grow. We can study it as long as we want, we need to attack the core issues. I say we need to dismantle reserves, because we know it is the core, the source of violence on reserves, Blaney said, adding that domestic violence was the cause behind missing and murdered aboriginal women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people: While most Canadians think immigration has a neutral or positive effect, a significant number of people hold a very different view, according to Huffington Post Canada. A new study has found Canadians hold similar views on immigration as Americans and Europeans. Canadian attitudes toward immigration are in line with those of Americans and Europeans, and the potential exists for it to become a divisive issue, according to the study titled Canadian Exceptionalism are we good or are we lucky The University of Toronto and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada partnered with Ipsos Observer to ask 1,522 Canadians their views on the topic in January. Photo Getty Images Almost a third of Canadians said the government should discriminate against Muslims when selecting foreigners to move to the country, and a third want to discriminate against people of colour to prioritize white immigrants. Whatever is driving Canada's exceptionally positive history of immigration ... it does not appear to be an exceptionally tolerant public, the study read. 1 in 5 want to end all immigration Twenty per cent support ending immigration to Canada completely, while 46 per cent said they oppose the idea. More than 65 per cent think immigrants have a responsibility to behave more like Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sign post: Nineteen arrived Saturday and another three on Sunday, according to Huffington Post Canada. Farhan Ahmed was among Saturday's asylum seekers. Manitoba RCMP have confirmed 22 people crossed the border near Emerson, approximately 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg, over the weekend. He told CBC News his group, which included a family with children, walked through deep snow in cold temperatures for about 12 kilometres before they called 911 for help. A sign post for the small border town of Emerson, near the Canada-U.S border crossing where refugees make their way often on foot into Manitoba. RCMP picked up the group and brought them to a Canada Border Services Agency location where they could make refugee claims, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shot: While reporting on the conflict, a British war correspondent noticed a young boy standing alone with a note hung around his neck at a local train station, according to Huffington Post Canada. He walked to the child and took a closer look at the note. As is often the case, children bore the brunt of the fighting and suffering. It read This is Jose. Whoever finds my son, please take care of him. I am his father and when Santander falls, I will be shot. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

american: The unlikely scene a drinking establishment somewhere in the Dominican Republic, according to Huffington Post Canada. Two American men are perched on stools at the bar, watching a satellite TV report -- from Long Island, New York, of all places -- showing footage of multiple American protests about Donald Trump's Muslim ban. Let them protest. Everybody is arguing whether or not it is a BAN. Call it what you want, it is about keeping bad people with bad intentions out of country! Donald J. Trump real Donald Trump February 1, 2017 One of the American men had said He sure is stirring up a lot of shit. I, meanwhile, am listening in, pretending to be waiting for a drink for my wife that has already been delivered. His drinking buddy, as noted, is undaunted. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ban: The U.S. Department of State DOS also announced that it had reversed the cancellation of all visas that were affected by the travel ban, according to Huffington Post Canada. Foreign nationals covered by the travel ban who hold a valid U.S. visa are now free to travel to the United States. This means that inspections should, in theory, be as they were before the Executive Order came into effect. DOS has previously stated that fewer than 60,000 visas had been provisionally cancelled in order to comply with the travel ban. Photo Brian Snyder/Reuters The DHS and DOS announcements are in response to a federal court judge's recent decision to grant a temporary restraining order against the travel ban. An international traveller arrives after U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban at Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Jan. 30, 2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian alliance: O'Leary shrugs off attacks at Conservative leadership debate Conservative leadership candidates spar over jobs and taxes while taking aim at O'Leary The question of what are Canadian values is far from clear, Mac Kay said, according to CBC. When you drill down into that type of discussion the first question that comes to mind is, who makes that decision And what is that bar going to be And how possibly could somebody coming from a country that has no understanding of what it means to be a Canadian meet that criteria The former leader of the Progressive Conservative Party helped unite the party with the Canadian Alliance to become the Conservative Party. MacKay was asked what he thought about Kellie Leitch's policy to screen immigrants for what she terms Canadian values. He decided not to run for the leadership last September and has rarely weighed in on the race since announcing that decision. Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press He says he's concerned for the long-term health of the party. Kellie Leitch says it's OK if other members of the party criticize her demand for a 'Canadian values' test, as she believes Canadians are behind her. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fight isis: Trump is somehow managing to alienate important friends and allies of the U.S. He has belittled Europeans as freeloaders, disrespected Australia's prime minister and threatened to send U.S. anti-drug troops into Mexico, according to The Chronicle Herald. Trump showed his appreciation to Iraqis who helped fight ISIS by subjecting them and people from six other Muslim countries to travel restrictions. Canada's Trump fans now see he's no friend of this country, of conservatives like them or even of economic stability. Same goes for Afghans who helped fight the Taliban. They're predictable and way less maintenance. But what about Canadians who have prospered due to the fair and progressive terms of NAFTA Trump says NAFTA must be rewritten to favour the U.S. Truly, if Trump is a friend then give me enemies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

