The director of digital data and skills at the Business Council of Canada says in this guest column that the digital economy is a rising economic powerhouse, but it is operating nowhere near capacity. The answer? Our immigration system.
View More Immigration is Key to Growing Canada’s Digital Economy
The India-based journalist Shakoor Rather’s debut novel, “Life in the Clock Tower Valley,” delivers a unique look into Kashmir, where normal, day-to-day life unfolds amid unrest and uncertainty.
View More ‘Life in the Clock Tower Valley’ Offers Intimate View of Life in Kashmir
“How are classroom teachers integrating Indigenous content into their teachings?” Local Journalism Initiative reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how classroom teaching is changing ever so slowly to better reflect Indigenous history.
View More Helping Immigrant Youth Grasp Indigenous History
Small businesses have been disproportionately affected by the lockdowns. The most vulnerable sectors include accommodation, food services, arts, entertainment, and retail trade. As Ontario slowly comes out of lockdown, some small businesses are cautiously optimistic.
View More Niagara Businesses Hoping to Rebound as COVID Restrictions Lift
Berhane’s last interview before his death was with New Canadian Media. The 51-year-old journalist died after contracting COVID-19.
View More Remembering Aaron Berhane, Champion for Refugee Journalists
With the pandemic now in its second year and economies starting to reopen, NCM reporter Asfia Yasir takes a look at how small businesses in Ontario are adapting to new market trends and altered consumer demands.
View More “Drive-in Shisha,” Virtual Training: Businesses Adapt for Reopening
Farzana Doctor, author of “Seven,” makes sure that the characters in her stories are psychologically informed. “There is so much misinformation out there about how people experience and remember trauma. I want to dispel that,” she tells NCM’s Baisakhi Roy.
View More Author Farzana Doctor On Trauma, Belonging and Female Genital Mutilation
Many Canadians may not have heard much about the ongoing war in Yemen, even as the country remains plunged in the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. But international support is needed to keep the country afloat and the peace process moving along.
View More Yemen Can’t Afford to Lose Any More Peace Opportunities
“We have to reveal the truth. We have to tell things as they are. If not, then they repeat. We cannot sugarcoat things.” — Alison Clarke, author of Phillis.
View More From Slavery to Juneteenth: Why Black History Matters
People across major Canadian cities including Montreal, Mississauga, Winnipeg and Calgary gathered and paid tribute to the Afzaal Family in London, Ont., who was recently the victim of what politicians are calling a terrorist attack. Demonstrators are calling for stronger anti-Islamophobia legislation.
View More Solidarity with London Family Requires Systemic Change