On a chilly December weekend in East Toronto, a makeshift “tent city” appeared as the cool night air rolled in. In the span of an afternoon on December 5th, roughly 75 campers had set up…
View More Torontonians Raise Funds Sleeping In Makeshift Refugee Camp
It’s been over a week now since Muslims across Canada began observing Ramadan, the holy month in the Islamic calendar, which encourages fasting, charity donation and an increase in religious devotion. From Vancouver to Halifax,…
View More Ramadan in Canada – A Photo Essay
The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) is urging elected officials to do more to combat hate crimes. This is despite a Statistics Canada report, released this week, which revealed a 17 per cent drop…
View More Stats Show Hate Crimes are Down, but Many Remain Unconvinced
In this exclusive sit-down interview with New Canadian Media reporter Abbas Somji, Toronto Mayor John Tory addresses visible minority representation on city council, the carding controversy and improving settlement services. (Media Credit: Absolute Mediaworks/Abbas…
View More We Owe It To Newcomers To Do Better: TO Mayor John Tory
[Part 1 of 3 of an in-depth investigative series.] For over two decades, Canada has welcomed an average of 250,000 immigrants per year. These newcomers often settle into any one of the country’s major metropolitan…
View More Settlement Services: Where Ontario Stands
Is politics ‘broken’? For a growing number of Canadians, the answer appears to be ‘yes’ – and there may not be an easy fix. The CBC posed this question during its inaugural ‘CBC Asks’ public…
View More Canada Earns ‘C’ for Political Engagement
“We’re not going to end racism tomorrow, but we’re sure as hell going to try.” Winnipeg’s Mayor Brian Bowman spoke those words in an unprecedented and emotional press conference outside his office in January. Bowman…
View More Winnipeg: Confronting the Divide
For some Muslims in Canada, the events of Sept. 11 cling to their collective memory like a dark stain, penetrating so deep into the fabric of the community that its presence is still felt 13…
View More Owning the Narrative Post-9/11
Nishaat Sheraly shuffles into a small lounge area, tugging at her IV tube as her husband, Munsif, escorts her. As she sits down, she adjusts the black-and-white silk scarf carefully wrapped around her head, concealing…
View More Desperately Seeking Normalcy
Naheed Nenshi’s meteoric rise – from relative obscurity to being the new face of Western Canada – was fodder for international media when he first became Calgary’s mayor in 2010. Since then, he has orchestrated…
View More In Conversation with Naheed Nenshi