Years ago, my Somali colleague Abdi Yunis and I were deciding how to help the managers at an Ottawa corporation learn how
“Sssstttt.” I looked back. Unlike in Canada, a forceful push of breath through open lips and locked teeth is socially acceptable in
With the world at large impassive in its reaction to the Egyptian military’s ouster of President Mohammed Morsi, the diametrically opposite responses
Egypt has gone through momentous changes in the last three years. There was the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. The elections resulted
Anyone who has experienced immigration knows what a roller-coaster the journey can be. The reality of arriving in a new country –
It’s a pass to discover Canada you get on becoming a citizen and 1,500 people did just that last year using VIA
Politically-mobilized diaspora communities have the potential to act as “spoilers’” in conflict resolution and post-war reconciliation in their home countries, Sri Lanka’s
Diaspora populations are increasingly being seen as “bridge builders” between host countries and the nations they come from, particularly amid crisis situations
Toronto marked the World Refugee Day at Yonge-Dundas Square Thursday. Hundreds of people milled around in the sunshine, perusing the booths of
Hope was the operative word here. Radiating from the eager and sincere volunteers, young and old, as Toronto joined the world Thursday