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Sheridan College hopes its Canadian Journalism for Internationally Trained Writers program will help new Canadians get bylines and jobs. But in an industry so dependent on connections, communication, and reputation, the program has trouble living up to its lofty premise

Teenaz Javat, 39, came to Canada in 1997. She had accumulated five years journalism experience in her native India and in Pakistan. She has a masters in economics. But when she came to Canada, because journalism is not a nine-to-five job and her kids were young, it was her personal choice to put her journalism […]