There have also been similar online movements outside of Canada. An online petitioner asked Singapore to ban travellers from China.
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Fewer “Eyes” in Newsrooms Leads to Blind Spots
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Leitch Campaign Scrambles to Distance Itself from Anti-Mosque Group
Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch’s campaign says she did not know Ron Banjaree, an anti-Muslim advocate, or the organization Rise Canada would be at the event she attended Monday evening in Brampton. “Kellie did not know…
View More Leitch Campaign Scrambles to Distance Itself from Anti-Mosque Group“We All Have Xenophobia to Some Degree”
The 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”America at a Crossroads: Land of Hope or Fear?
Recently all 10 of the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) submitted their resignations to President Trump. The main reason: Trump’s policies have adversely affected Asian Americans in particular and minorities in general.…
View More America at a Crossroads: Land of Hope or Fear?Shooting in Quebec City: Symptom of a Wider Crisis
The cold-blooded shooting of six Muslims following evening prayers on Jan 29 at a Québec City mosque has, predictably, amplified the acrimonious debate over racism, xenophobia and Islamophobia in Quebec – as the suspect, who…
View More Shooting in Quebec City: Symptom of a Wider CrisisThe Bad and Ugly Brexit
Most divorces end bad and ugly, needlessly. Brexit’s fate is no different. After almost four decades Britain decided to walk out of a relationship with Europe. However, one must recognize that Britain was always the…
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Hungarian Canadian Tackles Image of Racist Quebec
Is there any topic touchier in Canada than Quebec’s identity politics? It might be easier to answer this question from the outside looking in, but for us Québécois, conclusions are a bit harder to come…
View More Hungarian Canadian Tackles Image of Racist QuebecEvent Series Focuses on Building Inclusive Cities
Richmond community members came together last week to discuss breaking down the barriers of racism as part of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s (CRRF) three-year Our Canada Project. Held at the John M.S. Lecky UBC…
View More Event Series Focuses on Building Inclusive CitiesCanada is Not Immune to Racist Ideology
On Oct. 17, mayoral candidate Henriette Reker was stabbed in the neck during a campaign stop in Cologne, Germany. The perpetrator, a 44-year-old unemployed man, was furious about Reker’s support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s migration policy, which…
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