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Malala: A Girl From Paradise (Film)
ShareBy Barbara Brown Special to the Diversity Reporter Diversity Reporter Editor Mohsin Abbas is soaring high on the wings of a new passion – a documentary film he is making about the remarkable courage of a 15-year-old school girl from his native Pakistan. Malala: A Girl from Paradise tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, who more »
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Cycling4Diversity ready to roll
ShareCycling4Diversity for the past two years have brought a new perspective in celebrating cultural diversity in British Columbia. A team of cyclist mostly from the Abbotsford/Mission area cycled from Mission to Victoria speaking with students and organizations on topics of cultural diversity, inclusion and racism. Their motto: “Building bridges of dialogue, one city at a more »
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Privy Council Office spending thousands to keep tabs on ethnic press
ShareOTTAWA—Citizenship and Immigration Canada isn’t the only federal department spending hundreds of thousands of dollars keeping a keen eye on the country’s ethnic media. The Privy Council Office, the bureaucracy that supports the prime minister, spent $463,300 last January on a two-year contract with the same ethnic media monitoring company that Citizenship has paid almost more »
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Film reveals Canadian Sikh community’s World War I stories
ShareWhen it comes to the history of Canada’s South Asian community, Sikhs form a significant portion of the mosaic. Every year, Canadians participate in the Remembrance Day ceremony and pay special tribute to those compatriots who died defending their country during the wars. Until recently, nothing much was known about handful of Sikhs who joined more »
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Paralympic gold brings hearty congratulations
ShareVICTORIA – The B.C. government is extending its warmest congratulations to the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team for its gold medal win this weekend, announced Bill Bennett, Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. The team, which features two B.C. athletes, competed against Australia in the final, winning the match 64 – 58 to capture more »
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India Mela brings Bollywood to Victoria
ShareThe third annual Indian Mela returns to Victoria’s Centennial Square this weekend
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Getting to know Grandma
ShareBy Alexandra Skultety The earliest memories I have of my grandma are best described through smells and sounds. Paprika: both the aroma of the spice emanating from the kitchen and the sound of the word in her sharp Hungarian accent. She added it to every soup, meat, and noodle dish that bubbled on the stove. more »
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Minister Kenney Applauds RCMP for Immigration Fraud Charges
ShareCitizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney offered his appreciation today to the Windsor detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for charges laid against an immigration lawyer and her assistant for allegedly counseling individuals to misrepresent themselves to the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB). In their ongoing efforts to investigate immigration fraud, the more »
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Launching Komagata Maru website
ShareSFU will unveil an interactive website documenting the 1914 Komagata Maru incident on Friday March 23 at the Vancouver campus and host a daylong symposium on the subject March 24 at the Surrey campus. The site Komagata Maru: Continuing the Journey uses the incident, one of the most infamous episodes in Vancouver’s early history, to more »
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Lost Canadians Say Citizenship a Battle for Women’s Rights
ShareGibsons, British Columbia – As Canada prepares to observe International Women’s Day on Thursday, some Canadians are still excluded from citizenship solely because they were born to unwed mothers over 65 years ago. They are part of a group known as Lost Canadians: people who are excluded from citizenship or are having difficulty claiming it because of the date or more »