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He was a high school teacher in Sudbury and Dundas before moving to Brantford in 1971, where he taught at Pauline Johnson High School. He has also worked for many years at Immigrant Settlement and Counselling Services of Brant. [47] He was elected to the Brant County Roman Catholic School Board in 1972 (after a recount) and was re-elected in ...
It is crucial to combating socio-political issues and has been utilized by immigrant communities to advocate for immigrant rights. [2] There is a wide variety of issues that are addressed through community organizing and include combating language barriers, increasing accessibility to social services, and widening the scope cultural knowledge. [3]
The Province of Quebec—through its Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie and Minister of Immigration, Francisation and Integration—has its own process for refugee sponsorship, [30] available for groups of two to five people who reside in Quebec or non-profit organizations that agree to take responsibility for a refugee(s ...
The two early centers of the Armenian community was in Brantford and St. Catharines, Ontario, with each having 500 Armenians in the 1920s. [3] The first Armenian church was established in St. Catharines in 1930, becoming the hub of Armenians in Canada. [7] [3] Immigration laws were loosened in the post-World War II era.
An ISC service centre in Brantford, Ontario. Indigenous Services Canada (ISC; French: Services aux Autochtones Canada; SAC) [NB 1] is one of two departments in the Government of Canada with responsibility for policies relating to Indigenous peoples in Canada (the other being Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada).
Julie Taub, an immigration and refugee lawyer, claims that, since the introduction of the Agreement in late 2004, the Canada Border Services Agency has lost its capacity and would be "overwhelmed" if the agreement were repealed. [22] A family preparing to enter Canada, where RCMP await them, via the Roxham Road irregular crossing in August 2017
[2] [3] [4] The Brant census division, which includes Brantford and the Six Nations and New Credit reserves along with the County of Brant, had a population of 144,771 in the 2021 census. The County is named after Joseph Brant and was established in 1851. Brantford separated from the County when it incorporated as a city in 1877. [5]
Until the Grand River Navigation Company locks were built in 1848, this site was as far up the river as cargo boats could travel. Later the Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo Railways shipped goods from Brantford’s factories along this rail line. The landslide of 1986 destroyed the tracks and buried most evidence of settlement in this area.