nat observer: There's a common history to Europe and the Muslim world, said Henri Dupuis, a curator of a ground-breaking artistic exhibit, according to National Observer. By clogouj in Nat Observer Shown first in Sarajevo, then Brussels and several cities in Bulgaria where it wrapped up earlier this summer, the travelling exhibit covered 12 centuries of Muslim history in Europe. This bold statement, challenging the perception of Muslims as outsiders in Europe, is the title of an exhibit that attracted tens of thousands of visitors this year. It also offered visitors a stream of facts and evidence that serve as a counterpoint to the fears and false information flooding politics across the continent and around the world over the past few years. Henri Dupuis, one of the curators, said this is something that represented the EU's inability to deal with the migration crisis. While the display stretched back to the Middle Ages, it also featured some recent events. ; One section, for example, showcased a European Union flag on an emergency blanket used to warm asylum seekers who recently crossed the Mediterranean Sea. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

age limit: The change means that more Australians would be qualified to work across Canada, according to Vancouver Courier. The Sea to Sky Corridor especially Whistler relies heavily on workers from Australia. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen announced on Aug. 28 that young adults from both countries aged 18 to 35 will be able to work and travel through the International Experience Canada program.article continues below Trending Storiesrelated Help desperately wanted Squamish businesses held back by lack of staff From late-night buses to living wages how to tackle Vancouver's restaurant staff shortage Help wanted as Vancouver hollows out Previously, the age limit for the program was 30. Amidst local business owners' frequent complaints of staffing shortages, this move could help alleviate the problem. There are three categories of participation under the program Working Holiday participants receive open work permits that allow them to work anywhere in the host country, to support their travels. The age cap increase works both ways, meaning more Canadians will be eligible to work and travel in Australia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tenzin dolker: Sep 9, 11 30 am, TBLB 3; Sep 11, 10 pm, Scotiabank 9; Sep 15, 9 15 am, Scotiabank 8, according to NOW Magazine. See listing. India/U.S. 91 min. Rating Sweet Requiem flashes back and forth between two narrative threads in one, a father and his daughter, Dolkar, make a dangerous crossing from Tibet to India, while in the other, 20 years later, Dolkar now a grown woman played by Tenzin Dolker is forced to confront her past when a stranger arrives in her Delhi community of refugees, pursued by Chinese intelligence agents. Both threads are interesting, but directors Sarin and Sonam Dreaming Lhasa don't get the balance right; the crossing sequences repeat the same dramatic beats of unprepared migrants begging their weary guide to keep going even as he begs them to turn back, while the present-day material feels underdeveloped as a result.A radical recut could bring it all into focus, but as it is The Sweet Requiem falls flat. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

aref sayegh: Aref Sayegh, 29, and his mother Marlin Sakkal, 58, are Syrian refugees who settled in Edmonton in 2016, according to Toronto Star. Hamdi Issawi / Star Metro With a degree in economics from the University of Aleppo, she has had experience working in a bank and as a teacher before resettling in Canada. Here I can't do this because my language is limited, said Sakkal, 58. But without a better handle on one of the official languages of her new country, the prospect of employment seems almost as far away as her homeland. And while she said she's more comfortable with her English than when she arrived, Sakkal feels there's still a long way to go before she can land her dream job. For the last year and a half, she's been taking classes through the federally funded Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

