natan obed: He says it's up to the team to talk with the public and other stakeholders about what name would work for all, and he'd like to see it happen before the Grey Cup comes to Edmonton next year, according to National Observer. Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said earlier this week he wants the Eskimos to change its name to a more inclusive one. Iveson says it doesn't have to be resolved in the next month while the Edmonton Eskimos are in the CFL playoffs. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents Canada's 60,000 Inuit, said Edmonton can be a leader in Canada's movement to reconciliation with Indigenous people by changing the name. That is difficult to not give serious weight to that feedback, he said Thursday. It is my hope that the team will respect the wishes of the Inuit and replace its moniker with a team name that is not widely considered an ethnic slur, Obed said in a statement. ; Iveson said the views of Inuit need to be acknowledged. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rohingya muslims: The alleged attacks have forced more than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims into exile in neighbouring Bangladesh, according to National Observer. The crisis has damaged the once-celebrated global image of Suu Kyi, who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It was Trudeau's first meeting with Suu Kyi, an honorary Canadian citizen, since a crackdown by Myanmar's security forces began in late August. Bob Rae, Canada's special envoy for the Rohingya crisis, joined Trudeau at the meeting. I think it's fair to say we feel that more needs to be done and more could be done, Rae, who briefed Trudeau on Friday on his recent visit to the region, told reporters in Danang. The former Liberal MP said Trudeau was very direct with Suu Kyi and the two leaders didn't immediately agree with each other. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

alberta vote: But which way this wedge is actually likely to slice the Alberta vote remains far from clear.A week ago, NDP Education Minister David Eggen introduced Bill 24, An Act to Protect Gay-Straight Alliances, legislation designed to prevent school administrators from informing parents in all but a few situations if their children have joined a GSA at their school, unless the young people themselves agree, according to Rabble. We wanted to make it crystal clear that kids will not be outed, Eggen told the CBC last week.UCP Leader Jason Kenney immediately accused the NDP of using this sensitive matter as a partisan political wedge issue. As always in such situations, one of them is almost certainly wrong. This is ironic, seeing as it was Kenney's use of the issue as a partisan political wedge that provoked the NDP to introduce the amendments to the Alberta School Act in the first place. This infuriated GSA supporters, who argued that in many cases it could put LGBTQ children's lives at risk, but was red meat to Kenney's social conservative base. Kenney created a storm of controversy last March when, during a congenial visit with like-minded members of the Calgary Herald Editorial Board, he opined that while he might not repeal the law reluctantly brought in by premier Jim Prentice's Progressive Conservatives in 2015 that requires students to be permitted to form a gay-straight alliance at school if they see the need, their parents should be always notified if they sign up. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

friday night: Guterres is leaving Friday night for Europe and Asia, where he will attend a joint summit between the UN and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations which is certain to address the plight of the Rohingya, according to CTV. Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who has faced growing international condemnation over violence against the Rohingya, is expected to attend the meeting in the Philippines from Nov. 10-14. The UN chief told reporters Friday that the UN is also insisting on unhindered humanitarian access to all areas of northern Rakhine state, where more than 600,000 Rohingya lived before fleeing to Bangladesh. Buddhist-majority Myanmar doesn't recognize the Rohingya as an ethnic group, insisting they are Bengali migrants from Bangladesh living illegally in the country. The latest violence began with a series of attacks Aug. 25 by Rohingya insurgents. It has denied them citizenship, leaving them stateless. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

groups halbouni: Halbouni's work was set up earlier this year outside the Frauenkirche church in Dresden, a symbol of that city's rebirth following its destruction in World War II. It drew criticism from far-right groups, according to Metro News. Halbouni said Friday the symbolism of the work is just as strong in Berlin. Manaf Halbouni's Monument mirrors a barrier made of buses that was placed on a street in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo to protect residents from sniper fire. He added I think it's very important for the discussion to be resumed, particularly in the capital. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

guide clients: Experts say her case is all too common, according to CTV. It's really tragic, immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah said from Calgary. Leena Raju says a five-year application ban for an honest mistake has made her feel like a criminal. The fact that something so minor could affect her ability to be reunited with members of her family, I think it's heart-breaking and I think it's unjust. The immigration law section of the Canadian Bar Association was to meet this week with federal officials in Ottawa. Ackah and other lawyers who guide clients through a bureaucratic maze say it's time for change. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

marble-clad room: Dream Act, according to Toronto Star. Dream Act. Silent at first, fists raised in the air, they soon erupted into bellowing chants that echoed through the massive marble-clad room. Si se puede. The demonstration Thursday involving high school and college students from the Washington, D.C., region and beyond was the latest attempt by undocumented immigrants and their advocates to keep Congress focused on their plight. Si se puede. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

