Language barriers, migration trauma, cultural discrepancies and family responsibilities; women authors of diaspora are defying the odds, breaking through different obstacles to have their voices heard.
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Tag: Somalia
Immigration has Nothing to do with Terrorism
IF there was any doubt about what a Donald Trump presidency means for the U.S. over the next four years, and by extension for all of…
View More Immigration has Nothing to do with TerrorismRefugees – Buzzword of the Year and Deservedly So
Every day, we see pictures and videos of families desperately crossing the sea to escape war and poverty back home. Hundreds of refugees are interviewed…
View More Refugees – Buzzword of the Year and Deservedly SoCanada, Be Humble About Intervening Abroad: Experts
Canada needs to know it limits before its next intervention abroad, be it military or humanitarian. And be humble about it. This is the message…
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#Elxn42 Sparks Hope for Somali Canadians
The 2015 federal elections is a milestone for Somali Canadians as it marks a significant increase in their level of political engagement. Canada’s Somali community…
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Why I’m running: Lilly Obina in Ottawa
This is an occasional column on immigrants running for political office — at the municipal, provincial or federal level. Here, we feature a candidate contesting an Ottawa…
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Teaching Students to be “Culturally Bilingual”
The country’s largest and most diverse school board was in the spotlight earlier this month for all the wrong reasons. The Toronto District School Board…
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Who Speaks for a New Canadian Community?
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and some of that city’s Somali community are at odds. Acting on what it thought were the concerns of…
View More Who Speaks for a New Canadian Community?“We are Canadian, too,” say Somali-Canadians
Montreal − A new study published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy challenges the perception that the Somali Canadian community has failed to…
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