NCM presents Part 1 of a Three-Part Series about how Canadian immigrant communities are handling the COVID-19 pandemic. First, we begin with the Chinese-Canadian community, followed by personal stories from within African and Indian diasporas.
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Luo spends her day teaching her daughter Mandarin and math, or watching television with her parents. She has confidence that the Chinese authorities will be able to contain the virus soon.
View More Coronavirus Strands Canadian’s Wife and Daughter in Wuhan
Other than a generally immigrant-friendly outlook, a review of ethnic media Oct. 27 – Nov. 1 shows that these outlets foresee a relatively stable government — “stable as a mountain” in the description of one Chinese outlet
View More Ethnic Media Coverage Portrays Minority Liberals as Friendly to Immigrants
Remarks by the Election Commissioner, Yves Coté, on the potential for foreign meddling, also received coverage in Chinese
View More ‘Foreign Meddling’ in Election? No Big Deal for Ethnic Media“I don’t have anything else to do,” says Keith Bi. He is cleaning pig intestines—a tedious job. In the sink of his café in downtown…
View More The Loneliness of Being an ImmigrantMy father came to America from China in 1912, the 30th year of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and somehow he was able to get in…
View More Trump’s Immigration Plan Would Have Kept Out My FatherHiring multi-language speaking staff, creating real-time interpretation apps, even launching an ethnic bank to serve primarily immigrants, Canadian banking business operators are getting fiercely competitive…
View More Banking: Fierce Competition for Immigrant Clientele
On June 22, members of the Chinese-Canadian community and allies gathered at Toronto City Hall to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Canadian government’s redress…
View More Legacy of Chinese Exclusion Lives on in Today’s Migrant Workers
A new exhibit at a Vancouver museum is exploring the experiences of a lesser-known group of combatants in the Second World War, who were major…
View More “Rumble in the Jungle” Remembers Chinese-Canadian Militants
July 1, 2016 marks 93 years since the Chinese Immigration Act came into force, which marked the culmination of a decades-long initiative to limit Chinese…
View More Reshaping Populations: Reflecting on the Chinese Immigration Act