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Canada Immigration 

Canadian employers awarded for exemplary work with newcomers

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:29:19 +0000

Canada’s immigration department announced the winners of the 2020 IRCC Employer Awards for Newcomer Employment on March 11. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recognizes Canadian businesses who have made significant efforts to help newcomers integrate into the labour market. The awards have been handed out annually since 2015. Canada’s immigration minister, Marco Mendicino, announced […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canada to welcome up to 390,000 immigrants in 2022

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:33:26 +0000

Canada will welcome more than one million new permanent residents in the next three years. This was unveiled today in the federal government’s 2020-2022 Immigration Levels Plan. Canada continues its approach to gradually increase immigration levels. This is likely to give stakeholders time to adequately plan to support a larger population. Whereas Canada welcomed 320,000 […]

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Canada Immigration 

Manitoba invites 222 candidates in provincial draw

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:01:31 +0000

Manitoba held its latest provincial nominee program draw on March 12, inviting a total of 222 immigration candidates to take the next step toward permanent residence. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) held its 85th Expression of Interest (EOI) draw, inviting candidates from the following three immigration streams: Skilled Workers in Manitoba: 191 candidates invited […]

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Canada Immigration 

Alberta invites Express Entry candidates with CRS scores of 300

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 20:46:57 +0000

Alberta held its fourth Express Entry draw of 2020 on February 20, inviting immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) invited a total of 150 Express Entry candidates with Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores as low as 300. Immigration candidates do not necessarily need […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canada winning race for talent: U.S. presidential campaigns overlooking foreign workers, students

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 14:49:11 +0000

On immigration policy in the U.S., the two frontrunners in the Democratic race have had a lot to say on how to undo Trump administration policies affecting migrants and undocumented immigrants. However, they have not focused a lot of their campaigning efforts addressing the area of economic immigration where Canada appears to be winning. As […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canada expands special measures to include visa applicants affected by coronavirus outbreak in Iran and South Korea

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:00:07 +0000

The Canadian immigration department is working to accommodate visa applicants from China, Iran and South Korea as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) causes service disruptions and travel restrictions. Nationals of these three countries who have applied for a Canadian visa, but who are unable to comply with certain requirements due to circumstances beyond their control, […]

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Magazines 

Novel Stellio Heliostat Solar Project Goes Online in China

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Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 05:00:00 +0000

The post Novel Stellio Heliostat Solar Project Goes Online in China appeared first on POWER Magazine.

One of the world’s first molten salt tower concentrated solar power (CSP) projects that uses a “Stellio” heliostat was grid-connected at the end of December in China’s Xinjiang province near the

The post Novel Stellio Heliostat Solar Project Goes Online in China appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Canada Immigration 

How Canada is encouraging newcomer women to play sports

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 14:29:43 +0000

Kruti Bhadarka has been a regular participant at the Moosejaw Newcomer Welcome Centre, since she immigrated to Saskatchewan in 2013. The community organization offers a variety of services to immigrants including sports programming that is tailored to newcomer women. “They have [events] twice a month,” Bhadarka said. “I try to attend both if possible because […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canada to welcome over one million new immigrants between 2020-2022

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:39:02 +0000

Marco Mendicino laid out his vision for Canada’s immigration system today in Toronto. It was his first major policy speech since his November 2019 appointment as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Mendicino was appointed after the Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected to a second mandate in October and he is currently pursuing an […]

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Canada Immigration 

Manitoba issues 217 invitations to candidates with Expression of Interest profiles

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 16:57:24 +0000

In the latest Manitoba Expression of Interest (EOI) draw, a total of 217 invitations for a provincial nomination went to immigration candidates wishing to settle in Canada’s central province. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) held its 84th EOI draw on February 27. The province’s invitations, also known as Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) […]

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