Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni says the immigration experience helped make her the award-winning and best-selling Indian-American writer she is today. Her immigration story — which she calls “strong” and “powerful” — along with those of other…
View More Hopes, Challenges of Immigration Reflected on Stage
In Canada, Muslim people are often spoken about, rather than the people who are doing the speaking. It is one of the reasons the Outburst! Young Muslim Women’s Program is needed, says the program’s advisory…
View More Muslim Women Speak Out at Annual Poetry Showcase
I find it insulting for Toronto Mayor John Tory to casually toss around the fact that more than half of Scarborough is foreign-born, and point the finger at his critics for not understanding how the…
View More Scarborough Subway: Mayor Just Doesn’t Get It
Immigration and the ‘immigrant experience’ are often used as a smokescreen to mask systemic racism and exclusion. This is according to Neethan Shan, executive director of the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA), who…
View More “Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”
In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: celebrated deputy chief of the Toronto Police Service quits the force, mainstream grocery stores make concerted efforts to become one-stop shops for…
View More “A Blow to the City”: Toronto’s Black Police Deputy Resigns
Ethnic media may have lessons to offer on connecting to audiences and providing diverse services as traditional news organizations seek new business models in order to make journalism profitable again. The growing challenges of sustaining…
View More Making News Pay: Ethnic Media Offers Lessons
At a time when national and local mainstream media seem to be downsizing and shutting down daily, where does Canada’s ethnic media fit in? And how will these outlets survive? The 2015 Canadian edition of…
View More Research Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic Media
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Beginning today, NCM will bring readers a summary of what is appearing in ethnic media across Canada. We begin with English-language media, but hope to expand it to include all languages over the…
View More Fighting for Migrant Farmworkers’ Rights
Members of visible-minority groups have a stronger sense of loyalty to federal government than provincial government, reports a new study from the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). This is particularly true of first-generation…
View More Research Watch #8: The Same Canada?
Several observers have noted that immigration is, generally, a non-partisan issue in Canada. That probably explains why it’s not a topic of debate during this current federal election campaign. But, it’s safe to say that…
View More Research Watch #7: Enclaves and Earnings