“Liberation for some is liberation for none.” NCM reporter Daniela Cohen recaps Monday’s B’nai Brith election debate in Winnipeg South Centre.
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Daniela Cohen
Daniela Cohen is a freelance journalist and writer of South African origin currently based in Vancouver, B.C. Her work has been published in the Canadian Immigrant, The Source Newspaper, the African blog, and ZEKE magazine, and is upcoming in Living Hyphen. Daniela’s particular areas of interest are migration, justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. She is an NCM-CAJ Collective member and serves as Special Projects Coordinator for NCM. She is also the co-founder of Identity Pages, a youth writing mentorship program.
Efforts to Resettle Afghan Refugees in Canada Requires a Revamp
As Canada’s settlement sector begins coordinating comprehensive services for Afghan refugees, advocates urge the Canadian government to revise their resettlement programs to better meet the needs of Afghans left in precarious situations.
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‘Human Rights Defender’ Definition Needs to be More Inclusive: Advocates
A new government program is extending permanent residence to human rights defenders, but while advocates welcome the move, they say more flexibility needs to be offered to best meet the needs of those most at risk.
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A Decolonized Citizenship Ceremony is a Step Towards Reconciliation
While Canada is taking steps to sharing knowledge of Indigenous history with newcomers, including through an updated citizenship oath, critics say more needs to be done to meaningfully involve them in reconciliation efforts.
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Advocacy Group Hints at Unexplained Immigration Policy Shift
Activists worry about a “secretive policy shift” that may explain an unprecedented rate of rejections of PR applications on Humanitarian & Compassionate grounds.
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Helping Immigrant Youth Grasp Indigenous History
“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.
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Pandemic Imposes Cruel Penalties on Diaspora Communities
Vaccine inequality impacts the world on all fronts. NCM reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how Canadian diaspora communities struggle as their loved ones overseas face COVID-19 with less than adequate resources.
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Vaccine Inequality Costs Lives in Global South and Hurts Us All
What is needed to tackle vaccine inequality is a model of world co-operation where the battle with the pandemic is not fought “on the bodies of Black and brown children and women … in nations of the Global South,” panellists at a recent Oxfam webinar said.
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It’s Never Too Early to Stand Up Against Racism
In honour of the theme of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, NCM reporter Daniela Cohen talks to two anti-racism activists about how their struggles growing up inspired them to raise more awareness and how this has helped them in their own healing. This is the second piece in a two-part series on youth leaders from diverse communities who are taking a stand against racism.
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Addressing Racism in “Small Circles”
In honour of the theme of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, NCM reporter Daniela Cohen talks to two anti-racism activists about how their struggles growing up inspired them to raise more awareness and how this has helped them in their own healing. This is the first piece in a two-part series on youth leaders from diverse communities who are taking a stand against racism.
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