The International Gerety ad awards 2021 has appointed an all-women executive jury to evaluate creative awards, including Jessica Borges representing Canada. Borges shares her journey from a new immigrant to representing Canada in an industry that’s known for male domination in leadership roles.
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Canada’s major media outlets have good intentions, but they don’t yet have anything to show for their efforts at creating more diverse newsrooms.
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Simon Fraser University (SFU) gets $34.1 million from global financial guru, the largest gift of its kind ever given to a Canadian university.
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Four decades into his Canadian journey, columnist Mohamed Hammoud reflects on his early attempts to fit in, the racism he encountered and recent experiences as a candidate in the 2019 federal election.
View More Confronting Racism in Canada Will be a Messy — but Necessary — ProcessOn one of the final stops during its two-year, cross-country “Our Canada” workshop series, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) held an open conversation about faith and social inclusion in Montreal last month. According to…
View More Religious Accommodation Still a Struggle in QuebecWith the appointment of parliamentary secretaries and opposition critics, we now have a more comprehensive picture of gender and visible minority diversity in Parliament’s leadership positions. How well has the Liberal government implemented its overall…
View More Implementing Diversity and Inclusion in Parliament: A More Complete PictureThe Liberal government has emphasized its diversity and inclusion language in speeches, cabinet ministers, committees and mandate letters. This emphasis has been reinforced by the return of the multiculturalism program to Canadian Heritage. Taken together,…
View More Inclusion, Diversity Bode Well Under Trudeau
At first, the news of the cancellation of a free yoga class for disabled students by the University of Ottawa Student Federation and the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) due to issues of cultural…
View More Cancelled Yoga Sparks Valid Cross-Cultural DialogueTwo independent surveys find that Canadians are positive about newcomers in theory, but they are not so agreeable when pushed out of their comfort zones. According to Immigration Partnership Winnipeg’s recent survey, Winnipeggers generally have…
View More Canadians Still Conflicted About Newcomers
An inclusive and equitable society can only be built through solidarity. This was the central message of Charles Taylor’s keynote at the Broadbent Institute’s 2015 Progress Summit in Ottawa this past weekend. The political philosopher…
View More Immigrants Facing Alienation Globally: Charles Taylor