In Brampton, and more generally in Peel region, Canadians need to curb their desire to gather. Unless we take public health guidelines more seriously, the worst of COVID-19 may yet lie ahead, writes Surjit Flora.
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Concerns about COVID-19 continued to dominate coverage in ethnic media publications during a recent five week period.
View More Analysis: Fears of COVID-19’s ‘Second Wave’ Spotlighted in Ethnic Media
Why have many brown, and other light-skinned immigrants, been conspicuously absent from the anti-Black racism protests taking place in cities and towns around the globe?
View More Anti-Black Racism Protests Should Prompt Introspection for South Asians
This is part of our series on how the pandemic is affecting specific immigrant communities. For Canada’s South Asian communities, the risk is met with an added layer of concern given statistics showing this group has a higher incidence of underlying health conditions that make any infection far more severe.
View More PART 2: Forced to Adapt Due to COVID-19, South Asian Immigrants Concerned about Underlying Health Conditions
An obvious part of solving this problem is diversifying mainstream newsrooms through the hiring of reporters from diverse communities
View More Sunny Dhillon Quitting Exposes need for Change in Mainstream MediaIn 1904, there were only 40 immigrants from India living in Canada, mostly from the Punjab. Largely based in Vancouver and surrounding areas, these pioneers…
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When Toronto-based lawyer Anjli Patel and her husband, Parambir Keila, were planning their Sikh wedding ceremony, they wanted to keep it simple and have it…
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Without saying anything, Farrah Khan hands out a clipboard with a piece of paper on it to each person in the room. “Now, I want…
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A racial slur against a former Vancouver Park Board commissioner with a South Asian background is creating a social media furor. Meanwhile, a protest group…
View More Anonymity Shields Perpetrators of Racism in Online Forums and Comment FieldsAt a time when national and local mainstream media seem to be downsizing and shutting down daily, where does Canada’s ethnic media fit in? And…
View More Research Watch #9: Canada’s Vital Ethnic Media