A Quebec-based immigrant health worker created an altar in memory of those who have passed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Elvira Truglia
Elvira Truglia is a Montreal-based journalist who writes about the intersections of culture, politics, and social issues. She has also worked in the community, media and cultural sector as well as national and international non-governmental organizations.
Newcomers Among Hardest Hit During Pandemic, Research Shows
While Canadians from across the country have felt the economic impact of COVID-19, a new study from the Association of Canadian Studies (ACS) explains how the pandemic has been especially painful to new Canadians. The…
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Italian Diaspora Mourns Passing of Elder Generation
Many people who have lost their lives have not been able to have a proper funeral in Italy. Others remain trapped, forced to watch the suffering unfold and find a sense of reinvention and meaning in their own lives.
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Story Book Gives Nod to Canada’s Multilingualism
The stories in the Best of All Worlds represent seven of the most commonly spoken immigrant languages in Canada’s largest cities. Reinforcing heritage languages alongside Canada’s two official languages reflects policy that has set Canada…
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Journey Back to Vietnam Becomes Universal Story
Kim Thuy’s fourth novel continues the author’s style of recalling her own journey to Canada and crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries. “I don’t mind at all being considered as migrant literature, Asian literature, Canadian literature,…
View More Journey Back to Vietnam Becomes Universal StoryReligious Accommodation Still a Struggle in Quebec
On one of the final stops during its two-year, cross-country “Our Canada” workshop series, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) held an open conversation about faith and social inclusion in Montreal last month. According to…
View More Religious Accommodation Still a Struggle in Quebec‘Fredy’ Takes on Racism in Quebec
The death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot at the hands of police in Montreal North, inspired Fredy, a documentary play by Annabel Soutar about the 2008 shooting and the response from the local immigrant community.…
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