In this fourth and last part of his “Spotlight on Brampton series,” LJI reporter Mansoor Tanweer examines how the city’s insufficient health-care infrastructure and the car-centric urban design are making Brampton’s immigrant population even more vulnerable.
View More Spotlight on Brampton: Health-Care System Neglected for Too LongA new food guide combines recipes from British Columbia’s immigrant communities with local seafood options to teach new Canadians how to incorporate B.C. fish into a healthy diet. “You have chefs from all over the…
View More Newcomers Can Benefit from Adding Salmon to DietDepending on whom you ask, the actions of Louis Riel, and Dr. Norman Bethune, along with others who lived through difficult times, can be seen as verging on treasonous or justified. Add to that list…
View More Vancouver Play Highlights Canada’s Forgotten Martyr Mewa SinghAs refugees begin trickling into Canada in 2016, local police departments are warning newcomers and their sponsors to beware of con artists posing as immigration officials who might attempt to cheat them out of their…
View More Immigration Fraudsters Target Refugees, South Asians
Canada’s weakening economy, the implication of Anti-terrorism Act, Bill C-51 and rapid growth in the riding are some of the main concerns of constituents in Vancouver South. These issues might decide the fate of this…
View More Vancouver South Residents Seek Change
As Oct. 19 is only days away, a quick look at ridings with interesting ethno-cultural dynamics at play will give you an idea of what to watch out for on election night. It is highly…
View More ‘Ethnic’ Ridings to Watch on Election Night
Voter turn out is traditionally low amongst racialized youth. It is with this in mind that the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA) gathered dozens of youth from the Malvern community to have their…
View More Getting Out the Racialized Youth VoteA couple of years ago, I was interviewed by student Nayani Thiyagarajah at Ryerson University for a video documentary entitled Shadeism. I spoke about shadeism in a Caribbean context, and used the term “pigmentocracy”. The…
View More Our Homegrown Pigmentocracy