opp operation: Budlakoti was born in the city to parents who were working at the Indian High Commission, according to Metro News. This has left the question of his citizenship in doubt and after a previous criminal conviction, the government ordered him deported and said he didn't have Canadian citizenship. Deepan Budlakoti was charged this week as part of a large OPP operation of drug trafficking in the Ottawa and Gatineau area. He does not possess Indian citizenship either, making him effectively stateless. function set Cookie related path / ; Related Man accused of crimes against humanity fights to keep Canadian citizenship Five important changes on the way to Canada's citizenship act Ottawa appeals ruling that returned citizenship to son of Russian spies In a statement, Yavar Hameed, Deepan's immigration lawyer, said the new charges don't change the fact he should have citizenship. This obligation is not eclipsed by criminal inadmissibility determined under immigration laws. The Minister has an ongoing duty to apply values of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to consider the impact of immigration restrictions applied to Deepan, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

planning policy: Two years after they were recruited, the original 28 panelists will meet for the last time next Saturday and the search is already on for the next batch of volunteers to take up the mantle in January, according to Toronto Star. Their input has helped makeover the city's ugly signage for development proposals and prompted heritage preservation services to better consider the histories of under-represented people in less affluent neighbourhoods, among other things. This week 10,000 letters were randomly sent out across the city soliciting regular folks interested in studying and informing municipal planning policy and projects on the Toronto Planning Review Panel, which is wrapping up its first-ever experiment in diverse citizen engagement, to mixed reviews. And they had to win a civic lottery to do it. The goal in part was to diversify the sort of input the planning department was getting through traditional consultation meetings typically that of older, white male property owners. The panelists were randomly selected in 2015 out of about 500 willing Torontonians who had responded to 12,000 letters seeking volunteers who reflect the city's diverse population and neighbourhoods. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rakhine state: Rae told reporters after that Trudeau was forthright about the level of violence and the extent of the problems causing people to flee, according to CBC. From my point of view that was extremely important for her to hear, directly from Canada's prime minister. During the 45-minute meeting, they talked about Suu Kyi's perceived inaction on the Rohingya refugee crisis, which has seen hundreds of thousands of Rohingya flee from Myanmar's Rakhine state into neighbouring Bangladesh in the face of violence at home. I think it was also important for us to hear her out, Rae told reporters. He also said she should offer reassurances they will be safe. Bob Rae, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's special envoy to Myanmar, said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi told him she is committed to helping bring the Rohingya home. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

settlement worker: Some of the new patients had cold symptoms while others were vomiting, according to CBC. Staff also quickly discovered that none of them spoke English. Suelana Taha, an intake clerk, was on duty when the families arrived with a single anxious settlement worker looking for help. The kids looked scared, the parents obviously had a look on their face where they had no idea where they are, Taha said. As the only Arabic speaker on duty, Taha swung into action. They didn't know what they were going to expect, and it was just a very different environment for them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

soldiers canada: Politicians and civic leaders in Canada like to paint that bloody conflagration as a coming-of-age moment for this country, according to Rabble. And, in many ways, it was. Over the years, the day has come to be an occasion to recognize Canada's sacrifices in all wars, including, of course, World War II. But this year, because we are marking the 100th anniversary of the battles of Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge, in which Canada suffered heavy losses, we are paying particular attention to the first Great War. Full nationhood and executed soldiers Canada had still been a partial colony until World War I. Great Britain exercised significant control over our foreign affairs and we did not have independent treaty-making power. The Great War, historians tell us, helped turn Canada from colony to nation. A case in point in 1903, Britain famously sided with the Americans in the Alaska boundary dispute, ceding to the U.S. a big chunk of the Alaskan panhandle that Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier believed was rightfully Canada's. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

term eskimos: Iveson says it doesn't have to be resolved in the next month while the Edmonton Eskimos are in the CFL playoffs, according to CTV. He says it's up to the team to talk with the public and other stakeholders about what name would work for all, and he'd like to see it happen before the Grey Cup comes to Edmonton next year. Don Iveson says there needs to be serious conversations about changing the name, given that an organization that represents Inuit people calls the term Eskimos offensive. Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said earlier this week he wants the Eskimos to change its name to a more inclusive one. It is my hope that the team will respect the wishes of the Inuit and replace its moniker with a team name that is not widely considered an ethnic slur, Obed said in a statement. Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, which represents Canada's 60,000 Inuit, said Edmonton can be a leader in Canada's movement to reconciliation with Indigenous people by changing the name. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

