By complete chance, Filipino-Canadian journalist Joseph Lopez discovered the first Filipino to arrive in Canada actually came 70 years before previously thought.
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Artist Builds Bridges for Reconciliation through ‘Every Child Matters’ Dolls
For this year’s National Day for Truth & Reconciliation, NCM reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how a local artist is using her skills to raise awareness and funds towards reconciliation.
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Helping Immigrant Youth Grasp Indigenous History
“How are classroom teachers integrating Indigenous content into their teachings?” Local Journalism Initiative reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how classroom teaching is changing ever so slowly to better reflect Indigenous history.
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What History Can Tell Us About Working as an Immigrant Nurse in Canada
Internationally-educated nurses go through several hoops to practice as registered nurses in Canada. This wasn’t the case in the early 1960s, specifically for nurses recruited from the Philippines.
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Musings on India’s Independence: Loss, Sacrifice and Changing Values
I have vivid memories of India’s first birthday — the 15th of August, 1947
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A Mongrel among Media
Our first goal was to demonstrate that we could indeed produce high-quality journalism using largely immigrant talent. We’ve done that in spades. It’s our calling card
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Black Prince Rescues Duleep Singh, but Does Not Set Him Free
To be the “last king” of anything means you left this world either a legend or a tragic figure. Maharajah Duleep Singh, the final monarch of the Punjab kingdom, who was forcibly separated from his…
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Canadian Sports History Not Naïve of Exclusion
Sports has the ability to unite Canada, show the recently released findings of an Association for Canadian Studies survey. “A majority of Canadians agree that sports break down linguistic and cultural barriers to unite people,” the report…
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Acadians Contribute to Multicultural Fabric of Canada
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 return, revived their cultural roots. The Acadians are the descendants…
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Second World War Featured Prominently at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
From a machine gun wielding high school girl-yakuza boss to time travelling samurai; from sexual awakening in the final devastating days of WWII Tokyo to the true story of “the Japanese Schindler”, Canadian and Japanese…
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