International students have faced a well of challenges in light of the pandemic. Read how one international student has taken her time at home to use music as a channel for hope.
View More By Your Side: Finding Voice in Music as an International Student
Toastmasters, a speaking club designed to improve the communication and leadership skills of its members, has helped many immigrants in the GTA gain confidence in speaking English.
View More Immigrant Toastmasters Breaking Barriers with Zoom
Series of surveys focused on capturing the consumer habits and mindsets of various ethnic groups living in Canada
View More Surveys Capture Lifestyles of Asians in Canada
Several parents are putting social isolation to good use, taking time to teach their children about their immigrant heritage. This story traces their lineage and finds out why it matters to these families and the country.
View More Parents Use New Family Time to Help Kids Rediscover their Roots
Young is currently realizing his passion, working as a writer and an actor. His latest film, Maternal, is about a girl, born in Canada with a Caribbean mother, who’s waiting for an acceptance letter from her dream arts program
View More The Immigrant’s Dilemma in Arts: an Interview with Richard Young
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact youth are making throughout their communities. “It all comes back…
View More Lack of Mainstream Diversity was Never an ExcuseA new Concordia University study has found that making friends in Canada and being positive about the “new country” can go a long way in helping new immigrants integrate into communities. “[The study] shows that…
View More Making “Friends” Key to Integration
Lucile Davier, currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, has spent many years looking at journalism that relies on translating from a foreign language. In a sense, her work examines the implications of…
View More Journalism: What is Lost in TranslationPeople take pride in the food they eat, and ethnic communities especially form and retain their identities around their traditional cuisines. What’s Italian without pasta? Or Thai without their Tom Yum Goong? For the Vietnamese,…
View More War Over “Authentic” Vietnamese CuisineThough I have family’s roots in B.C. going back a century, I stumble when cataloging the “unique” values underlying Canadian culture. The default list reads like a dating ad: Canadians are compassionate, polite, enjoy nature.…
View More Conflating Cultural Values with Secular Ideals