On July 1st, we Canadians celebrate Canada Day, the day which memorIalizes the act of confederation, the day Canada became its own nation. It was…
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Tag: Multiculturalism
Working as the Newsroom’s ‘Diversity Hire’
Women of colour in journalism bring a lot to the job. And take a lot, too.
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Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream Media
An obvious part of solving this problem is diversifying mainstream newsrooms through the hiring of reporters from diverse communities
View More Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream MediaCelebrating Canada’s 150th birthday: Ukrainian Canadians deserve thanks
Canada turned 150 on July 1. From “a few acres of snow” it has been transformed into one of the world’s most prosperous countries, consistently…
View More Celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday: Ukrainian Canadians deserve thanksIntegration Models Highlight of Metropolis Conference
The just-concluded National Metropolis Conference is an annual forum for researchers, policy makers and immigrant-service organizations. This year the conference was held in Montreal. Here…
View More Integration Models Highlight of Metropolis ConferenceWhose Voice is it Anyway?
I published my debut novel, Belief, in Canada last year. It’s the story of an immigrant family’s struggle to integrate into the Canadian mainstream. Just when everything seems…
View More Whose Voice is it Anyway?Making “Friends” Key to Integration
A new Concordia University study has found that making friends in Canada and being positive about the “new country” can go a long way in…
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Newcomers Must Adjust to a New Reality
There is no doubt that throughout much of the West these days there is considerable angst over immigration and the impacts of new arrivals on…
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Caught Between Two Competing Images of Womanhood
Children of immigrants learn to live in two worlds. As a first-generation Canadian, I learned to maintain and modify my Italian culture in order to…
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A Less-than-Diverse Media Workforce
When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program,…
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