Commentary by Bessma Momani, Jillian Stirk, Anna Klimbovskaia The story of Canada’s embrace of different languages, cultures and peoples is not a new one. Diversity in Canada…
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Giving Voice Through Folk Art
by Sean Howard in Toronto There is next to no public space in St James Town. The most densely populated community in all of Canada…
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Commentary by Andrew Griffith in Ottawa The just-concluded National Metropolis Conference is an annual forum for researchers, policy makers and immigrant-service organizations. This year the…
View More Integration Models Highlight of Metropolis ConferenceMayor Jeffrey’s Hypocritical Pandering
Commentary by Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton I don’t know why hypocrisy by politicians still manages to surprise me. Recently, it was being paraded in…
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Commentary by Hamlin Grange in Toronto While working as a television journalist with Canada’s public broadcaster, CBC, in Toronto, I produced a documentary series on…
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From Helwi Hamdoun to Nabil Warda
Commentary by Khaled Salama in Mississauga, Ontario Last summer, I had an interesting debate with a young, well-travelled Qatari friend in Doha. Not unlike millions…
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Caught Between Two Competing Images of Womanhood
by Dr. Gina Valle in Toronto Children of immigrants learn to live in two worlds. As a first-generation Canadian, I learned to maintain and modify…
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A Less-than-Diverse Media Workforce
by Amanda Ghazale Aziz in Toronto When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in…
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Hamilton City Hall More Diverse than Ottawa, London
A study led by Western University researchers Stelian Medianu and Victoria Esses has found that visible minorities are significantly under-represented in senior leadership positions at…
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London’s Poor Diversity Score No Surprise
Commentary by Evelina Silveira in London, Ontario A recent study published by the Western University’s Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations found a…
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