What might it be like to treat COVID-19 patients while also being targeted as the cause of the disease? Dr. Stephanie Go, an internal medicine specialist in Toronto, shares her experiences of both subtle and blatant racism at work.
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Responding to an NCM reporter’s question, the B. C. government has said it does want to study the underlying genetic factors that may be causing some Canadians to be more vulnerable to the pandemic than others. But, a detailed study will have to wait until the current wave of infections is behind us.
View More Clues on How COVID-19 Impacts You, Maybe in Your Genes
The Greater Vancouver Japanese Association is one of many Canadian organizations joining a new coalition to combat anti-Asian racism.
View More Canadian Organizations, Community Groups Join Coalition Amid Spike in Anti-Asian RacismOver its 132-year history since incorporation as a city, Vancouver has had 39 mayors. All of them have been white men. Change seems to be coming, however, and suddenly. Two of the Vancouver’s leading municipal…
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I must confess that I came to Brown: What Being Brown in the World Today Means (To Everyone) and Kamal Al-Solaylee’s thesis as a skeptic. Growing up in India, everybody around me was brown –…
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Vivek Shraya does not mince words. In even this page is white, her language is visceral, and even the form of her poetry helps to draw attention to the sensitive issue of racism. Most of…
View More Poet’s Raw, Direct Verses Confront Ideas of RaceGovernments and bureaucrats need to focus less on numbers and more on starting real conversations that tackle critical problems, like race, in ways that engage immigrants rather than shaming them. “A lot of time when…
View More Engaging Newcomers: ‘We Haven’t Done Enough’
Posters promoting a “White Student Union” appeared on campus at a number of Canadian universities recently. What are we to make of such a student group and the use of the term “White”? Those behind…
View More The Many Problems with the Term “White”There is an ever present bias in the historical theories of racialized people being more susceptible to disease, and these theories have been perpetuated by modern day media, say some Canadian researchers. Goldameir Oneka, University…
View More Debunking the Racialization of DiseaseWith October’s federal elections inching closer, there will be a steady stream of coverage in mainstream newspapers across the country of the candidates vying for a seat in Parliament. As journalists and newspaper editors put…
View More Race Affects How Media Cover Canadian Political Candidates