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2013 – Canadian Immigration News

New immigrant detention policy tough on asylum seekers  

By Efrat Arbel & Peter Showler, Vancouver Sun, January 17, 2013

Ottawa’s immigration backlog wipeout illegal, lawyers argue before Federal Court

By Nicholas Keung, The Star, January 17, 2013

Career colleges raise concerns about student visa reforms  

By Tobi Cohen, PostMedia News, January 9, 2013

Canadian immigration rules shift with new year 

Asian Pacific Post, January 15, 2013

Fewer immigrants becoming citizens 

By Daniel Proussalidis, Toronto Sun, January 15, 2013

PEI – Provincial population will grow for next decade before declining  

CBC News, January 15, 2013

Liberals call on Kenney to cut wait times for citizen applications 

The Canadian Press, January 15

New from Canada’s Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS)

The Role of Testing in Professional Certification for Newly Arrived Foreign-Trained Professionals to CanadaBy Liyling Cheng, Melisa Spaling, and Xiaomei SongCERIS Working Paper Series. No. 94, January 2013

http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CWP94_Cheng_Spaling_Song.pdf
Creating Social Capital Resources: A case study of Romanian immigrants in Toronto and the greater Toronto area
By Laura VisanCERIS Working Paper Series. No. 93, November 2012
http://www.ceris.metropolis.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/WP93_Visan.pdf
Ottawa to play matchmaker for foreign workers
Globe and Mail, January 1, 2013

By Tobi Cohen, Postmedia News, January 3, 2013

Applicants for Canadian visas will be checked against U.S. databases

By Paul Koring, The Globe and Mail, January 4, 2013

Canada and Sri Lanka to discuss curbing human smuggling

Xinhua, January 4, 2013

Immigration to Canada: It’s as Easy as Online Dating!

Huffington Post, January 5, 2013