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Being Counted in Canada’s Coronavirus Data

Howard Ramos April 14, 2020 No Comments Canada Covid-19 data Federal Government health immigrant Provincial Government racialized communities United States

Stronger data collection is essential to understand how COVID-19 impacts immigrant communities across Canada.

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Diverse Stories Boost the Industry: Book Publishers

Tazeen Inam June 2, 2016 No Comments books Canada 150 diversity immigrants literary literature Peel Region people of colour Publishers racialized communities

Canadian book publishers and literature supporters say diverse stories written by emerging writers can increase readership and are vital for enhancing Canada’s publishing industry. Five…

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Calling for Racial Health Equity in Canada

Lucy Slavianska October 13, 2015 No Comments Canada health care healthy immigrant effect immigrants people of colour racialized communities refugees visible minorities

“Racism and racial health inequities are a hidden and serious concern with detrimental consequences for all people in Canada.” This is the position of the…

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The Many Problems with the Term “White”

Anita Bromberg and Rubin Friedman October 9, 2015 No Comments Canadian Race Relations Foundation discriminiation Privilege race racialized racialized communities STUDENTS universities white white privilege

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…

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Debunking the Racialization of Disease

Lucy Oneka September 21, 2015 No Comments Aboriginal AfricanCanadian Diabetes disease Ethnicity media Poverty race racial bias racialized racialized communities

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…

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End Carding: Time for Police Chief to Get on Board

Patrick Hunter June 9, 2015 No Comments Bill Blair Black Black Men Black Youth Blacks carding Charter of Rights and Freedoms John Tory Mark Saunders race Racial profiling racialized communities racism rights Toronto Toronto Police Toronto Police Chief Toronto Police Services

A huge wave, represented by about 50 high-profile Canadians, rocked Mayor John Tory’s proverbial boat this week. The “wave” consisted of a former chief justice…

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New statistical analysis shows that leadership in Canada’s medical marijuana industry is predominately white and male.
https://newcanadianmedia.ca/18922-2-cannabis-medical-marijuana-industry-lacks-diversity/
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Belarusian opposition leaders believe that outside pressure can help the country remove from power its long-time president Alexander Lukashenko, who is accused of rigging the August election and jailing and torturing political opponents.
https://newcanadianmedia.ca/belarusian-opposition-calls-for-support-from-20000-strong-diaspora-belarus/
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Remember Abdirahman Abdi @AmiraElghawaby·

Last fall, I shared my experiences growing up with multiculturalism in Canada. A key part of that was working as one of a few journalists of colour.

Heartening that in the year since, there's been somewhat of a reckoning around representation. https://youtu.be/pP_ptjP1eKo #cdnmedia

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