Olivia Chow, widow of NDP leader Jack Layton, second right, stands beside his casket alongside Layton’s children, Michael and Sarah, as Layton’s body lay in state in the foyer of the Centre Block of the Parliament buildings on Wednesday, Aug 24. Eddie Rwema Thousands of people lined up on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to pay [...]
Somali Youth 80% des jeunes en prison sont des musulmans! Et plus de 70% de ces derniers sont des somalis! Il n’y a pourtant, jusqu’à présent, aucune action globale et cohérente de la part des communautés concernées ; ni même une étude sérieuse et fouillée des raisons de ce drame récent ; drame particulièrement douloureux dans la [...]
(By Don Lajoie, courtesy of The Windsor Star) – ” href=”http://www.aaein.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/black-students-in-class.jpg”> For Walkerville high school student Ayan Holland, the University of Windsor’s annual African Youth Diaspora Conference is an integral part of her education and a key to her personal empowerment. Speaking Friday during a break in the weekend-long conference, which attracted more than 400 [...]
Honorable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, In a recent Ottawa Citizen article, Mr. Ahmed Hussen, head of the Ottawa based Canadian Somali Congress attended hearings before the US House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security on the issue of the radicalization of Muslim-Americans. During his testimony, Mr Hussen talked about “dozens” of young Canadian [...]
By RON FANFAIR The Ontario Court of Justice comprises 391 full-time and pier diem judges of which just seven are African-Canadian. And there are just 18 Black Bay St. partners in influential downtown Toronto law firms. The paucity of Blacks and other visible minorities in the legal profession prompted the authors of a diversity report [...]
This week, I’m running a series of radio ads about the importance of delivering for seniors (listen to the ad here). As MPP, I’m fighting for tax cuts, better health care, and new ways to help seniors stay at home. Read on to learn more. Aging at Home [...]
Steven Edwards, Postmedia News UNITED NATIONS – Canada is set to defy a United Nations anti-racism watchdog that is preparing to once again criticize the government’s use of the term “visible minorities.” A delegation to be led by Citizenship and Immigration Canada will tell the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination that Canada considers the [...]
DJIBOUTI: (DjibTalk) DIMANCHE le 26/06/2011 — La République de Djibouti va célébrer demain le 34éme anniversaire de la fête d’indépendance nationale. Comme à l’accoutumé la fête débutera par le traditionnelle défilé militaire qui aura lieu dans la capitale, à Doumeira et dans les cinq régions de l’intérieur du pays. Dès son arrivée sur le site de Balbala, le [...]
When asked, in a 2002 poll, whether the government should preserve and enhance multiculturalism, 82 per cent of Canadians said yes. So why, asks Lionel Lumb, from Carleton University’s School of Journalism, “are the millions of minorities that are so visible on our streets and in shopping malls, our offices and health care centres, so [...]