Fifty years ago today, in the township of Sharpeville in South Africa, 69 people lost their lives during a demonstration against South Africa’s apartheid “pass laws”.  Six years later, in 1966, the United Nations’ General Assembly proclaimed March 21 as International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Let us honour the memory of [...]

For regular readers here, Cindy King has posted the transcript of our Twitter discussion; you can read it by clicking here.
Towards the end of the interview, I mentioned that, for me, www.NFB.ca has always been informative and an enjoyable site…not only for cross-cultural inspiration, but for historical insights as well. They are also on the [...]

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 – [...]