By Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB “First live a compassionate life. Then you will know,” a quotation from the Buddha, passes across the screen as…
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Sorry to Bother You — With My Accent
By Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB Written and directed by Boots Riley, “Sorry to Bother You” is a futuristic, humorous, damningly anti-capitalist film. It was…
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No Apology For Heroism: Linda Sarsour
By Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB The Social Planning Council of Winnipeg (SPCW) evolved into an organization dedicated to equity, social justice and change. SPCW…
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New Horizons in Voluntourism
By Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB Elsie James (83) pulled into Fernie, British Columbia, with her family when she was seven. The rain-drenched moon raised…
View More New Horizons in VoluntourismCathy Wong’s Fear of a Bus Driver
By Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB Cathy Wong (61), who emigrated from Hong Kong, had an unpleasant experience last December, with a racist bus driver.…
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By: Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg, MB President Donald Trump announced on December 6 that the US would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel unilaterally,…
View More Trump Dims the Lights in Jerusalem“We All Have Xenophobia to Some Degree”
by Ashoke Dasgupta in Winnipeg The Islamic Social Services Association recently organized a conference on the theme of “At the Heart of Human Rights is…
View More “We All Have Xenophobia to Some Degree”First Filipino Politician Conrad Santos Dies at 81
by Ted Alcuitas in Vancouver The man who put Filipinos on the political map of this country has died in Winnipeg, his home for more than…
View More First Filipino Politician Conrad Santos Dies at 81Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can Help
by Kayla Isomura in Vancouver A year after being called “Canada’s most racist city,” Winnipeg is on its way to becoming more inclusive, and immigrants can…
View More Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can HelpCanadians Still Conflicted About Newcomers
by Florence Hwang in Regina, Saskatchewan Two independent surveys find that Canadians are positive about newcomers in theory, but they are not so agreeable when…
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