War veterans from all over the world have chosen to start new lives in Canada. Many of them fought against each other, but now they live in the same neighbourhoods—but how do they feel about each other? Director D.I. Lee uses the prism of his own experience serving in the South Korean army for his new upcoming documentary, No Longer Enemies, Not Yet Friends.
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COVID-19 has become a major barrier for an Afghan father who left a dozen challenges behind. For him and many other refugees, family reunification in Canada has become a challenge due to ongoing bureaucratic delays.
View More A Refugee Father’s Struggle to Reunite with His Family During COVID-19
Colombians who fled war are sharing their experiences through an independent commission that aims to develop a historical record of Latin America’s longest conflict from interviews with victims and those who took up arms.
View More Lessons of War: Colombian Diaspora Add Their Voices to Truth Commission
In 1918, 26 Polish soldiers were buried in the Polish Military Cemetery behind St.Vincent de Paul Church. The small plot of graves is immediately distinguishable from the others in St. Vincent de Paul cemetery. Surrounded…
View More Polish Sunday – Annual PilgrimageI have come to know the journalist Michael Petrou over the past few years. He would sometimes call me to seek my views on terrorism when he was with Macleans magazine and I relied heavily…
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We live in a world where fear is easy to spread. There is no shortage of evidence that bad things happen and that there are some bad actors in a lot of places. The rise…
View More We Can Choose Not to be AfraidMore than 160 Canadians lost their lives, more than 1,000 were wounded, and the government spent over $20 billion during Canada’s mission in Afghanistan. Stephen M. Saideman, a scholar and the Paterson Chair in International…
View More Author Revisits Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan
A new exhibit at a Vancouver museum is exploring the experiences of a lesser-known group of combatants in the Second World War, who were major contributors to Chinese-Canadian civil rights, according to experts. The Chinese…
View More “Rumble in the Jungle” Remembers Chinese-Canadian Militants
Imagine being a child bride in pre-revolutionary Iran – suffering abuse on a daily basis, being forced into a joyless marriage and having children at the age of 13. There is no law or organization…
View More Political Upheaval Brings Women Together in HealingHossein is a 10-year-old Iraqi orphan with long hair, big olive-coloured eyes and a shy smile. He loves going to school and playing soccer. He also loves visiting his Canadian dentist for annual check-ups. Hossein’s…
View More Canadian Dentists Expand Mission to Help Iraqi Orphans