families claim: When he looked down through the tall grass, overgrown brambles and prickly bushes, he noticed rocks marked with prisoner numbers, according to The Chronicle Herald. The B.C. Penitentiary Cemetery, where at least 47 prisoners were buried between 1913 and 1968, was at risk of being forgotten, McEvoy said. The New Westminster city councillor spotted a coyote during a walk and followed it over a fence in pursuit of a photo. Over the past two years, McEvoy has lead a task force to restore the cemetery where federal inmates whose families didn't claim their remains were buried. British Columbia has a lot of historical sites that honour the colonial heritage and colonial officials. It's an important piece of B.C. history, he said, especially as a snapshot of a diverse segment of the population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prisoner number: A gravestone bearing prisoner number 3568 belonging to Fernand Robert Bouchard, who died on August 25, 1967 at the age of 36, marks his gravesite at the restored B.C. Penitentiary Cemetery, in New Westminster, B.C. DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS When he looked down through the tall grass, overgrown brambles and prickly bushes, he noticed rocks marked with prisoner numbers, according to Toronto Star. The B.C. Penitentiary Cemetery, where at least 47 prisoners were buried between 1913 and 1968, was at risk of being forgotten, McEvoy said. The New Westminster city councillor spotted a coyote during a walk and followed it over a fence in pursuit of a photo. Over the past two years, McEvoy has lead a task force to restore the cemetery where federal inmates whose families didn't claim their remains were buried. British Columbia has a lot of historical sites that honour the colonial heritage and colonial officials. Article Continued Below It's an important piece of B.C. history, he said, especially as a snapshot of a diverse segment of the population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elgin sep: Sep 7, 4 30 pm, Elgin; Sep 9, 9 30 am, TBLB 2, according to NOW Magazine. See listing. Lebanon. 120 min. Rating emotionally potent tale of life in the slums of Beirut focuses on the story of a 12-year-old boy who wants to sue his parents for bringing him into the world. Despite occasional outbursts that result from his difficult upbringing, Labaki shows us that the boy is capable of caring for others. Via courtroom flashbacks we learn that he's a victim of gross neglect that's led him to find refuge in the home of an Ethiopian immigrant who's hiding her baby from the authorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prisoner numbers: The B.C. Penitentiary Cemetery, where at least 47 prisoners were buried between 1913 and 1968, was at risk of being forgotten, McEvoy said, according to Vancouver Courier. Over the past two years, McEvoy has lead a task force to restore the cemetery where federal inmates whose families didn't claim their remains were buried. The New Westminster city councillor spotted a coyote during a walk and followed it over a fence in pursuit of a photo.article continues below Trending Stories Your commute is going to suck on Tuesday, so Trans Link has some words of wisdom Gangs of Vancouver Police investigating suspicious death at Kingsgate Mall When he looked down through the tall grass, overgrown brambles and prickly bushes, he noticed rocks marked with prisoner numbers. It's an important piece of B.C. history, he said, especially as a snapshot of a diverse segment of the population. This is sort of an average people's historic site and it's a multicultural site, it reflects what British Columbia really looked like, he said, adding there are inmates of Indigenous, Hawaiian, Chinese and African descent. British Columbia has a lot of historical sites that honour the colonial heritage and colonial officials. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

scotiabank sep: See listing, according to NOW Magazine. Rating NNNNWhen 15-year-old Kiira Rosa Honkonen gets pregnant, she and her equally young boyfriend, Lenni Jere Ristsepp decide to keep the baby. Sep 8, 7 15 pm, Scotiabank 11; Sep 10, 11 30 am, AGO; Sep 15, 8 pm, Scotiabank 7. It's clear from the start the young parents are hoping to create the family they always wanted both live with their single moms who aren't invested in them. Set against the backdrop of immigration tension in Finland and the rise of neo-Nazis, Stupid Young Heart is more than a teen romance. But the novelty of playing house doesn't last long, and their future looks dire without jobs or money. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

three-dozen cops: Instead, a small group fewer than the three-dozen cops who showed up, some on horseback turned up led by Sandra Solomon, a fixture on the local anti-Muslim scene, best known for ripping a copy of the Holy Quran outside of a Mississauga Islamic Centre earlier this year, according to NOW Magazine. She was draped in an Israeli flag and wearing a WCAI Canada T-shirt. WCAI leader Joey De Luca, who announced a postponement of the rally two days before the event, blamed people being snowflakes about the demonstration being on the same day as the Charlottesville anniversary. Small Canadian flags stuck out on either side of her baseball cap. Solomon walked out the front door a short time later to record the scene on her phone. Counter-protestors quickly descended upon her, forcing her to take refuge in City Hall through a back door. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