winter coats: Kathleen Nicoll, the organization's clothing program co-ordinator, says amid declining temperatures upwards of 150 people come in looking for a winter jacket every day, according to CBC. But with only about 30 coats lining the racks at this time of year, she says there is not enough supply to meet demand. The charity New Circles, which focuses primarily on gently-used clothing with its service called GLOW Gently Loved Outfits to Wear is in desperate need of winter coats, toques and mittens. We unfortunately have to let some clients leave without having a winter coat, said Nicoll, GLOW is asking Torontonians to hold winter clothing drives to help collect desperately needed winter jackets for refugees. This is a very new adjustment to them, in addition to everything else that's going through their lives, he said. CBC Alykhan Suleman, executive director of New Circles, explains most families who come into their North York location are refugees and many have never experienced a harsh Canadian winter, not to mention snow. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

neighbouring bangladesh: Canadian officials, who have spoken on the condition of anonymity, have said Ottawa has been reluctant to overtly blame Suu Kyi for the violence against Muslims in her country because it believes Myanmar's military is using it to undermine her celebrated global reputation, according to National Observer. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland and the United Nations have said the violence against the Rohingya amounts to ethnic cleansing. This will be their first meeting since a crackdown by security forces that began in late August and has forced 900,000 Rohingya Muslims into exile in neighbouring Bangladesh. Before his meeting with Suu Kyi, Trudeau will be briefed Friday by Bob Rae, Canada's special envoy for the Rohingya crisis, on his findings in Myanmar. ; Rae is also expected to use the 21-member APEC summit to meet other regional players to push for a co-ordinated solution to the crisis. He spoke with her in September and also wrote her a letter to outline what she and the government of Myanmar must do to protect innocent lives and act according to the expectations of Canada and the world. Trudeau has said he's reached out to Suu Kyi about the atrocities being committed against the Rohingya. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

agreement negotiations: We have a Minister of Foreign Affairs who is immersed almost exclusively in North American free-trade agreement negotiations to the exclusion, so it seems, of most other foreign issues, while the actual International Trade Minister remains studiously incognito, according to Rabble. If there is such a thing as a Canada-Africa file, for example, our government doesn't flaunt it. We have a Prime Minister who excited us with his promise that Canada would become a peacekeeping nation once again, but who has evidently abandoned the issue entirely. Meanwhile, the world remains a mess. As always, just about every time you turn around, a terrible crisis looms in a place or for a group you've never heard of before. Canada is needed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian embassy: The potential for the program's demise set off shock waves in the U.S. that radiated all the way into the Privy Council Office in Ottawa, according to The Chronicle Herald. The same day, the office, which supports the prime minister, asked Global Affairs whether they had analysis ready and in turn, the Canadian embassy in Washington sent in its observations, according to documents obtained by The Canadian Press under access to information laws. In September, President Donald Trump moved to end the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, known as DACA, which gives work permits and reprieve from deportation to hundreds of thousands of high school graduates or military personnel under the age of 31 who came to the U.S. illegally as kids. Why such a rush for analysis wasn't specified, but the DACA announcement came after a summer when hundreds of people a day were showing up at the Canada-U.S. border to seek asylum thanks to another pending change in U.S. policy the end of a stay on deportation to certain countries, known as temporary protected status. Any additional pressures as a result of changes the U.S. government may take with regard to the DACA program will need to be considered in light of current operational demands, the briefing note says. That influx sent officials scrambling to spool up immigration and public safety resources and mount an extensive outreach campaign to stem the flow. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

end obama-era: These immigrants are facing an uncertain future after President Donald Trump's decision to end Obama-era temporary protections, according to Metro News. Trump has given Congress until March to come up with a fix. The lawmakers said efforts to grant such deportation protection would easily pass the House, with dozens in the GOP set to join Democrats in backing any bill. Democrats, the minority party in the House, repeatedly have pressed for a legislative solution. Rep. Now, this show of support from Republicans, including some from competitive House districts, reflects a political shift. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

