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The Senate’s Champion of Diversity

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…

Politics

‘We Lost Our Way’ in 2015 Campaign, Patrick Brown Says of Niqab and Defending Minorities

BJ Sierkieski March 21, 2016 No Comments Chinese Conservatives ethnocultural communities iPolitics minorities niqab Ontario Patrick Brown Stephen Harper Syrian refugees

Patrick Brown has already taken the Ontario Progressive Conservative party in a new direction since becoming its leader — now he’s encouraging his former federal…

Arts & Culture

American Dreams, Canadian Realities: A Night at the Oscars

Hadani Ditmars January 21, 2016 No Comments Academy cinema Culture diversity Film Hollywood minorities Oscars racism

So then … the Oscars are guilty of being a tad too monochromatic and a chorus of notables from Spike Lee to Michael Moore are…

Commentary

Enhancing our Multicultural Heritage

Richard Landau April 1, 2015 No Comments assisted suicide Charter of Rights and Freedoms courts Faith legislation legislature marriage minorities multicultural Multiculturalism prostitution religion

Legal prostitution. Assisted suicide. Decriminalized pot. Gay marriage. Our society is undergoing a breathtaking transformation, hurried along by the influence of the Canadian Charter of…

Commentary

Polls at Odds with Canadian Pluralism

NCM Anonymous December 22, 2014 No Comments Canadian ethnicities minorities Multiculturalism Muslims Pluralism race relations

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…

Feds falling short of francophone immigration targets: Senate report

NCM Anonymous December 4, 2014 No Comments CIC economic immigrants express entry Francophones Immigration minorities minority communities Quebec Senate

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…

Policy

New Video Series Spotlights Immigrant-friendly Projects

NCM Anonymous May 1, 2014 No Comments immigrants Local Immigration Partnership minorities Ontario P2P Pathways to Prosperity video series

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…

Commentary

Immigrants are never “illegal”

NCM Anonymous October 5, 2013 No Comments academic ILLEGAL legal minorities racialized refugee Ryerson settlement Visa

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.”…

Commentary

Obama remarks bring racial profiling to the fore

NCM Anonymous July 25, 2013 No Comments bias ethnic minorities Obama Ottawa Police Racial profiling White House

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…

Commentary

Our Homegrown Pigmentocracy

NCM Anonymous June 13, 2013 No Comments Aboriginal Africans Barack Obama Caribbean colonial Eurocentric First Nations Latin America melanin minorities Oprah Winfrey pigment racialized skin colour South Asians Visible Minority

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.…