Media

Despite higher education levels, new immigrants to Canada are worse off now than they were in the 1990s, facing higher probability of chronic poverty.

Too many immigrants are denied recognition of post-secondary degrees or trade skills, and are forced to work in low-paying sectors outside their discipline.

Roughly 80% of immigrants to Canada are people of colour. And incidents of racism in the workplace are on the rise.

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The following resources provide current data, analysis, and recommendations regarding the barriers to employment, poverty, racism, and related realities facing immigrants and workers of colour in Canada.

RACISM
CLC Report, February 2006
Racial Discrimination Holding Back Young Workers

Canadian Council for Refugees report, November 2000
Report on Systemic Racism and Discrimination in Canadian Refugee and Immigration Policies

POVERTY
Statistics Canada, July 2007
A Study of Poverty and Working Poverty among Recent Immigrants to Canada

Statistics Canada, January 2007
Chronic Low Income and Low-income Dynamics Among Recent Immigrants

CLC DOCUMENTS
CLC Report, March 2007
Analysis, Solidarity, Action – a Workers’ Perspective on the Increasing Use of Migrant Labour in Canada

CLC Report, September 2007
Labour Concerned About Well-being and Whereabouts of Filipino Workers – CLC Demands Investigation of Treatment of Migrant Workers in Canada

CLC report, November, 2002
Is Work Working for Workers of Colour?