blanchett: Goodwill ambassador and actress Cate Blanchett listens during the United Nations Security Council on the situation in Burma, according to Toronto Star. Blanchett, who visited refugee camps in Bangladesh in March, recounted stories that were told to her. In her very different role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, Blanchett said she heard gut-wrenching accounts of torture, rape, people seeing loved ones killed before their eyes, and children thrown into fire and burned alive. DOMINICK REUTER / AFP/GETTY IMAGES I am a mother, and I saw my children in the eyes of every single refugee child I met, she said. How can any mother endure seeing her child thrown into a fire The two-time Academy Award winner said Their experiences will never leave me. I saw myself in every parent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ale wednesday: This worker is packing cans at the assembly line at Dominion City Brewing Company, in the process of canning their new 'Buck-A-Beer' blonde ale produced in response to the Ontario Progressive Conservative beer policy changes, at their facilities in Gloucester, Ottawa, on Wednesday, August 29th, 2018A saucy Ottawa craft brewery, Dominion City Brewing Co., started canning and packaging Buck-a-Beer Blonde Ale Wednesday, but it costs 3.55, according to National Observer. A dollar from each can sold will go to refugee support services. Ontario's minimum price for beer was officially reduced this week from 1.25 to 1, fulfilling a Ford election promise to once again provide a buck-a-beer. ; Some Ontario brewers have signaled they will not lower prices and compromise on quality, despite such Conservative government incentives as promoting buck-a-beer labels in Liquor Control Board of Ontario stores. Our response was a little tongue-in-cheek maybe, but it felt like a very natural opportunity to open that conversation and also to nod in the direction of a cause we care about, and that's that cold beer and a warm welcome belong together, so this is our way of trying to do something positive, said Josh McJannett, co-founder of Dominion City Brewing Co. After a July meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he explained Canada's international duties to the new premier, while the federal immigration minister accused the Ford government of fear-mongering on the refugee issue. Since coming to office in June, Ford's government has been criticized for its approach to asylum seekers and refugees in Ontario. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

brith: West & Bathurst CUPW has been smeared by B'nai Brith due to CUPW's principled advocacy for the human rights of the Palestinian Postal Service Workers Union PPSWU which B'nai Brith accuses of being 'pro-terrorist', but B'nai Brith has failed to produce an iota of actual evidence that the PPSWU supports terrorism, according to Rabble. In fact, the PPSU has vigorously denied B'nai Brith's allegation, while the International Labor Network of Solidarity and Struggles had denounced B'nai Brith's attack on CUPW and the PPSWU.CUPW is only the latest in a long list of victims of B'nai Brith's smear campaign targeting advocates for Palestinian Human Rights... Please Join the Word! August 29, 2018, 4 00 PMWhere B'nai Brith Canada, 15 Hove Street, North York, Ontario Sheppard Ave. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

charlottetown hoteliers: After a sweeping immigration probe, two Charlottetown hoteliers have been charged with helping set up fake addresses for Chinese immigrants who entered Prince Edward Island under a business program that has been criticized for lax oversight, according to Toronto Star. Nathan Rochford / THE CANADIAN PRESS The siblings are alleged to have assisted business immigrants seeking permanent residency to provide residential addresses in P.E.I. though they didn't really live there, as required under the province's immigration system. The Canada Border Services Agency has charged 60-year-old Ping Zhong with three counts of aiding and abetting misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and five counts against her 58-year-old brother, Yi Zhong. The Canada Border Services Agency says 566 immigrants used the same addresses between 2008 and 2015 the siblings' Sherwood Motel and Ping Zhong's Charlottetown home. Article Continued Below Lee Cohen, the defence lawyer for the siblings, says in an email that the court hearing today at the Charlottetown provincial court is for the purpose of entering pleas. Nearly all of the immigrants eventually were granted permanent residency under the provincial nominee program, the Island's main business immigration program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

children: I am a mother, and I saw my children in the eyes of every single refugee child I met, she said, according to The Chronicle Herald. I saw myself in every parent. In her very different role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, Blanchett said she heard gut-wrenching accounts of torture, rape, people seeing loved ones killed before their eyes, and children thrown into fire and burned alive. How can any mother endure seeing her child thrown into a fire The two-time Academy Award winner said Their experiences will never leave me. Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless, and they are also denied freedom of movement and other basic rights. The Rohingya have long been treated as outsiders in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, even though their families have lived in the country for generations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

