Women of colour in journalism bring a lot to the job. And take a lot, too. By Anya Zoledziowski in Edmonton, AB Sunny Dhillon rocked…
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Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream Media
Commentary by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver, BC Earlier this year, Rena Heer, a former reporter for CTV and CP24 in Toronto, hosted a gathering at…
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Commentary by: Oksana Bashuk Hepburn in Toronto Canada turned 150 on July 1. From “a few acres of snow” it has been transformed into one…
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Commentary by Andrew Griffith in Ottawa The just-concluded National Metropolis Conference is an annual forum for researchers, policy makers and immigrant-service organizations. This year the…
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Commentary by Mayank Bhatt in Toronto I published my debut novel, Belief, in Canada last year. It’s the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to integrate into the…
View More Whose Voice is it Anyway?Making “Friends” Key to Integration
by A Special Correspondent in Montreal A new Concordia University study has found that making friends in Canada and being positive about the “new country”…
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Newcomers Must Adjust to a New Reality
Commentary by Phil Gurski There is no doubt that throughout much of the West these days there is considerable angst over immigration and the impacts of…
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Caught Between Two Competing Images of Womanhood
by Dr. Gina Valle in Toronto Children of immigrants learn to live in two worlds. As a first-generation Canadian, I learned to maintain and modify…
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A Less-than-Diverse Media Workforce
by Amanda Ghazale Aziz in Toronto When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in…
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Canada not Immune to Trumpism
Commentary by Alma Sandoval Betancourth in Pickering, Ontario What can I say: I called it. It may have been my lifetime exposure to dictatorships. It…
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