Posted in Event, Online/websites, Racism, tagged Canadian Arab Federation, genocide, Indigenous Canadians, Omar Shaban, Tarek Fatah on July 2, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Written by guest contributor Fathima and cross posted at Run Like the Wind
On July 4, the Vancouver branch of No One is Illegal, Canada’s foremost immigrant and refugee rights group, will be holding a Movie Marathon Madness event. Films to be screened at the event include Home Feeling: Struggle for a Community, about Toronto’s Jane [...]
Posted in News, Newspaper, Online/websites, Terrorism/War on Terror, tagged Misogyny, Racism, Terrorism on June 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Written by a guest contributor and originally posted at Getting a life.
Scrolling down Antonia Zerbisias’ blog today, my eyes lighted upon the title, “American Taliban.” Something about an American Muslim extremist, I surmised—but, I was wrong. She was in fact blogging about the murder of a well-known doctor in Wichita, Kansas.
Nowhere does Zerbisias indicate what [...]
Posted in Online/websites, Television, tagged CTV, othering, Philip Oreopoulos, Racism, UBC on May 29, 2009 | 18 Comments »
CTV News recently reported on a BC based study in which it was found that Canadians with English names have a better chance of getting a job than do people with non-English, specifically Chinese, Pakistani, or Indian, names. CTV News reports
In fact, after sending out thousands of resumés, the study found those with an English [...]
Posted in News, Online/websites, tagged Jamia Mosque, Richmond Review, stereotypes on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Written by Guest Contributor Magda.
A modest article published in the Richmond Review called “Doors open around city” by Matthew Hoekstra, describes the effort of the city of Richmond, British Columbia to unite its fellow citizens by hosting its second annual “Doors Open” event. The purpose of the event is to allow venues all across the [...]
Posted in Islamophobia, News, Online/websites, tagged Ezra Levant, Human Rights Commissions, Islamophobia, oppression on May 6, 2009 | 30 Comments »
It seems Ezra Levant, right-wing blogger, journalist, lawyer and author, is on a mission to rid Canada of human rights commissions. Many of you may remember Levant from the Danish cartoon controversy a few years ago (see here for an interesting analysis and discussion) when his now defunct magazine ran the cartoons and was subsequently [...]
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