Findings from a recent study indicate that despite being taught multicultural values and inclusion at school, racial and ethnic bullying in Canadian schools prevails. Experts say it has to do with the lack of education on Canada’s history with racism and white supremacy. NCM’s Baisakhi Roy reports.
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The Liberal federal government promised to extend paid sick leave benefits to 10 days within the first 100 days of a new term in office. Advocates are calling on the government to lead by example and act right away. NCM’s Alec Regino reports.
View More Sick leave: What are we waiting for, advocates ask
“Butter Honey Pig Bread,” a debut novel by Francesca Ekwuyasi, is a cosmopolitan story of a multi-generational family that mixes the ancient Nigerian myths of the Igbo and the Yoruba people with scenes of contemporary urban life in Nigeria, England and Canada.
View More ‘Butter Honey Pig Bread’: A Sumptuous Story of Love, Food and Forgiveness
Doctors and community leaders are calling for a “private” and “confidential” process of the vaccinations for undocumented workers worried they will be deported.
View More A Tough Call: Vaccinations or Deportations
Nova Scotia is buzzing with optimism. For decades, the province was experiencing an alarming population stagnation which threatened to shrink the economy. But now, thanks to sound immigration policy, that trend has reversed.
View More Nova Scotia’s Long Population Decline Might be Ending, and Immigration Could be Why
Seems like immigration hasn’t been seen in a positive light as of late. Control over immigration has been a central theme in the successful Brexit bid in the United Kingdom. America elected a president who…
View More We Just Aren’t Making Enough Babies
If you’ve ever travelled or worked abroad, speaking and listening in a language that isn’t your own, you know the feeling of lying down at night exhausted. Your brain worked all day fumbling from one…
View More Canada’s (M)other Tongues
Inside the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market on Halifax’s waterfront you’ll find a stack of the Dakai Times newspapers. Printed in Chinese and English, the quarterly newspaper is a tiny nod to the growing immigrant population…
View More Ethnic Media in Nova Scotia: A Niche Need Waiting to be Filled
Nova Scotia MP and senior federal minister, Scott Brison, has opened up a debate, suggesting the phrase “come from away” should be banned from Atlantic Canadian vocabulary. He’s on a mission to change that. The…
View More Minister Brison’s Wake-Up Call to Atlantic Canadians
Where to begin? With the too-soon deaths of three young black men killed in separate incidents within a week last month? Or with last Monday’s announcement the provincial government is restructuring — which is to…
View More Nova Scotia Has A Race Problem