Belief is a novel by Mayank Bhatt, a Mumbai-born resident of Toronto. It tells the story of the son of Indian immigrants to Canada who…
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Accents Celebrated at Shakespeare Reading
by Diana Manole in Ottawa Four hundred years ago, on April, 23, 1616, William Shakespeare passed away. His plays are so special that today we…
View More Accents Celebrated at Shakespeare ReadingLegal Hotline Created After ‘Significant Increase’ in Islamophobia
Five months after Harper’s Conservatives made a pre-elections pledge to establish a controversial “barbaric cultural practices” tip line, a group of lawyers and legal organizations…
View More Legal Hotline Created After ‘Significant Increase’ in IslamophobiaBreaking Silence Around Elder Abuse
Asking seniors subtle questions about their daily routines opens up dialogue – and can point to signs of elder abuse, which rarely reveals itself in…
View More Breaking Silence Around Elder AbuseMake Citizenship Easier, Not Harder: McCallum
In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: The Liberal government is set to repeal Bill C-24; municipal councils wage…
View More Make Citizenship Easier, Not Harder: McCallumSaudi Arms Deal Not Worth Economic Gain: Jaramillo
In this piece, journalist Alireza Ahmadian discusses Canada’s arms deal with Saudi Arabia with Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, a non-governmental organization working…
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Canada Must Open Its Door Without Discrimination
Sixty-seven years after the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 50 years after the adoption of the two Covenants, which along with…
View More Canada Must Open Its Door Without DiscriminationCanada is Not Immune to Racist Ideology
by James Sharma in Montreal On Oct. 17, mayoral candidate Henriette Reker was stabbed in the neck during a campaign stop in Cologne, Germany. The perpetrator, a…
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Crime Top Issue in Surrey Centre
Deanna has lived in North Surrey for 21 years. She lives with her family in the Guildford area, but she doesn’t send her kids to…
View More Crime Top Issue in Surrey CentreAid Work in Syria: Difficult and Risky
Syria’s grave humanitarian crisis draws a great deal of challenges and risks for humanitarian workers in the area, says one representative of the International Committee…
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