Former members of the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival (VLAFF) allege harassment, sexism, and bullying by the festival’s director. An open dialogue session last month to invite the public to weigh in on the future of the organization has not helped resolve the impasse. NCM’s Andreina Romero reports.
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New York Times bestselling author, Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s fifth novel, “Mexican Gothic,” does a horrifyingly delicious job of intertwining sensuality with the macabre, using her scientific training to bring readers into the world of toxic, hallucinogenic fungi.
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The Scotiabank Giller Prize shines a light on the best of Canadian literature, promoting the works of both emerging and established authors. A testament to the increasing contribution of immigrant voices to Canadian literature, the award’s 2021 longlist includes the novels of four immigrant writers.
View More Four Immigrant Canadian Writers Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
While other provinces and territories process permanent residence applications within six months, there are approximately 56,000 applicants for permanent residence in Quebec who have been waiting for years for their right to settle in the La Belle Province. Sixteen per cent of them are stuck overseas.
View More Applying for Permanent Residence in Quebec: Lives On Hold
Dans le cadre de l’Initiative de journalisme local, New Canadian Media a décidé de se pencher sur les réalités des candidats à l’immigration permanente au Québec. Ils sont environ 56 000 à attendre depuis des années leur droit de s’installer dans la Belle Province, alors que les candidats hors Québec la reçoivent en six mois. Dans la deuxième partie de cette série, nous parlons à des candidats attendant depuis le territoire.
View More Demander sa résidence permanence à l’extérieur du Canada : des rêves en pause
A novel steeped in history and a deep sense of place, Victory Colony, 1950 is a story about resilience and self-empowerment, two qualities needed for survival when faced with unspeakable tragedy, but also ultimately about the East Bengali refugees’ inexhaustible generosity, solidarity, and dignity.
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In Palestinian-Canadian novelist Yara El-Ghadban’s third book, the historical, the political, and the personal are carefully calibrated into a brief but incandescent novel.
View More I Am Ariel Sharon: A Novel of Poetic Fury
Le nouveau livre de Monique Polak propose 21 recettes pour tisser des liens entre les cultures et les histoires des immigrants et des autochtones grâce au pouvoir de la nourriture.
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Monique Polak’s new recipe book features 19 recipes from Quebec’s first-generation immigrants and First Nations communities as a way to bridge various cultures and histories together through food.
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A month into Colombia’s mass protests against state-sanctioned violence and rampant poverty, Colombian-Canadians continue raising awareness of the situation while standing in solidarity with those marching in the streets.
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