court: Judge Nancy Orr decided that an eight-day trial will begin Nov. 30, with seven other days set aside in December, according to CTV. The court has set dates that are earlier than any of the lawyers wanted, but the court had openings in its schedule, Cohen said in an interview. Defence lawyer Lee Cohen entered the pleas for his two clients Wednesday in provincial court in Charlottetown. We're going to have to expedite our preparation ... But that shouldn't get in the way of our game plan or our hope for success. Five charges were laid against her 58-year-old brother, Yi Zhong. In May, the Canada Border Services Agency charged 60-year-old Ping Zhong with three counts of aiding and abetting misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

court: Judge Nancy Orr decided that an eight-day trial will begin Nov. 30, with seven other days set aside in December, according to The Chronicle Herald. The court has set dates that are earlier than any of the lawyers wanted, but the court had openings in its schedule, Cohen said in an interview. Defence lawyer Lee Cohen entered the pleas for his two clients Wednesday in provincial court in Charlottetown. We're going to have to expedite our preparation ... But that shouldn't get in the way of our game plan or our hope for success. Five charges were laid against her 58-year-old brother, Yi Zhong. In May, the Canada Border Services Agency charged 60-year-old Ping Zhong with three counts of aiding and abetting misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrants: According to the Angus Reid Institute, 49 per cent of surveyed Canadians want to see the federal government's 2018 target of 310,000 immigrants reduced, indicating that Canada will have to work harder to maintain its position as a beacon of diversity in the world, Olga Stachova writes, according to Toronto Star. Richard Lautens / Toronto Star file photo This statistic is both startling and revealing because this is the first time since Justin Trudeau became prime minister that such a large number of Canadians are saying there should be fewer immigrants to Canada. According to the Angus Reid Institute, 49 per cent of surveyed Canadians want to see the federal government's 2018 target of 310,000 immigrants reduced. The Liberal government under Prime Minister Trudeau has raised the target for new permanent residents from approximately 250,000 under the Conservative government of former prime minister Stephen Harper. Extrapolate this poll finding and you will find a troubling consensus building across the political spectrum. The target for 2017 was 300,000, rising to 310,000 for this year and increasing incrementally in the coming years to 340,000 in 2020. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

malay women: The caning in northeast Terengganu state was due Tuesday but reportedly postponed to Sept. 3 due to technical reasons, according to CTV. Amnesty says a delay is not enough and calls for the sentences to be quashed immediately and unconditionally to reverse this injustice once and for all. Two unidentified ethnic Malay women, aged 22 and 32, had pleaded guilty for attempting to have sexual intercourse and were sentenced to six strokes of a cane and fined by a Shariah court earlier this month. It said Wednesday the court's decision comes amid growing concern of a climate of fear and discrimination against people in Malaysia's lesbian, bisexual, gay and transgendered community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

plate: I am very, very proud to be given that particular plate, said Lt.-Col, according to Rabble. Archie Steacy of the B.C. Veterans Commemorative Association, which is leading opposition to the change. The opposition has complained the consultation is only taking place online while some military veterans have threatened to return their special licenses if the RCMP are allowed to join their exclusive club. Having served in the armed forces for a period of 38 years I feel really good when I am driving my car and people stop me to say thank you. Much to the chagrin of some military veterans, the Legion's definition of a veteran now includes former RCMP. In the mid-2000s every province adopted a special veterans licence plate. Granted a monopoly over the poppy symbol nearly a century ago, the Royal Canadian Legion allows provincial governments to use their trademark poppy on licence plates to signify the driver is a veteran. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee health: Jouma's brother is anemic, resulting in routine hospital visits, according to CTV. My little brother knows English good, but not the hospital language. Ammar Jouma, 17, and his family are experiencing these obstacles weekly. So we have really difficulties sic in hospital to understand what they are saying or what we want to explain to them sic Jouma said. In terms of health, we just don't have any support from the province here, said Rhianna Charchuk, an advocate for refugee health. Jouma's concerns about language barriers were shared alongside a panel of stakeholders which spoke in front of a city committee Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wares: She also made time for interviews on location, according to The Chronicle Herald. When people talk about my Mom, they say, the first day you meet Ngozi, is the very moment she will begin to help you plan your life,' recalled Otti's son Toby. The founder of the African Community Investment Cooperative of Canada and mother of six was stricken with cancer but saw to it that the 20 or so participants, mostly immigrants, had a respectable venue to show their traditional food, clothing and other wares at the co-operative's caf on Herring Cove Road. She would forget about herself to help others succeed. The teenager is attempting to raise 50,000 to fulfill his mother's dream of being buried in her home of Nigeria surrounded by her husband and children. The 19-year-old Dalhousie University student made those statements in a moving tribute to his mother who died on Friday, leaving behind a family of seven as well as a wider African immigrant community in Halifax. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

