Many people who have lost their lives have not been able to have a proper funeral in Italy. Others remain trapped, forced to watch the suffering unfold and find a sense of reinvention and meaning in their own lives.
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Reading the Italian Canadian media today, we can see that the apology issue is triggered by the struggle for more Italian Canadian representation and political profile, as well as Toronto-Montreal rivalry
View More How One Quebec Riding Result Illuminates the Italian Apology Issue
We have yet to understand the impact of covert racism and misogyny on the mental health of Canadian citizens, particularly “ethnic” women. However eager they…
View More Being Brown and DepressedTo improve newsroom diversity, La Presse recruited outside of francophone journalism schools. An office’s group shot usually exudes pride, but this one caused embarrassment. In…
View More Why La Presse Started an Internship Geared Towards Minority Reporters and First Nations PeoplesOn Sept. 5, in one of his cruellest acts yet, US President Donald Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA was an immigration…
View More McGill Students Root for U.S. DreamersThe cold-blooded shooting of six Muslims following evening prayers on Jan 29 at a Québec City mosque has, predictably, amplified the acrimonious debate over racism,…
View More Shooting in Quebec City: Symptom of a Wider CrisisA new Concordia University study has found that making friends in Canada and being positive about the “new country” can go a long way in…
View More Making “Friends” Key to IntegrationI feel compelled to comment on the case of Maryam Monsef, Liberal MP and federal Minister of Democratic Institutions, who has been caught up in…
View More Monsef Birthplace a Non-issue
Memorizing adjectives and pronouns did little more than create a resentment for having to learn French in the first place. Meanwhile, speaking the language took…
View More Alberta Needs to Rethink French CurriculumThe conversation that Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch has been trying to open — about immigrants, integration and “anti-Canadian values” — was well underway in…
View More It’s a Start: One Side of the Immigration Conversation