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Education

Alberta Needs to Rethink French Curriculum

Commentary by Salim Valji in Edmonton Memorizing adjectives and pronouns did little more than create a resentment for having to learn French in the first…

History

Acadians Contribute to Multicultural Fabric of Canada

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

by Tazeen Inam in Mississauga Although a mass expulsion in 1755 resulted in their dispersal, the Acadians of present day New Brunswick and Nova Scotia…

Books

Story Revisits Vietnamese Revenge Plot of 1908

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

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…

Books

Hungarian Canadian Tackles Image of Racist Quebec

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

by Matt D’Amours in Montreal Is there any topic touchier in Canada than Quebec’s identity politics? It might be easier to answer this question from…

Arts & Culture

‘Fredy’ Takes on Racism in Quebec

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

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

Arts & Culture

Quebec Multiculturalism Improves Post-Referendum

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

by Rosanna Haroutounian in Quebec City Twenty years after voting in Quebec’s referendum on sovereignty, immigrants in the province say cultural relations are improving, but…

Commentary

Niqab as an #Elxn42 Issue? Ridiculous.

Marcus Medford 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 Shireen Ahmed Stephen Harper

by Shireen Ahmed in Mississauga, Ontario The recent decision by the Federal Court of Appeal that ruled in favour of Zunera Ishaq, who challenged the…

Politics

Niqab Hot Button Topic at French Language Debate

Marcus Medford 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 Rosanna Haroutounian Stephen Harper Thomas Mulcair

by Rosanna Haroutounian in Montreal Thursday night’s French language debate in Montreal featured more discussion of immigration and refugee policy than any other leaders debate…

Commentary

Bilingualism: A Canadian Advantage

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

by Corinne Cécilia Bilingualism is arguably what sets Canada apart from the rest of North America – it has historically been the strength of our…

Books

Canada Before Canada

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

by Books Editor Abby Paige Review: The Orenda, by Joseph Boyden, Penguin Canada (Fiction, 2013) It’s easy to keep track of how long my citizenship…