A coalition of Nigerians in Canada calls on Ottawa to intervene after deadly attacks and crackdown on anti-police violence protestors.
View More Nigerian-Canadians Condemn Crackdown on Protestors
Tag: Nigeria
The Condescension of Canada’s Citizenship Test
While studying for the Canadian citizenship test, columnist Ayse Koca found the study guide’s tone to be unfair and patronizing towards newcomers prepping for an already difficult test.
View More The Condescension of Canada’s Citizenship Test
Canada Has Its Own Brand of Racism
Racism exists in Canada – but it looks and feels different than that found in the United States, writes Peter Uduehi.
View More Canada Has Its Own Brand of Racism
Job Market for Immigrants Consists of Minimum Wage and Moonlighting
For the last several months, much of the political discussion in the United States has revolved around President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall between the…
View More Job Market for Immigrants Consists of Minimum Wage and MoonlightingTales of Immigrant Women in Canada
While performer and playwright Natasha Martina was researching in a library in Dublin for a play, she came up with the idea to combine her…
View More Tales of Immigrant Women in Canada
Nigerian-Canadians Look Forward to Change at the Helm
Here in Canada, the seemingly peaceful transition of power that is about to take place in Nigeria, as a result of the recent elections, is…
View More Nigerian-Canadians Look Forward to Change at the Helm
Homophobia in Africa: Tackling the Root
When I was a small child, sitting in the back seat of my father’s car on a street in Cape Town, South Africa, I said…
View More Homophobia in Africa: Tackling the RootBoko Haram: Where is the Global Outcry?
#JeSuisCharlie #IAmBaga Both powerful hashtags. Both ways for people all around the world to express public outcry over the mass killings of people in France…
View More Boko Haram: Where is the Global Outcry?Diaspora Diary: UN human rights panel on Iran to tap into views of diaspora in Canada
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran will be visiting Canada and the U.S. to gather information from the diaspora on suspected violations.…
View More Diaspora Diary: UN human rights panel on Iran to tap into views of diaspora in CanadaDiaspora Diary: Emigrants can be spoilers in conflict resolution
Politically-mobilized diaspora communities have the potential to act as “spoilers’” in conflict resolution and post-war reconciliation in their home countries, Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to the…
View More Diaspora Diary: Emigrants can be spoilers in conflict resolution