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New Book Reveals More Modern, Global Shia Islam

Melissa Shaw April 1, 2016 No Comments authors books Canada 150 Iran Middle East Muslim North Africa religion Saudi Arabia Shia Simon Fraser University South Asia Sunni

The latest instalment of the Institute of Ismaili Studies’ Muslim Heritage Series aims to provide a deeper understanding of Shia Islam, the Muslim religion’s second-largest…

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Panel Discusses Root Causes of Migration Crises

Diba Hareer December 17, 2015 No Comments Borders crisis migrant Migration North Africa refugee Syria Syrian

The efforts by the Canadian government to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by February 2016 is generous, but it does not address the factors that caused…

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Tunisia: Why I Remain Optimistic

Imad AlSukkari March 25, 2015 No Comments Arab Spring Ben Ali Egypt ISIS Islamic Middle East North Africa Tunisia

The ‘Arab Spring’ took the international community by storm in 2011, ushering in a new sense of optimism and hope for the people of the…

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While braving the frontlines and risking exposure to #COVID19 is an immediate concern, there are also larger systemic issues that place an added burden on the shoulders of immigrant women. @ImmigrantWomen
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https://newcanadianmedia.ca/immigrant-women-now-find-themselves-on-two-frontlines/

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More than 20% of Canadians are racialized, more than 20% are immigrants, yet @StatCan_eng is not collecting information on either in it's crowd sourced data or detailed data at its #COVID19 hub. In the US race is a key variable. Need Canadian data on this.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-outcry-over-racial-data-grows-as-coronavirus-kills-black-americans-at/

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Statistics Canada@StatCan_eng·

How are Canadians coping with #COVID19? See the first results of our web panel survey that ran from March 29 to April 3: http://ow.ly/f6aF50z8Hb9

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