by Mackenzie Scrimshaw in Ottawa With mere weeks remaining before the U.S. presidential election, which could see the victory of a candidate who has vowed…
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‘We Lost Our Way’ in 2015 Campaign, Patrick Brown Says of Niqab and Defending Minorities
by BJ Siekierski in Ottawa Patrick Brown has already taken the Ontario Progressive Conservative party in a new direction since becoming its leader — now he’s…
View More ‘We Lost Our Way’ in 2015 Campaign, Patrick Brown Says of Niqab and Defending MinoritiesAmerican Dreams, Canadian Realities: A Night at the Oscars
by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia So then … the Oscars are guilty of being a tad too monochromatic and a chorus of notables from Spike…
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Enhancing our Multicultural Heritage
by Richard M. Landau (@Richard54) in Toronto Legal prostitution. Assisted suicide. Decriminalized pot. Gay marriage. Our society is undergoing a breathtaking transformation, hurried along by…
View More Enhancing our Multicultural HeritagePolls at Odds with Canadian Pluralism
by Amira Elghawaby (@AmiraElghawaby) in Ottawa My dad recently retired from the federal public service after spending over three decades serving this country. His job…
View More Polls at Odds with Canadian PluralismFeds falling short of francophone immigration targets: Senate report
by Yamina Tsalamlal of iPolitics.ca A Senate committee report says the government needs to do more to attract francophone immigrants to communities outside of Quebec…
View More Feds falling short of francophone immigration targets: Senate reportNew Video Series Spotlights Immigrant-friendly Projects
A national organization which aims to bring together stakeholders to promote the successful integration of immigrants and minorities has just released a video series highlighting…
View More New Video Series Spotlights Immigrant-friendly ProjectsImmigrants are never “illegal”
by Harald Bauder for New Canadian Media The Associated Press (AP) news agency recently announced that it will no longer use the term “illegal immigrant.”…
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Obama remarks bring racial profiling to the fore
by Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah U.S. President Barack Obama remarked unexpectedly on the Trayvon Martin case during a recent White House press briefing. His statement was eloquent, empathetic…
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Our Homegrown Pigmentocracy
by Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar A couple of years ago, I was interviewed by student Nayani Thiyagarajah at Ryerson University for a video documentary entitled Shadeism.…
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