I am heartbroken but I’m not surprised. The targeted killing of eight women in Atlanta, six of them Asian, is a brutal result of decades-long… 04/09/2021
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Opinion & Analysis
The Atlanta attacks were not just racist and misogynist, they painfully reflect the society we live in
Anti-Asian Racists Must Pay Legal Price
I will always remember the time when I heard a man yelling “Go back to China” at a social activist whom I admire at her… 03/26/2021
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New report calls for stronger anti-racism strategy as attacks on Asian community spike
Microaggressions have been a constant during Dr. Stephanie Go’s career as a physician in Canada. Despite growing up here, she has had to field questions… 03/26/2021
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Canadians are having less sex, not more, during the coronavirus pandemic
Flexibility is the ability to bend without breaking. If we are all trees amidst a pandemic storm, the windy gusts of virus variants and vaccine… 03/26/2021
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The scene from Cuba: How it’s getting so much right on COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately harms underprivileged people globally, Cuba’s “people over profit” approach has been saving many lives — both on the island and… 03/26/2021
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COVID-19’s impact on migrant workers adds urgency to calls for permanent status
February 24, 2021 Migrant workers in Canada have suffered tremendously during COVID-19. Each year, some 85,000 low-wage migrant workers come to Canada under the Temporary… 03/12/2021
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Profits trump COVID-19 protections for migrant seafood workers in Atlantic Canada
March 4, 2021 Canada’s federal government recently imposed new air travel restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. The government and four… 03/12/2021
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Suspect COVID-19 test upended human rights around the world
February 28, 2021 By Lee Harding Troy Media Portuguese court finds that the test, in itself, is unable to determine, beyond a reasonable doubt, that… 03/12/2021
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‘We don’t just want you to study here, we want you to stay here’
COVID-19 has had devastating effects on the financial well-being of many recent immigrants, temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and international students in Canada, according to a… 02/26/2021
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Ending ‘streaming’ is only the first step to dismantling systemic racism in Ontario schools
Last week, the Ontario government announced its plan to end streaming in Grade 9, something Education Minister Stephen Lecce acknowledged is a “racist, discriminatory” practice.… 02/26/2021
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