“Butter Honey Pig Bread,” a debut novel by Francesca Ekwuyasi, is a cosmopolitan story of a multi-generational family that mixes the ancient Nigerian myths of the Igbo and the Yoruba people with scenes of contemporary urban life in Nigeria, England and Canada.
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Little free libraries are a great tool for newcomers to integrate with Canadian society. Due to the pandemic, they are becoming even handier.
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Books help us appreciate cultures, open hearts and minds, and promote tolerance and understanding
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When Britain was toiling against its Egyptian possessions Blunt was sent there to gauge public opinion
View More The Globalization of Freedom FightsI published my debut novel, Belief, in Canada last year. It’s the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to integrate into the Canadian mainstream. Just when everything seems to be falling into place after nearly two decades of…
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The histories of Canadians are plentiful, rich, and complex. We can never know all of them, but even sharing just a few can open windows into many unknown pasts. Coming Here, Being Here: A Canadian…
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Racial profiling by police is not a new phenomenon. The ability to now document aggression by law enforcement against African Americans and other racialized people and broadcast the footage around the world makes this long-standing…
View More Football Legend’s Story Teaches Timely Lessons
The recent death of Abdirahman Abdi after his violent arrest in Ottawa and the 2015 police shooting of Andrew Loku in Toronto challenge the “meanwhile in Canada” dichotomy that says racial profiling only happens in…
View More Sacrifices of ‘Nonnas’ Should Not Be Forgotten
The stories in the Best of All Worlds represent seven of the most commonly spoken immigrant languages in Canada’s largest cities. Reinforcing heritage languages alongside Canada’s two official languages reflects policy that has set Canada…
View More Story Book Gives Nod to Canada’s MultilingualismAlmost 40 years ago, my grandparents changed our family’s history by deciding to move to Canada. I recently asked my grandma about her immigration story. She wistfully told me of the navy blue suits tailored…
View More The Darker Side of the Indo-Canadian Journey