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Immigration Law Handbook Presents Worthy Tool, but at Times Misses Mark

By Andrew Griffith in Ottawa, ON As one who looks at immigration from a data and policy perspective, reading Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law: A…

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Borders Explored at 4th Annual Festival of Literary Diversity

Mayank Bhatt May 7, 2019 No Comments Brampton Canada Reads Canadian Authors Canadian experience diversity Festival of Literary Diversity FOLD Immigration multicultural The Rose Theatre

By Mayank Bhatt in Mississauga, ON The fourth annual Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) came to a close yesterday. Every year during the first week…

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Hot Docs Festival Highlights the Global Crisis of Immigration

Isabel Inclan May 5, 2019 No Comments Canada human rights refugee refugees Syria Syrian refugees

By Isabel Inclan in Toronto, ON The 26th edition of the documentary festival Hot Docs, running in Toronto from 25 April – 6 May, brings…

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Jagmeet Singh Courageously Tells Life Story In New Book

Surjit Singh Flora May 1, 2019 No Comments #metoo Andrew Scheer book review Federal Election Jagmeet Singh Justin Trudeau Love & Courage Love & Courage: My Story of Family Resilience and Overcoming the Unexpected NDP Sikh

By Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton, ON I have respect and admiration for Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the New Democratic Party. I appreciate that…

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Bill 21: Secularism is Not About Limiting Individual Freedoms

Sukaina Jaffer April 21, 2019 No Comments Bill 21 Canada CAQ Coalition Avenir Quebec FRANCE human rights Immigration Islamophobia Quebec Secularism

By Sukaina Jaffer in Toronto, ON Quebec’s secularist Bill 21, which bans public workers from wearing religious symbols, dredges up memories of a similar ban…

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It Costs Us All When Media Fails to Reflect its Audience

Maria Iqbal March 27, 2019 No Comments Brampton Brampton Guardian Bramptonist diversity Diversity hire Local media local news Magazines Canada Media representation Ryerson School of Journalism The Pointer tokenism Visible Minority

By Maria Iqbal in Toronto, ON In a city already lacking local media, failing to represent Brampton’s diverse population could lead to lost opportunities for…

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Working as the Newsroom’s ‘Diversity Hire’

Isaac Oommen March 17, 2019 No Comments diversity media Multiculturalism racism women

Women of colour in journalism bring a lot to the job. And take a lot, too. By Anya Zoledziowski in Edmonton, AB Sunny Dhillon rocked…

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“The Future is Female”

Isabel Inclan March 9, 2019 No Comments discrimination empowering women gender equality inequality International Women's Day sexual harassment women's rights

by Isabel Inclan in Toronto, ON With pink hats, defiant banners and loud voices thousands of women took to Toronto streets this Saturday to commemorate…