By Susan Crean in Toronto, ON The story of Chinese immigration to Canada is best known for two things. First, the arrival of Chinese labourers…
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“The Future is Female”
by Isabel Inclan in Toronto, ON With pink hats, defiant banners and loud voices thousands of women took to Toronto streets this Saturday to commemorate…
View More “The Future is Female”Closing the Immigrant Wage Gap: Is Speaking English Important?
Commentary by: Arvind Magesan in Calgary, AB Statistics Canada has released new data from the 2016 census that shows more than any other G8 country,…
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Looking Beyond the Name on a Resumé
Commentary by Vivian Li in Toronto, ON In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare gave us the famous line “What is in a name? That which we call…
View More Looking Beyond the Name on a ResuméTrump and the Rise of Islamophobia
Commentary by Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton I believe it is fair to say that since 9-11, Islamophobia has been on the rise in North…
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Football Legend’s Story Teaches Timely Lessons
by Rosanna Haroutounian in Quebec City Racial profiling by police is not a new phenomenon. The ability to now document aggression by law enforcement against…
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Story Revisits Vietnamese Revenge Plot of 1908
by Tazeen Inam in Mississauga Many leaders of the East who fought to decolonize their countries from Western authoritarian rule were also educated in the…
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Muslim-Canadian Women Concerned About Discrimination
by Danica Samuel in Toronto When Sheema Khan told audience members at the Aga Khan Museum that the men sitting at one of her last…
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Haitian Canadians in Quebec: A Rich Political History
by Beatrice Paez in Toronto When Elizabeth Philibert arrived in Montreal as an émigré in 1979, she immediately felt the city would be her closest…
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Nova Scotia Has A Race Problem
Commentary by Stephen Kimber in Halifax, Nova Scotia Where to begin? With the too-soon deaths of three young black men killed in separate incidents within…
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