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Muslim student says goodbye to Canada’s hits and misses

Ayat Abed Isaid

When Ayat Abu Hantash moved to Canada from Jordan four years ago to study journalism at St. Thomas University, she was ecstatic at the thought of experiencing a culture where she would be considered equal to those around her.  She couldn’t wait to experience all the human rights and freedoms we enjoy here.  She never [...]

Hockey… It’s all we’ve got

This moose will not hestitate to stomp you if you make fun of his face paint. Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons, with a little Canadian touch up.

We’ve all seen it, and most of us have done it. We put on our Team Canada jerseys, paint our faces, wave Canadian flags and banners with beer in hand and a moose elegantly seated in our laps. A full-size live one, none of those pansy stuffed things. Hockey fever sets in at every world [...]

Media’s approach to immigration changing

Multiculturalism in Canada

  The media plays an essential role in the first stages of an immigrant’s adaptation into a new society. Due to language barriers, immigrants tend to reach out for ethnic newspapers, magazines, radio and TV programmes when such media resources are available in the host country. In the past, immigrants were underrepresented in the media [...]

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