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…
View More Hopes, Challenges of Immigration Reflected on StagePriya Ramanujam
Muslim Women Speak Out at Annual Poetry Showcase
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!…
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Scarborough Subway: Mayor Just Doesn’t Get It
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…
View More Scarborough Subway: Mayor Just Doesn’t Get It“Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”
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…
View More “Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”“A Blow to the City”: Toronto’s Black Police Deputy Resigns
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…
View More “A Blow to the City”: Toronto’s Black Police Deputy ResignsMaking News Pay: Ethnic Media Offers Lessons
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…
View More Making News Pay: Ethnic Media Offers LessonsResearch Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic Media
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…
View More Research Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic MediaFighting for Migrant Farmworkers’ Rights
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…
View More Fighting for Migrant Farmworkers’ RightsResearch Watch #8: The Same Canada?
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…
View More Research Watch #8: The Same Canada?Research Watch #7: Enclaves and Earnings
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…
View More Research Watch #7: Enclaves and Earnings