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We are all Afghanistan
What happens when immigration processes are mired by misinformation on social media and capitalized on by promises sold with slick marketing tactics against a backdrop of insidious psychological warfare?
Collectively, it spawns a deep desperation.
Two decades of Islamophobia: The invisible toll on the health of Muslims in Canada
In the last five years, more Muslims have been killed in targeted hate-attacks in Canada than in any other G7 country. And this growing Islamophobia is having impacts on the health of Muslim Canadians.
Variations on a theme: Twenty years of anti-terror measures in an already terrorized community
The history and ongoing legacy of slavery shouldn't be seen in contrast to the two decades of anti-terror. Rather, we should view the post-9/11 era as a permutation and extension of that history and legacy.
Patching up Canada’s income security net: Lessons from the pandemic
The big question now for Canada is whether, by design or default, we will revert to the “same old, same old” after the crisis.
Oppression will try to steal your ability to dream. Don’t let it.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionately high impact on Black communities. It’s exceptionally difficult to produce a vision of freedom in such rough times. But we must keep freedom dreaming.
Hungry for more? Monitor resource list
Our favourite books, podcasts and articles exploring issues related to decolonizing the food justice movement, dismantling anti-fat bias and more!
Call for submissions: Twenty years of anti-terror
On December 18, 2001, Canada's Anti-terrorism Act received Royal Assent. The two decades since have seen a rise in Islamophobia, as well as increased surveillance of, and police violence towards protests. How do we rebuild after two decades of anti-terrorism acts and actions?
Learning to raise and cook food from nana, not a book
Bress 'n' Nyam and the Black farmers who are returning to the countryside to steward the land.
Canadian landlords can be hostile to African food
In July 2019, I and two Black African friends settled into a new apartment in Ottawa. I quickly guessed that our “African food” would become a racial tinder box.
Rushing back to “normal”: Are we leaving the most vulnerable behind?
The rush back to some semblance of normalcy is understandable, but this sentiment can’t blind us to the work ahead.
Not all retirement is made equal
A new CCPA report shows that retirement security is colour-coded in Canada
Nothing about us without us
After a year of seeing the racially-lopsided impacts of the pandemic in Canada I think that the framework I proposed in my October 2019 TEDxToronto talk is ripe for reconsideration.
Centrist Complacency: The U.S.Capitol insurrection is a warning to us all
It is imperative that we face the threat that white supremacists pose to what are already weak-functioning Western democracies.
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