Last summer, I had an interesting debate with a young, well-travelled Qatari friend in Doha. Not unlike millions of others around the world, he was curious to know what I thought of Donald Trump’s chances…
View More Attitudes of Immigrants: From Helwi Hamdoun to Nabil Warda
Memorizing adjectives and pronouns did little more than create a resentment for having to learn French in the first place. Meanwhile, speaking the language took a backseat. The sentiment above is true for many students…
View More Alberta Needs to Rethink French CurriculumAs the Fort McMurray emergency passes, those without housing and citizenship status face an uncertain future. Over 160 temporary foreign workers from Fort McMurray came together at an emergency meeting Monday night to discuss issues…
View More Temp Workers in Fort Mac: Hope Quenched by Fire
Tom Mulcair was removed as leader of the NDP because of the party’s disappointing result in the last federal election. The election started with Mulcair as the favourite to become prime minister, and it ended…
View More Mulcair Defeat: Appeasement Never WorksFor some, Alberta’s history is just about cowboys, oil, and Conservatives, but a new television series is shedding light on the many contributions that minority groups have made in the province. An Omni TV magazine-style…
View More Immigrants Don’t See ‘Redneck’ Side of AlbertaEid al-Adha, celebrated this past Thursday, marks one of the two most important religious holidays for Muslims around the world. Different from Eid al-Fitr, which celebrates the end of a month-long fast, Eid al-Adha marks…
View More Refugee Crisis Top of Mind this Eid al-Adha
Eric Garner died in an illegal New York police chokehold. He wasn’t a gangster. He was a petty criminal. He was suspected of selling loose cigarettes and not paying tax on them. Thousands of white-collar…
View More In The Words of Eric Garner: I Can’t BreatheThey came and grabbed what they wanted. It broke my heart. I was 12 when I had to open up my apartment and give away all of my toys. They took what they wanted. It was hard…
View More “I’m Albertan by Choice; I Want to be Premier”
Responding to public opinion, the City of Edmonton has pulled a controversial bus placard ad campaign that some believe conveyed anti-Muslim sentiment. The campaign placed on the tail of many Edmonton Transit buses and ostensibly…
View More Edmonton right to pull anti-Muslim bus ad