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Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future: Reconciliation
Zahura Ahmed , Congress student blogger What kind of nation are we? What kind of nation do we want to be in the next 150 years? Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada, gave a compelling...
The Harper Decade: reflecting on ten years of Conservative government
Zahura Ahmed , Congress student blogger From 2006 to 2015, Canadian federal politics were marked by the distinctive leadership style and priorities of Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party. From domestic and foreign policy, to institutions and...
Preserving knowledge in the face of war and oppression: Stories of academic refugees fleeing Hitler’s regime
When academics and researchers are displaced by war or persecution, it is more than their lives and those of their families that face destruction; we also risk losing their accumulated expertise and future contributions to human knowledge. In times...
We’re all in this canoe called Canada together
Referencing the famous statue “Spirit of Haida Gwaii” by Indigenous artist Bill Reid, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin (Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada) addressed the issue of accommodation in her Big Thinking lecture The Rule of...
Addressing racism: Toward equity and diversity in higher education
Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Ryerson University Guest Contributor Last month, a study conducted by Statistics Canada for Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canadian Heritage and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada entitled Projections of the...
Social impact of diversity: Potentials and challenges in Canada
Jeffrey G. Reitz, University of Toronto Guest Contributor Multiculturalism has been a cornerstone of Canadian policy for almost 40 years, but internationally, particularly since 9/11 and in light of inter-ethnic conflicts in Europe resulting from...
Niqab: Gender equity or social exclusion?
Christine Overall, Queen’s University Guest Contributor Naïma Atef Amed has twice been forced out of government-funded French language classes for new immigrants in Montreal. The reason is that she wears a niqab , a face veil chosen by some Muslim...
Unreasonably focusing on reasonable accommodation in Canada?
Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Université de Montréal Guest Contributor Here we go again. As I write this entry, a new controversy has erupted following a Quebec government’s decision to allow private Chassidic schools to hold classes on weekends...
The new Canadian citizenship test: No 'barbarians' need apply
Radha Jhappan, Carleton University Guest Contributor Photo courtesy Chealion on Flickr. The Conservative government of Canada recently issued a new guide to citizenship entitled “ Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship .” The...