By Dr. Gina Valle in Toronto, ON Children of immigrants learn to live in two worlds. As a first-generation Canadian, I learned to maintain and…
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Tag: Quebec
Exhibit Takes Guests to Libraries Around the World
by Vincent Simboli in Montreal “The library is a mirror of the universe,” writes Argentinian-Canadian author Alberto Manguel in his 2006 book The Library at…
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Activist Connects Loss of Culture to Climate Change
by Winnie Hwo in Vancouver The world is still catching up to Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier. A year before being appointed an Officer of the…
View More Activist Connects Loss of Culture to Climate ChangeLet’s Discuss Investor Sweetheart Deals for All Provinces
Commentary by Don Curry in North Bay Critics are looking at Quebec’s so-called “sweetheart deal” on immigrant investors the wrong way. Instead of complaining about…
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Hungarian Canadian Tackles Image of Racist Quebec
by Matt D’Amours in Montreal Is there any topic touchier in Canada than Quebec’s identity politics? It might be easier to answer this question from…
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Journey Back to Vietnam Becomes Universal Story
by Elvira Truglia in Montreal Kim Thuy’s fourth novel continues the author’s style of recalling her own journey to Canada and crossing linguistic and cultural…
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Haitian Canadians in Quebec: A Rich Political History
by Beatrice Paez in Toronto When Elizabeth Philibert arrived in Montreal as an émigré in 1979, she immediately felt the city would be her closest…
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Comedy Reveals Challenges of Canadian Democracy
by Danica Samuel in Toronto “Just because you’ve fallen off ship doesn’t mean you’re drowning.” In the film My Internship in Canada, the person struggling…
View More Comedy Reveals Challenges of Canadian DemocracyReligious Accommodation Still a Struggle in Quebec
by Elvira Truglia in Montreal On one of the final stops during its two-year, cross-country “Our Canada” workshop series, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)…
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by Matt D’Amours in Montreal Community organizations and immigrant lobby groups in Quebec are speaking out against a provincial welfare reform bill that would require…
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