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Arts & Culture

Hot Docs Festival Highlights the Global Crisis of Immigration

By Isabel Inclan in Toronto, ON The 26th edition of the documentary festival Hot Docs, running in Toronto from 25 April – 6 May, brings…

Arts & Culture

Bill 21: Secularism is Not About Limiting Individual Freedoms

Sukaina Jaffer April 21, 2019 No Comments Bill 21 Canada CAQ Coalition Avenir Quebec FRANCE human rights Immigration Islamophobia Quebec Secularism

By Sukaina Jaffer in Toronto, ON Quebec’s secularist Bill 21, which bans public workers from wearing religious symbols, dredges up memories of a similar ban…

Commentary

Duterte gets Mad at Trudeau’s Interference

Marcus Medford November 23, 2017 No Comments drug trade human rights INTERNATIONAL Philippine Canadian News Philippines Rodrigo Duterte Ted Alcuitas Trudeau

Commentary by: Ted Alcuitas in Vancouver, BC President Rodrigo Duterte must have been following what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s father said when asked if he…

Politics

Wake Up Democracy!

Marcus Medford September 15, 2017 No Comments Avi Benlolo equality human rights International Day of Democracy racism Toronto United Nations

Commentary By: Avi Benlolo in Toronto Today is International Day of Democracy. Yet, the western world seems to have lost hope of the very fundamentals…

Books

Activist Connects Loss of Culture to Climate Change

Marcus Medford July 25, 2016 No Comments Arctic books British Columbia Canada 150 climate change Colonization Cultural Identity Environment Global Warming human rights Indigenous Inuit Quebec United States Winnie Hwo

by Winnie Hwo in Vancouver The world is still catching up to Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier. A year before being appointed an Officer of the…

“Safe Country” Should Not Apply to Mexico, says UofT Study

Marcus Medford June 23, 2016 No Comments Aurora Tejeida Canada human rights IRCC Mexico Obama Three Amigos Summit Trudeau USA Vancouver

by Aurora Tejeida in Vancouver, British Columbia The University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program is suggesting that Mexico be removed from Canada’s “safe country”…

Books

Former Senator: More Aid, Military Capacity Needed

Marcus Medford June 1, 2016 No Comments antiterrorism Armed Forces authors books Canada 150 CHINA Chinese defence Foreign Affairs foreign policy freedom human rights Institute for Research and Public Policy Justin Trudeau military Navy Ottawa Senate Senator Susan Korah Syria Taiwan weapons writers

by Susan Korah in Ottawa Canada’s foreign policy is caught in a precarious balancing act between the “sunny ways” of election promises and the realpolitik…

Books

A Look Into Apartheid Reveals Journey to Freedom

Marcus Medford May 12, 2016 No Comments Africa Apartheid Diaspora human rights Kenya Mahatma Gandhi Nelson Mandela poet racism South Africa Toronto Vicky Tobianah

by Vicky Tobianah in Toronto Making distant readers empathize with historical events they have not experienced is a challenging feat. Mohamed M. Keshavjee grapples with…

News

Bahá’í Community Condemns Imprisonments in Iran

Marcus Medford February 20, 2016 No Comments Arrests Aurora Tejeida Baha'i human rights imprisonment Iran Islam religion

by Aurora Tejeida in Vancouver Before reopening relations with Iran, the Canadian government should hold the Middle Eastern country accountable for human rights violations against…

Racial Profiling: New Ways to Address Old Issues

Marcus Medford February 19, 2016 No Comments Danica Samuel discrimination First Nations human rights Islamophobia Newcomers Ontario Human Rights Commission Racial profiling racism Renu Mandhane

by Danica Samuel in Toronto Policy makers, journalists, professors and lawyers are putting their best ideas forward to find the right solution to tackle the…