eskimos president: With the Grey Cup coming here next fall, it's going to be difficult to imagine that conversation not coming back in an even more significant way over the next year, according to CBC. I worry that what would otherwise be a very positive Grey Cup could be beset by a very charged conversation around the team name. This conversation is not going to go away, Iveson said in an interview with CBC Radio's Edmonton AM on Thursday. In August, Eskimos president and chief executive officer Len Rhodes said the club was consulting with Indigenous leaders, but had no plans to change the Eskimos name, despite critics who say it is an antiquated term for people of Inuit heritage which many consider derogatory. From the point of view of the national Inuit organization, the term is offensive, Iveson said. Winnipeg mayor raises name of CFL Eskimos with Edmonton counterpart Amid the Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in Edmonton, and ongoing reconciliation efforts in the city, suggestions the name should be expunged need to be taken seriously, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fowling: I was gently mocked for getting it wrong, all part of the rec room party vibe at the Fowling Warehouse, opened in 2014 in a massive factory that once churned out axels for the Motor City's auto industry, according to Toronto Star. Fowling fits in well in sports-fixated Detroit, a once-struggling city enjoying a rapid renaissance. It's pronounced foal-ling. Close enough to Toronto for a weekend getaway, Detroit has always drawn baseball, basketball, hockey and football fans across the border. The warehouse is in Hamtramck, a gritty, proudly multicultural, small city near Detroit that's worth a visit to try a sport none of your friends have heard of. Now you can add fowling to the mix. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ground level: Many Rohingyas have ended up at Kutupalong refugee camp near the Myanmar border, according to CTV. But the camp's few water sources are under pressure, and with the region's dry season already underway, there are fears that the remaining reservoirs could soon evaporate. More than 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled into Bangladesh since an outbreak of violence that human rights officials have condemned as ethnic cleansing. The ideal solution a steady spring of groundwater deep enough to avoid contamination from the latrines and widespread sewage at the ground level. Clearly these people need it -- desperately need it, Bauman told CTV News. That's precisely what Calgary-based geophysicist Paul Bauman and his team are searching for. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration program: He said the agency has written to five lawyers who represent a high volume of those cases and asked if they can help explain what's behind it, according to CBC. He would not name the lawyers. Jawad Kassab, who leads the refugee and immigration program at Legal Aid Ontario, said the agency has identified an unusual pattern in sexual orientation claims filed by Nigerian refugee seekers this year. Kassab said he is concerned that if claims are fabricated, refugees with legitimate claims might have a harder time getting the help they need. Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan signed the Same-sex Marriage Prohibition Act into law on Jan. 7, 2014. It galls me because of the potential impact that it could have on the refugee system and the Canadian public's perception of refugee claimants and refugees in a very vulnerable time globally, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

maria: The film opens with Maria Cheng Pei Pei hosting a birthday celebration for her workaholic accountant husband, Bing, Tzi Ma . Maria reveres Bing and remains in awe of the sacrifices he has made for the family, so much so that she even respects his insistence that she not speak to their son, according to Rabble. But when she finds evidence that Bing may not be the perfect person she believes him to be, she's forced to consider her world in a radically different light. Toronto International Film Festival In her film Meditation Park, Mina Shum returns to the themes that propelled her early work. Maria embarks on a journey of self-discovery by engaging with the world around her, something Bing has always discouraged. Mina Shum is a Hong Kong born, Vancouver-raised filmmaker who studied theatre and film production at the University of British Columbia. She befriends a group of local eccentrics and a rather shady neighbour, Gabriel Don McKellar . Maria soon realizes that people's lives are much more complicated than Bing has led her to believe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

phone interview: Harris, a native of Saginaw, Michigan who moved to Atlanta last year, cast her ballot Tuesday for city councilwoman Keisha Lance Bottoms, who will face fellow councilwoman Mary Norwood in a Dec. 5 runoff election, according to Metro News. Just having a mayor whose name isn't the standard name you would find on a coffee mug . I don't know what could be better! Harris said in a phone interview. The 28-year-old graphic designer exulted Wednesday on her Facebook page Keisha, Keisha, Keisha! I just want a mayor name Keisha. It's kind of like when Barack Obama became president. Ethnic-sounding names have long been considered an obstacle, particularly when applying for jobs or college admissions. A campaign once fixated on the possibility of Atlanta electing a white mayor for the first time in decades has suddenly shifted to the notion that the city could end up with Mayor Keisha adding Bottoms to a growing list of politicians whose ethnic-sounding names haven't hindered them from winning elected office. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rambam mesivta: He did not come out as they shouted Your neighbour is a Nazi, according to CTV. Police stood in front of the three-story row house, marked by an overgrown garden and a rotting front door. About 100 students from Rambam Mesivta stood across the street from the Queens home of 94-year-old Jakiw Palij on the 79th anniversary of Kristallnacht. Palij was a guard at the Trawniki concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943. A federal judge removed Palij's citizenship in 2003, saying he falsified his immigration application. He has said he was forced to be a guard. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

team statement: That's ultimately a decision for the team, though, according to CTV. Bowman, who is Metis, also said he respects the Edmonton CFL organization but would prefer a different name. I think there's an opportunity to have a more inclusive name, he said. The Eskimos responded to the mayor's comments on Wednesday through a team statement, saying in part We are always interested in hearing what people think within our community and elsewhere, on this topic or any other topic related to our Football Club. The Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami agreed with Bowman. We use the Edmonton Eskimos name with pride and respect. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.