“First live a compassionate life. Then you will know,” a quotation from the Buddha, passes across the screen as the film starts. Thomas Wade Jackson was in Unity of New York – a metaphysical, new-thought…
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Written and directed by Boots Riley, “Sorry to Bother You” is a futuristic, humorous, damningly anti-capitalist film. It was Riley’s entrée to film direction. Though it could have been shorter, the film succeeds on many…
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The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (SPCW) evolved into an organization dedicated to equity, social justice and change. SPCW marked its centenary with “Sorry Not Sorry: Unapologetically Working for Social Justice,” a panel discussion on…
View More No Apology For Heroism: Linda SarsourElsie James (83) pulled into Fernie, British Columbia, with her family when she was seven. The rain-drenched moon raised its Aladdin’s lamp to the stars, conjuring magical shadows into being. The next morning, crimson streaks…
View More New Horizons in VoluntourismCathy Wong (61), who emigrated from Hong Kong, had an unpleasant experience last December, with a racist bus driver. The incident came on the eve of an unprecedented bus fare increase for services that have been…
View More Cathy Wong’s Fear of a Bus DriverPresident Donald Trump announced on December 6 that the US would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel unilaterally, triggering global protests and rejection of the US as a peace broker. About 60 Winnipeggers protested…
View More Trump Dims the Lights in JerusalemThe Islamic Social Services Association recently organized a conference on the theme of “At the Heart of Human Rights is Human Dignity” in Winnipeg. It was attended by about 180 people, including many important speakers,…
View More “We All Have Xenophobia to Some Degree”The man who put Filipinos on the political map of this country has died in Winnipeg, his home for more than five decades. Conrad Santos, the first Filipino-Canadian to be elected to a provincial legislative…
View More First Filipino Politician Conrad Santos Dies at 81A year after being called “Canada’s most racist city,” Winnipeg is on its way to becoming more inclusive, and immigrants can be part of the solution. “It is wonderful that very recently we are seeing…
View More Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can HelpTwo independent surveys find that Canadians are positive about newcomers in theory, but they are not so agreeable when pushed out of their comfort zones. According to Immigration Partnership Winnipeg’s recent survey, Winnipeggers generally have…
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