game plan: The court has set dates that are earlier than any of the lawyers wanted, but the court had openings in its schedule, Cohen said in an interview, according to Vancouver Courier. We're going to have to expedite our preparation ... But that shouldn't get in the way of our game plan or our hope for success. Defence lawyer Lee Cohen entered the pleas for his two clients Wednesday in provincial court in Charlottetown.article continues below Trending Stories EXTREME BEAR ACTIVITY' forces closure of two Metro Vancouver trailsB.C. wineries need us to drink their wines to offset losses of wildfire seasonCTV Vancouver reveals its 'major refresh' as former anchor prepares to give her side of the story Is this the most distracted driver in B.C. Judge Nancy Orr decided that an eight-day trial will begin Nov. 30, with seven other days set aside in December. In May, the Canada Border Services Agency charged 60-year-old Ping Zhong with three counts of aiding and abetting misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The siblings are alleged to have provided residential addresses to business immigrants seeking permanent residency, though the immigrants didn't really live on the Island as required under the province's immigration system. Five charges were laid against her 58-year-old brother, Yi Zhong. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

labour shortage: We have established one of the best economic and financial performances of recent history in Quebec, according to National Observer. We have done this. The Liberals' Philippe Couillard lauded his government's performance over the last few years while at the same time trying to portray Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault as an economic liability. ; We are the party of the economy and we have proven it, Couillard said in Yamachiche in central Quebec. I have done that. Couillard also accused Legault of failing to recognize what he called the major economic challenge facing Quebec the existence of a labour shortage in the province. Recent opinion polls have consistently placed the Coalition in first place and Couillard is no doubt hoping to narrow that gap before the Oct. 1 election by repeatedly hammering home the message of sound Liberal economic stewardship. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee agency: I saw myself in every parent, according to Vancouver Courier. How can any mother endure seeing her child thrown into a fire The two-time Academy Award winner said Their experiences will never leave me. In her very different role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. refugee agency, Blanchett said she heard gut-wrenching accounts of torture, rape, people seeing loved ones killed before their eyes, and children thrown into fire and burned alive.article continues below Trending Stories EXTREME BEAR ACTIVITY' forces closure of two Metro Vancouver trailsB.C. wineries need us to drink their wines to offset losses of wildfire seasonCTV Vancouver reveals its 'major refresh' as former anchor prepares to give her side of the story Is this the most distracted driver in B.C. I am a mother, and I saw my children in the eyes of every single refugee child I met, she said. The Rohingya have long been treated as outsiders in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, even though their families have lived in the country for generations. The latest crisis began with attacks by an underground Rohingya insurgent group on Myanmar security personnel last August in northern Rakhine State. Nearly all have been denied citizenship since 1982, effectively rendering them stateless, and they are also denied freedom of movement and other basic rights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sadava: Sep 6, 9 15 pm, Winter Garden; Sep 7, 12 45 pm, TBLB 1; Sep 15, 6 pm, AGO. See listing, according to NOW Magazine. See review September 6 at nowtoronto/movies. And then director Patricia Rozema saw the show.MOUTHPIECE directed by Patricia Rozema, written by Amy Nostbakken, Norah Sadava from their play and Rozema, with Nostbakken, Sadava, Maev Beaty, Ari Cohen, Jake Epstein and Jess Salgueiro. 91 minutes. There's nothing new about acclaimed plays being adapted for the screen, but usually those plays feature strong plots, compelling dialogue and well-defined characters. There's very little plot in the two-hander. No disrespect to Amy Nostbakken and Norah Sadava, but their indie stage sensation Mouthpiece features none of that. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.