iranian researcher: Nima Enayati was turned away last week when he tried to fly to New York from Italy, where he's working on a Ph.D. Enayati says, It feels great finally I'm here, according to Hamilton Spectator. He says he acted quickly when he saw a judge rule against President Donald Trump's Jan. 27 executive order suspending America's refugee program and halting immigration to the U.S. from seven Muslim-majority countries. An Iranian researcher who had been prevented from coming to the United States to do research at Stanford University has arrived safely at New York's Kennedy Airport. Enayati is on a visa for three months to conduct research at Stanford working on robotics that will help make surgeries less invasive and cheaper for patients. 9 25 p.m. The Los Angeles Times reports Sara Yarjani was among those caught in a confusing legal limbo after Trump signed the order Jan. 27, about seven hours before Yarjani landed in Los Angeles on a flight from Oslo. An Iranian graduate student who was denied entry into the United States under President Donald Trump's travel ban has returned to America after a judge halted the order. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

laval university: Taxi drivers such as Karim, 53, who didn't want to use his last name, are thankful for the outpouring of warmth towards the Muslim community from people across the city since last weekend's shootings, according to CTV. But he and his colleagues at the airport taxi stand, many of whom hail from French-speaking North Africa, can't help but feel frustration at the society they feel hasn't fully accepted them, especially in the job market. Across the small, narrow trailer the television is broadcasting Thursday's funeral service in Montreal held for three of the six men murdered in a mosque across town. Karim, who came to Quebec from Morocco in 1991, completed a master's at Laval University in 1996 in management. I got two interviews. I sent hundreds of resumes, he said, about his job search after graduating. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

law works: We just want to help in the best way we can, said first-year law student Uttra Gautam, one of the organizers of Saturday's event in Ottawa, according to Metro News. The students were trying to find legal arguments to oppose a Canada-U.S. policy called the Safe Third Country Agreement. There's been a huge sentiment of people being outaged, but wanting to turn outrage into action. The policy prevents people from claiming refugee status on the land border between Canada and the United States. Under the Safe Third Country Agreement, many refugees are required to ask for protection in the first country they arrive in. The law works on the assumption that the United States is a safe country for refugees, but some refugee advocates say this is no longer the case. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

micallef: Shawn Micallef photo Shawn Micallef's new book looks partly at his walks with little-known municipal candidates in the 2014 election, according to Toronto Star. Supplied By Shawn Micallef Living Columnist Sun., Feb. 5, 2017 In his new book, Frontier City, Shawn Micallef writes of his walks through Toronto neighbourhoods with little-known municipal candidates who, despite the drama of the 2014 election campaign, shared big dreams for the city and filled him with hope that civic greatness really was within reach. It turns out barbecues make strange bedfellows. How then to explain the Ford victory In this excerpt, the Star columnist goes back to 2010 when on a Friday night in September, he found himself in the very middle of Canada where the meat is plentiful, the bar is open, and the Rob Ford voters friendly. The patriarch of the Ford clan, he founded Deco Labels and Tags, the printing company that made the family wealthy. Rob's dad was the late Doug Ford Sr., a backbencher in Mike Harris's Ontario government from 1995 to 1999. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

moira welsh: Andrej Ivanov / For The Toronto Star Protesters gathered at the U.S. Consulate in Toronto for the National Day of Action Against Islamophobia, according to Toronto Star. Andrej Ivanov / For The Toronto Star Demonstrators protesting the U.S. Muslim immigration ban march in front of the U.S. consulate in Toronto. Andrej Ivanov / For The Toronto Star Demonstrators chat with a child at the National Day of Action Against Islamophobia. Frank Gunn / THE CANADIAN PRESS By Moira Welsh Investigative News reporter Salmaan Farooqui Staff Reporter Sat., Feb. 4, 2017 Thousands of protesters marched against Islamophobia and United States President Donald Trump in downtown Toronto on Saturday the second major demonstration this week. Hundreds had gathered five days earlier to protest Trump's sweeping travel ban targeting seven predominantly Muslim countries which was blocked by a U.S. judge on Friday. The massive rally began outside the U.S. Consulate on University Ave. as protesters, bundled against the cold, stretched from Queen to Dundas Sts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

