Physicians trained abroad want to help with the fight against COVID-19. Why won’t Canada let them? Jagdeesh Mann investigates in this long-form essay written in collaboration with The Walrus.
View More Even During a Pandemic, Immigrant Doctors Struggle to Find Work
Columnist Jagdeesh Mann writes on the Punjab farmers’ protest and how it isn’t as far removed from our shores as Canadians may believe.
View More Standing with India’s Protesting Farmers
An obvious part of solving this problem is diversifying mainstream newsrooms through the hiring of reporters from diverse communities
View More Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream MediaThe ongoing story of phony absentee ballots, and vote-buying swirling around Surrey’s current municipal election is cast with a perfect mix of characters—vulnerable immigrants, greedy developers, partisan journalists, and amoral politicians—to seem like a plot…
View More In Surrey’s Muddy Election, Local Media should Guard Against Spreading the DirtOver its 132-year history since incorporation as a city, Vancouver has had 39 mayors. All of them have been white men. Change seems to be coming, however, and suddenly. Two of the Vancouver’s leading municipal…
View More Wanted: First Non-white Mayor of VancouverIt’s likely Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saw events playing out differently than how they actually turned out for his recent state visit to India. Like most Canadians, he probably thought February an ideal time to…
View More Khalistan – Theatre of the AbsurdNew Canadians from South Asia, China and the Philippines are more likely to donate to charitable causes than the general population, a new survey has found. The survey by the Angus Reid Institute and CHIMP…
View More Faith a Big Factor in Giving by New CanadiansNearly 70 years since South Asians won the right to vote in Canada, Jagmeet Singh has become the first non-white leader of one of the country’s major political parties. Media coverage of Singh’s historic victory…
View More Jagmeet Singh fails to Typecast Easily, Despite CBC’s Best EffortsTo be the “last king” of anything means you left this world either a legend or a tragic figure. Maharajah Duleep Singh, the final monarch of the Punjab kingdom, who was forcibly separated from his…
View More Black Prince Rescues Duleep Singh, but Does Not Set Him FreeAnyone who has travelled to subcontinent knows it is not always such a salubrious destination. Incredible India, as the country sells itself in tourism brochures, can be incredibly chaotic, unwieldy, hot, dusty, venal, bovinely, and…
View More Defence Minister’s Recent Trip Leaves Him Seeking Cover