Srijoni Rahman “There hasn’t been a time in the last 50 years when we have not marched on the streets of Toronto calling out to put an end to racism,” she exclaimed into the microphone. “And so here we are again. … Here we are many years later doing the same thing, calling attention to…
Tag: Multiculturalism
Canada Might Need to Get Off Its Immigration High-Horse
Terhas Ghebretecle and Talha Sadiq Against a backdrop of growing anti-immigrant sentiment around the world, Canada is often portrayed as a model for the successful integration of immigrants. But rising inequality and austerity have changed the context for immigrant settlement in Canada. On February 16, Professor Daniyal Zuberi, RBC Chair and Associate Professor at the…
Minority Report
Nalisha Asgarali Minority groups globally are considering their changing place in mainstream society as headlines and social media feeds are overwhelmed with highly contested viewpoints about them. The Muslim Question in Canada: A Story of Segmented Integration, Professor Abdie Kazemipur’s latest book on Muslim immigration and integration in Canada, seeks to shed light on the minority question….
France Should Look to Canadian Multiculturalism to Address Religious and Racial Tensions Aggravated by Strict Secularism
Celine Caira As I climb into my Uber on the narrow streets of Paris, I can already deduce from the driver’s accent and name that he is an Arab-North African, likely from Algeria, Tunisia, or Morocco. Striking up a conversation with him in French, he explains how he moved to Paris with his wife four…