muslim community: Taxi drivers such as Karim, 53, who didn't want to use his last name, are thankful for the outpouring of warmth towards the Muslim community from people across the city since last weekend's shootings, according to CBC. How Quebec City is mending the emotional scars left after the mosque attack Quebec City mosque reopens 6 days after shooting But he and his colleagues at the airport taxi stand many of whom hail from French-speaking North Africa can't help but feel frustration at the society they feel hasn't fully accepted them, especially in the job market. Across the small, narrow trailer the television is broadcasting Thursday's funeral service in Montreal held for three of the six men murdered in a mosque across town. Karim, who came to Quebec from Morocco in 1991, completed a master's at Laval University in 1996 in management. I got two interviews.'' Earlier in the week, the vice-president of Quebec City's mosque, Mohamed Labidi, stood sobbing over the dried blood of his friend Azzeddine Soufiane, whom he said tried in vain to stop the shooter. I sent hundreds of resumes,'' he said, about his job search after graduating. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

president attempts: In the article titled Canada, Leading the Free World, U.S. journalist Nicholas Kristof praises Canada for its inviting immigration policy, at a time when all around the world, countries are slamming the doors shut, according to CTV. It may now be the finest example of the values of the Statue of Liberty, Kristof wrote in the op-ed published Saturday. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! A New York Times columnist has suggested that famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty applies more to Canada than Donald Trump's America these days, as the U.S. president attempts to shut his country's doors to immigrants from several majority Muslim nations, while Canada welcomes tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. The piece is a largely rose-coloured examination of Canada's immigration policies, hailing it as a haven for immigrants and open-mindedness, with little mention of some of the more vehement critics of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's inviting approach. Kristof, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, called the story a big slobbery kiss for Canada on Twitter. Kristof praises Canada's private sponsorship program, touts diversity at the highest levels of government, and suggests based on a poll that Canadians now take more pride in multiculturalism than in hockey. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

press briefings: Turnbull said, The important thing is results, according to CTV. Spicer says Trump has agreed to honour an Obama administration deal to resettle up to 1,250 asylum seekers rejected by Australia. Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull also dismissed a Nine Network television network journalist's suggestion that he should be offended that White House spokesman Sean Spicer has repeatedly called him Trumbull in press briefings. Trump made the agreement during a conversation with Turnbull last weekend, but has since tweeted, I will study this dumb deal! Turnbull said Trump had asked for nothing in return for resettling the mostly Muslim refugees from Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Absolutely not, Turnbull said. Australia pays the impoverished Pacific countries of Nauru and Papua New Guinea to keep the refugees in camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

quebec city: Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS By Giuseppe Valiante The Canadian Press Sun., Feb. 5, 2017 QUEBEC During a break from picking up passengers outside Quebec City's airport, Karim removes a piece of cardboard hanging on the wall of the trailer and places it on the ground, he stands on it, and begins evening prayers, according to Toronto Star. Across the small, narrow trailer the television is broadcasting Thursday's funeral service in Montreal held for three of the six men murdered in a mosque across town. Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN PRESS On Friday, many gathered to remember three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting. Taxi drivers such as Karim, 53, who didn't want to use his last name, are thankful for the outpouring of warmth towards the Muslim community from people across the city since last weekend's shootings. Article Continued Below Karim, who came to Quebec from Morocco in 1991, completed a master's at Laval University in 1996 in management. Read the latest news on the Quebec mosque shooting But he and his colleagues at the airport taxi stand many of whom hail from French-speaking North Africa can't help but feel frustration at the society they feel hasn't fully accepted them, especially in the job market. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

studies law: The order also put a three-month hold on all visits to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries, according to CBC. Co-organizer Brodie Noga, who studies law at McGill University, said he was inspired to act by the freeze on refugees and his work with an Iranian citizen who was refused entry into the United States under the ban. The 12-hour research-a-thon responds to U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order last week that indefinitely bans Syrian refugees from entering the United States and put a four-month freeze on refugees from other countries. I don't feel that it's right that Canada be complicit in any way with these refugee bans, he said. CBC Unjust agreement Refugee advocates in Canada say Trump's executive order casts new doubt on Canada's Safe Third Country Agreement with the United States, which holds that the U.S. is a safe country for refugees and restricts those who can claim refugee status at the land border between the two countries. The Montreal edition of the law student research-a-thon united law students from McGill University, Universit de Montr al and the Universit du Qu bec Montr al. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.