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Borders Explored at 4th Annual Festival of Literary Diversity

Mayank Bhatt May 7, 2019 No Comments Brampton Canada Reads Canadian Authors Canadian experience diversity Festival of Literary Diversity FOLD Immigration multicultural The Rose Theatre

By Mayank Bhatt in Mississauga, ON The fourth annual Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) came to a close yesterday. Every year during the first week…

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Commentary

Canada’s Environmental Movement Needs More Diversity

Marcus Medford February 14, 2016 No Comments David Suzuki diversity Environment Environmental multicultural Newcomers Sustainability Vancouver Winnie Hwo

by Winnie Hwo in Vancouver In 2010, the David Suzuki Foundation, a Vancouver-based national environmental non-governmental organization (ENGO), made a move no other Canadian ENGO…

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Arts & Culture

Calgary Multicultural Orchestra Aims to End Poverty

Marcus Medford February 3, 2016 No Comments arts Calgary Children crime Daniel Leon Rodriguez drugs Gangs lowincome multicultural music Orchestra Poverty youth

by Daniel Leon Rodriguez in Calgary Jose Duque, an immigrant from Venezuela, is using music to keep children in band practice and out of trouble…

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Enhancing our Multicultural Heritage

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

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…

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Attention CRTC: Cultural Diversity is Long Overdue

Marcus Medford October 5, 2014 No Comments CBC CRTC multicultural OMNI Ryerson screen University of Toronto

by Paul de Silva Seven years ago, I was part of an application process to the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) for a digital…

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Consumers More Borderless Than Multinationals

Marcus Medford July 21, 2014 No Comments acculturation Canada Chinese citizen Cricket Diaspora Environics Knorr marketing multicultural multinationals Nescafe Pepsi South Asian USA

by Robin Brown (@RobinBrown) in Toronto I became a Canadian citizen in November last year. Like most immigrants to Canada, I am proud and grateful…

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Old boundaries no longer hold in marketing

George Abraham February 27, 2014 No Comments businesses CUSTOMER economy ethnic Globalization mainstream marketing multicultural RBC

by Robin Brown Royal Bank of Canada advertisements in the early 20th century told newcomers, “When you arrive in Canada … it will be in…

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The Third Opinion: Moving beyond multiculturalism

George Abraham January 28, 2013 No Comments Asia census Europe Globe and Mail multicultural Multiculturalism policy Saunders

Multiculturalism is a cornerstone of our understanding of Canada and has been so for at least the last 40 years. We have generally been…

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