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How address the risk of your parents or grandparents being found medically inadmissible to Canada

If your parent(s) or grandparent(s) are medically inadmissible, they cannot get permanent residence through the Parents and Grandparents Program (PGP). Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) may consider your relative(s) medically inadmissible to Canada if their health condition(s) could pose a burden on public health services. If you want to sponsor your parent(s) or grandparent(s) through the PGP, or to visit you in Canada on a super visa, plan ahead to address any potential medical inadmissibility issues that could lead to refusal. Sponsor your parents and grandparents for Canadian immigrationHow IRCC determines medical inadmissibilityYour parents or grandparents may be considered medically inadmissible to Canada for three possible reasons:Being a danger to public health;Being a danger to public safety; orCausing excessive demand on health or social services.IRCC officers will assess your relative’s immigration medical exam and specialist reports (if...
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Health News

Nurses, Midwives Suspend Nationwide Strike — FG

August 01, (THEWILL) The National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has agreed to suspend its ongoing seven-day nationwide warning strike. Minister of Health, Prof. Ali Pate, disclosed this to journalists on Friday after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the striking health workers in Abuja. Pate said the decision followed agreements reached between the Federal Government and the unions leadership during the meeting. However, the specific terms of the agreement were yet to be made public at the time of filing this report. Leaders of the union declined to speak with reporters following their meeting with government officials on Friday afternoon. NANNM had embarked on a seven-day warning strike on Monday, July 29, citing the Federal Governments failure to act on a 15-day ultimatum issued on July 14. Among the unions key demands are improved...
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Science & Technology

CITAD trains BUK lecturers on fintech, blockchain technology

The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), in partnership with the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), recently organized an intensive three-day workshop for university lecturers on Financial Technology (Fintech) and Blockchain. The main aim of the training was to deepen participants’ knowledge of digital financial systems and assist in integrating these new concepts into academic programmes. CITAD hoped the sessions would help make fintech and blockchain core parts of university teaching. Mr. Isa Garba, Senior Programme Officer at CITAD, stressed that the training would bridge the gap between academic theory and market needs. He noted that such programmes create valuable partnerships between the university and the wider community. Garba explained, “Academia is usually theory-based, while the market focuses on practical skills. Our goal is to make sure both work together for...
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Anti -Semitic posts, survey … The point on the Gazan student fired from Sciences Po Lille

On Wednesday, the Lille Political Science Institute canceled the registration of a student from Gaza who was to start her schooling next September. In question, posts on social networks attributed to this young woman calling for "killing Jews". This case is talking to the government. And she now takes a judicial turning point after this Thursday morning, the Lille prosecutor's office announced the opening of an investigation "for the apology of terrorism, praise of crime against humanity with the use of a communication service to the online public"."Likely to be returned to his country""There will be prosecution that will be engaged and on the basis of these elements, it is likely to be sent back to her country, of course," said Minister of the Interior on RMC François-Noël Buffet. However, he said that "the services of...
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