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- Toronto reinstates 100 Sikh guards after outcry
- Athletes Inner Strength: Speaking up about mental health
- Experts worry about the pandemic’s long term effects on children
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Toronto reinstates 100 Sikh guards after outcry
Following the World Sikh Organization of Canada taking the issue public, the City of Toronto is reinstating all security guards who lost their jobs because they were required to shave their beards in order to wear N95 masks.
Athletes Inner Strength: Speaking up about mental health
Athletes have not been spared from the mental health challenges of the pandemic but their willingness to speak out can help.
Experts worry about the pandemic’s long term effects on children
Uncertainty around the long-term effects of the pandemic loom as kids head back to school while COVID-19 rules ease in Ontario.
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- Toronto reinstates 100 Sikh guards after outcry - Following the World Sikh Organization of Canada taking the issue public, the City of Toronto is reinstating all security guards who lost their jobs because they were required to shave their beards in order to wear N95 masks.
- Athletes Inner Strength: Speaking up about mental health - Athletes have not been spared from the mental health challenges of the pandemic but their willingness to speak out can help.
- Experts worry about the pandemic’s long term effects on children - Uncertainty around the long-term effects of the pandemic loom as kids head back to school while COVID-19 rules ease in Ontario.
How Calgary’s settlement sector helped transform Canada’s No. 1 Covid hotspot into a vaccine success story - The Calgary East Zone Newcomers Collaborative proves successful in serving and aiding ethnocultural communities during the pandemic, effectively shifting the narrative of who is to blame for the virus' spread.
To retain immigrants, decision-makers must address systemic failures - Even with a record-setting 405,000 new immigrants into the country in 2021, the pandemic has highlighted not only how crucial immigrants are but the systemic failures in properly addressing their needs. NCM's Alec Regino has the story from the 24th Metropolis Canada Conference.
International students struggle with COVID, inflation - International students are not only more vulnerable to the effects of the pandemic, but they are also excluded from most government support and financial relief programs, which is why food banks are seeing more of them needing their services.
Freedom Convoy shunned by South Asian truck drivers - The conspicuous absence of South Asian truck drivers in the mega protest over COVID-19 restrictions reflects high vaccination rates among immigrants, reports Fabian Dawson.
‘Freedom Convoy’ of truckers headed to Ottawa - Thousands opposed to vaccine mandates join rolling rally of truckers making its way to Ottawa, as organizers collect more than $3.6 million in donations.
Don’t call Djokovic a crackpot as yet - Serbian-Canadian journalist Zoran Vidic goes beyond the immediate saga involving Novak Djokovic, calling into question commonly-held views on vaccines and Australia's Byzantine immigration rules.
Amidst Nationwide Nursing Shortage, Foreign-Trained Nurses Unable to Practice - “It’s not a matter of how good of a nurse you are. It’s a matter of if you can present the right paperwork.” Despite a shortage of nurses, many foreign-trained nurses watch from the sidelines, wanting but unable to pitch in.
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