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Education

Alberta Needs to Rethink French Curriculum

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…

History

Acadians Contribute to Multicultural Fabric of Canada

Tazeen Inam September 9, 2016 No Comments Acadian Canada 150 Catholic French history Maritimes Moncton Multiculturalism New Brunswick

Although a mass expulsion in 1755 resulted in their dispersal, the Acadians of present day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia remained undaunted and, upon their…

Books

Story Revisits Vietnamese Revenge Plot of 1908

Tazeen Inam August 4, 2016 No Comments books Canada 150 Colonization discrimination French IndoChina literature Mississauga oppression Saigon Vietnamese Vietnamese Canadian

Many leaders of the East who fought to decolonize their countries from Western authoritarian rule were also educated in the West. Upon returning home, they…

Books

Hungarian Canadian Tackles Image of Racist Quebec

Matt D'Amours May 27, 2016 No Comments Anglophone Canada 150 Francophone French Hungary identity immigrants language Quebec Quebecers racism xenophobia

Is there any topic touchier in Canada than Quebec’s identity politics? It might be easier to answer this question from the outside looking in, but…

Arts & Culture

‘Fredy’ Takes on Racism in Quebec

Elvira Truglia March 11, 2016 No Comments French Montreal Play Police Quebec Racial profiling racism Shooting shootings theatre

The death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot at the hands of police in Montreal North, inspired Fredy, a documentary play by Annabel Soutar about the…

Arts & Culture

Quebec Multiculturalism Improves Post-Referendum

Rosanna Haroutounian November 15, 2015 No Comments English French Montreal Multiculturalism niqab policy Quebec referendum Separatist

Twenty years after voting in Quebec’s referendum on sovereignty, immigrants in the province say cultural relations are improving, but more progress is still needed. In…

Commentary

Niqab as an #Elxn42 Issue? Ridiculous.

Shireen Ahmed September 30, 2015 No Comments Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Charter Values Conservatives Federal Election federal elections French NCM Election Desk niqab niqab wearing Quebec Stephen Harper

The recent decision by the Federal Court of Appeal that ruled in favour of Zunera Ishaq, who challenged the ban on the niqab at Canadian…

Politics

Niqab Hot Button Topic at French Language Debate

Rosanna Haroutounian September 28, 2015 No Comments Bloc Quebecois Conservatives Federal Election federal elections French Gilles Duceppe Justin Trudeau Liberals Montreal NCM Election Desk NDP niqab Quebec refugee crisis Stephen Harper Thomas Mulcair

Thursday night’s French language debate in Montreal featured more discussion of immigration and refugee policy than any other leaders debate thus far in the federal…

Commentary

Bilingualism: A Canadian Advantage

Corinne Cécilia January 1, 2015 No Comments Bilingualism Canada Francophone French Languages Official Languages Act postsecondary York University

Bilingualism is arguably what sets Canada apart from the rest of North America – it has historically been the strength of our nation. However, of…

Books

Canada Before Canada

Abby Paige May 3, 2014 No Comments Aboriginal Citizenship English European French Joseph Boyden Multiculturalism

Review: The Orenda, by Joseph Boyden, Penguin Canada (Fiction, 2013) It’s easy to keep track of how long my citizenship study guide has been on…