On March 15, the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa held a day-long symposium on Afghanistan. It was not the first one that I had attended, but probably the best organized and…
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The Third Opinion: Misleading Survey Questions
“Most Canadians in favour of limits on immigration: poll,” read a recent headline in the National Post. It sounded ominous, perhaps an early indication that attitudes are hardening towards newcomers even as Canadians navigate the…
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Is the Arab Spring coming to a neighbourhood near you? That is the question on the minds of many Arab and Canadian citizens these days. Absent from the conversation that began in December, 2010, is…
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