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Grace Abounding: A Review of “A Prayer for Compassion” Screening for Winnipeg VegFest

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

Ashoke Dasgupta May 18, 2019 No Comments Armie Hammer Boots Riley Cinematheque Danny Glover filmmaker Jermaine Fowler Lakeith Stanfield Omari Hardwick Sorry to Bother You Steven Yeun Sundance Film Festival Terry Crews Tessa Thompson Winnipeg

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…

Commentary

No Apology For Heroism: Linda Sarsour

Ashoke Dasgupta May 10, 2019 No Comments Canadian Muslim Women’s Institute Islamophobia Israel Jews Linda Sarsour Mayor Brian Bowman Palestine Social justice Social Planning Council of Winnipeg white nationalism Winnipeg women's rights

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…

A trainer teaches the Girls’ Menstrual Health Education Program in Dhading, at Days for Girls, a school in the Himalayans.

New Horizons in Voluntourism

Ashoke Dasgupta February 19, 2018 No Comments Ashoke Dasgupta British Columbia Charity collective Elsie James Nepal volunteer Volunteerism Winnipeg

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…

Commentary

Cathy Wong’s Fear of a Bus Driver

Ashoke Dasgupta January 24, 2018 No Comments Ashoke Dasgupta bus bus driver Cathy Wong Manitoba transit Winnipeg

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.…

Policy

Trump Dims the Lights in Jerusalem

Ashoke Dasgupta December 18, 2017 No Comments Ashoke Dasgupta collective Israel Jérusalem Palestinian Trump Winnipeg

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,…

“We All Have Xenophobia to Some Degree”

Ashoke Dasgupta March 29, 2017 No Comments Ashoke Dasgupta Haroon Siddiqui Islamophobia Muslims Winnipeg xenophobia

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…

Politics

First Filipino Politician Conrad Santos Dies at 81

Ted Alcuitas March 18, 2016 No Comments Canadian Filipino FilipinoCanadian Manitoba MLA NDP New Democratic Party obituary Philippines politician Ted Alcuitas Winnipeg

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…

Politics

Winnipeg’s Racism Problem: Immigrants Can Help

NCM Anonymous February 25, 2016 No Comments Aboriginal ChineseCanadians Indigenous Kayla Isomura Manitoba racism Vancouver Winnipeg

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…

Policy

Canadians Still Conflicted About Newcomers

NCM Anonymous November 6, 2015 No Comments diversity Florence Hwang immigrants inclusion Multiculturalism Newcomers racism refugee survey Winnipeg

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…