As some of you many know, on Tuesday, January 19, DMS President/CEO Lori Abittan will be participating in an upcoming Canadian Journalism Foundation panel, “The Rise of “Ethnic Media”.
One of the other interesting aspects of this panel, is its moderator:  the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO) of Ontario’s Public Service (OPS):  Noëlle Richardson.  Some of you [...]

I was a little torn on what to post today … it was between two very different ideas.  In the end, “the risotto” (below) won out, albeit a little NSFW. (I’ll leave the other for Twitter.)
My Dad loved Big Night … in fact, in more ways than one, Stanley Tucci (“Secondo”) reminds me of him in [...]

In his most recent commentary in the August 9 edition of Tandem Weekly, our own Patrick Gossage (Chairman of Media Profile and member of our parent company’s Business Advisory Committee) explores the dualities faced by Canada’s immigrants, noting the shared experiences of our country’s  first British immigrants and today’s newcomers.
History repeating: Settlers’ divided loyalties
By Patrick [...]

In his official Canada Multiculturalism Day statement, the Hon. Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, made note of our country’s cultural communities that “have contributed to our rich and diverse heritage.”
“Since Confederation, more than 15 million immigrants have arrived in Canada and our multicultural model of unity-in-diversity, which gives our country such strength, [...]

It’s been a crazy month.  But still, with how busy it’s been, I’ve come across some interesting multiculturalism commentaries — three in particular. I think they’re really worth a read.

Indo-Canadian journalist Haroon Siddiqui recently wrote a piece in the New Internationalist on the state of Canada’s multiculturalism – including some emphasis on Muslim Canadians – [...]