National Aboriginal Day celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 21. The nation-wide day of celebration is culturally significant as a time when Aboriginal groups celebrate their…
View More National Aboriginal Day Reminds Canadians of Need for ReconciliationA year after being called “Canada’s most racist city,” Winnipeg is on its way to becoming more inclusive, and immigrants can be part of the…
View More Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can HelpCanada’s Indigenous people are asking immigrants to join the nationwide process of reconciliation by learning about and celebrating Indigenous culture. One of the many recommendations…
View More Newcomers – Reconciliation Needs You TooThere is an ever present bias in the historical theories of racialized people being more susceptible to disease, and these theories have been perpetuated by…
View More Debunking the Racialization of Disease
“I wanted to be white so bad, and the worst thing I ever did was I was ashamed of my mother, that honourable woman, because…
View More Reconciliation for Aboriginal Peoples Should Matter to New CanadiansDiverse suppliers are winning Toronto Pan Am Games’ business, making up 20 per cent of the total supplier base. Barbara Anderson, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)…
View More Diverse Suppliers Provide Corporations with Competitive Advantage
The recent Maclean’s magazine feature labeling Winnipeg Canada’s most racist city lets other cities ‘off the hook,’ says Peter Kulchyski, head of the department of Native…
View More Winnipeg: Getting Past the Divide
Winnipeg is generally more tolerant today than it was 12 years ago. That’s when I moved to the city, and at the time there was…
View More Winnipeg Race Relations: Progress made, still long way to goEducator Kelly Reimer knows racism is a problem, but not just in Winnipeg – throughout all of Canada. “I don’t think the city is racist…
View More Winnipeg: Immigrants’ Position in the City’s Divide
“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…
View More Winnipeg: Confronting the Divide