Dusan Petricic's Toronto
Nov 8, 2011Rick SalutinIn 1993, when Dusan Petricic came to Toronto from Belgrade in what is now always called "the former Yugoslavia," he was generally seen as its leading political cartoonist.
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Mar 9, 2012Rick SalutinThis week Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, the energizer bunny of the Harper cabinet, popped up to put more polish on his argument that immigration needs to be driven by...
View ArticleThe Liberals: From natural governing party to an uncertain future, 1984 to 2012
May 14, 2012James LaxerThe question for the Liberals is: do they now face a future as a centrist, third party, poised between the Conservatives and the NDP, sometimes able to coalesce with one or the...
View ArticleShe fixes so many problems: The impacts of the Neighbourhood Immigrant...
She fixes so many problems: The impacts of the Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement WorkerApr 12, 2013The Neighbourhood Immigrant Settlement Worker (NISW) is one of the programs established by the...
View ArticleRacism in academia: Addressing racial oppression in post-secondary education
Nov 14, 2013Mehdi RizviRacism is not new to Canada. But in the last 40 years with the landing of new waves of non-Caucasian immigrants, racism has taken a new direction, confronting new targets.
View ArticleNepal's social, political changes captured in photographs
Nov 27, 2013June ChuaTravelling re-cemented Surendra's Lawoti bond to his homeland and triggered a process of examination, culminating in a series of photographs that chronicle Nepal's struggle to...
View ArticleObserving Yom Ashura in a multicultural Canada
Dec 12, 2013Mehdi RizviYom Ashura is a day of mourning observed by the Muslim community every year on the 10th of Moharram, the first month of the lunar calendar. This year, it was observed on...
View ArticleIs multiculturalism bad for women in Canada?
Mar 18, 2014Azeezah KanjiControversial author Irshad Manji claims multiculturalism is a policy that prevents interrogation of misogynistic cultural practices, endangering women's lives and well-being....
View ArticleWatch: Author Reza Aslan talks Islamophobia in Canadian context
Jan 21, 2015rabbleTVIssues of Islamophobia are in the headlines again. Author and academic Reza Aslan spoke on the issue of Islamophobia at the 2014 National Council of Canadian Muslims' Gala in Toronto.
View ArticleCanada's parliament and its diversity problem
Jan 30, 2015A. SplawinskiA new study reveals that Canada's Conservative government is not an accurate reflection of our population. Now that could encompass a whole myriad of things (and it does).
View ArticleDear Ms Clarkson: Education on the border between whiteness and blackness
Feb 7, 2015Lizanne FosterIf we met now we could talk about my "2 degrees of separation" from Madiba. We could talk about why an ubuntu philosophy is our only hope of surviving climate change. Or we...
View ArticleRomila Barryman explores the hidden historical South Asian community of...
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View ArticleCanada will never end racism unless it dispels these three national myths first
Jul 25, 2016Vince WongTwo weeks ago, Regent Park bore witness to possibly the most candid public discussion on racism with high-level decision-makers in Ontario's history. But it can't stop there.
View ArticleIn diversity, there is strength
Aug 31, 2016David SuzukiFrom the microscopic level of genes to large-scale biological systems, from natural ecosystems to human communities, diversity brings strength and resilience in the face of...
View ArticleWorkers and unions against racism in Australia
Dec 9, 2016Asia Pacific CurrentsLabour updates of workers' struggles from the Asia-Pacific region and the upcoming global street fiesta in Melbourne, Australia.
View ArticleRacism in academia: Addressing racial oppression in post-secondary education
Nov 14, 2013Mehdi RizviRacism is not new to Canada. But in the last 40 years with the landing of new waves of non-Caucasian immigrants, racism has taken a new direction, confronting new targets.
View ArticleNepal's social, political changes captured in photographs
Nov 27, 2013June ChuaTravelling re-cemented Surendra's Lawoti bond to his homeland and triggered a process of examination, culminating in a series of photographs that chronicle Nepal's struggle to...
View ArticleObserving Yom Ashura in a multicultural Canada
Dec 12, 2013Mehdi RizviYom Ashura is a day of mourning observed by the Muslim community every year on the 10th of Moharram, the first month of the lunar calendar. This year, it was observed on...
View ArticleIs multiculturalism bad for women in Canada?
Mar 18, 2014Azeezah KanjiControversial author Irshad Manji claims multiculturalism is a policy that prevents interrogation of misogynistic cultural practices, endangering women's lives and well-being....
View ArticleWatch: Author Reza Aslan talks Islamophobia in Canadian context
Jan 21, 2015rabbleTVIssues of Islamophobia are in the headlines again. Author and academic Reza Aslan spoke on the issue of Islamophobia at the 2014 National Council of Canadian Muslims' Gala in Toronto.
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