by Priya Ramanujam in Toronto Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni says the immigration experience helped make her the award-winning and best-selling Indian-American writer she is today. Her…
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Muslim Women Speak Out at Annual Poetry Showcase
by Priya Ramanujam in Toronto In Canada, Muslim people are often spoken about, rather than the people who are doing the speaking. It is one…
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Scarborough Subway: Mayor Just Doesn’t Get It
Commentary by Priya Ramanujam in Scarborough I find it insulting for Toronto Mayor John Tory to casually toss around the fact that more than half…
View More Scarborough Subway: Mayor Just Doesn’t Get It“Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”
by Priya Ramanujam in Toronto Immigration and the ‘immigrant experience’ are often used as a smokescreen to mask systemic racism and exclusion. This is according…
View More “Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”“A Blow to the City”: Toronto’s Black Police Deputy Resigns
by Priya Ramanujam in Scarborough In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: celebrated deputy chief of the Toronto Police…
View More “A Blow to the City”: Toronto’s Black Police Deputy ResignsMaking News Pay: Ethnic Media Offers Lessons
by Priya Ramanujam in Toronto Ethnic media may have lessons to offer on connecting to audiences and providing diverse services as traditional news organizations seek…
View More Making News Pay: Ethnic Media Offers LessonsResearch Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic Media
by Priya Ramanujam in Scarborough, Ontario At a time when national and local mainstream media seem to be downsizing and shutting down daily, where does…
View More Research Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic MediaFighting for Migrant Farmworkers’ Rights
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: Beginning today, NCM will bring readers a summary of what is appearing in ethnic media across Canada. We begin with English-language media, but…
View More Fighting for Migrant Farmworkers’ RightsImmigrant Families Struggle to Deal with Disability
by Tazeen Inam in Mississauga, Ontario According to the 2015 child poverty report for Toronto, newcomer children, children of colour and children with disabilities are…
View More Immigrant Families Struggle to Deal with DisabilityHousing Refugees Won’t Affect Low-Income Rentals
by Tazeen Inam in Mississauga, Ontario For most of the Syrian refugees arriving in Canada this month, their first challenge will be to find affordable…
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