Notice Board

The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs (SACPA) presents a session discussing the new federal government plan for immigration and the struggles newcomers to Canada face.

“Immigration Matters” — Why Canada supports immigration

Thursday June 17, 2021 at 10 a.m. MDT 

YouTube Live link: https://youtu.be/qdjqYw_Zx6c

In October 2020, the Federal Government announced its 2021-2022 Immigration Level Plan. The government is hoping to bring a targeted 1.2 million immigrants into the country to help the Canadian economy recover from the Covid-19 pandemic and drive future growth.  

Canada is often referred to as a land of immigrants because of the millions of newcomers who have settled here since the first colonies were built by the English and the French on Indigenous territories. However, despite this history of immigration, many immigrants encounter discrimination and social exclusion upon their arrival.

Much of the discrimination and difficulty encountered originates in common myths and beliefs held by those already living in Canada. In this presentation, we will visit the new Immigration Level Plan introduced by the federal government to shed light on the different immigration categories and discuss the reasons for this increase to immigration targets. Along the way we will try to bust common myths about newcomers to Canada. We will also explore some of the challenge’s newcomers face during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Speaker:    Najib Mangal

Najib Mangal is manager of Community Connections and Employment programs at Immigrant Services of Lethbridge Family Services. He is an accredited settlement practitioner with 15 years of experience in settlement and integration of newcomers into Lethbridge. He graduated with a degree in information technology in 2006 from Lethbridge College and recently completed his Immigration Consultancy program through the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultancy. 

In order to ask questions of our speaker in the chat feature of YouTube, you must have a YouTube account and be signed in. Please do so well ahead of the scheduled start time, so you’ll be ready. Go the YouTube Live link provided in this session flyer and on the top right of your browser click the “sign in” button. If you have Google or Gmail accounts, they can be used to sign in. If you don’t, click “Create Account” and follow along. Once you are signed in, you can return to the live stream and use the chat feature to ask your questions of the speaker. Remember you can only participate in the chat feature while we are livestreaming.

Link to SACPA’s YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/c/SouthernAlbertaCouncilonPublicAffairs

For further information on the Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs, visit the SACPA website.