Posted by Jody Nabuurs
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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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 [...]
Posted by Chelsea Stevens
Opinion, This Week's Edition
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

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 [...]
Posted by Ayat Abu Hantash
Opinion, This Week's Edition
Sunday, September 27th, 2009

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 [...]