By: Asfia Yassir in Toronto, ON
Grandparents can be gems to have as part of any family unit. Regardless of their day-to-day contributions, their mere presence can have a positive effect…
Commentary by: Mohamed Hammoud in London, ON
A little bit of racism is okay seems to be the message coming out of the runaway success that is Black Panther.
Let's all admit…
By: Sam Minassie in Toronto
The Institute of Canadian Archives is gearing up for its feature event of the year, which will showcase a number of speakers who will host open…
By: Caora Mckenna in Halifax
If you’ve ever travelled or worked abroad, speaking and listening in a language that isn’t your own, you know the feeling of lying down at night…
By: Lu Xu in Halifax
“I don’t have anything else to do,” says Keith Bi. He is cleaning pig intestines—a tedious job. In the sink of his café in downtown Halifax…
By: Caora Mckenna in Halifax
Inside the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market on Halifax’s waterfront you’ll find a stack of the Dakai Times newspapers. Printed in Chinese and English, the quarterly newspaper…
By: Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver
To be the “last king” of anything means you left this world either a legend or a tragic figure. Maharajah Duleep Singh, the final monarch of…
By: Sam Minassie
As an integral part of Latin American Week, Carnaval Del Sol has returned for another year with an even larger assortment of activities, vendors and events. Initially established…
By: Fred Mercnik in Niagara-on-the-Lake
In 1918, 26 Polish soldiers were buried in the Polish Military Cemetery behind St.Vincent de Paul Church.The small plot of graves is immediately distinguishable from the…
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact youth are making throughout their…
By: Nick Saul in Toronto
The first thing you notice when you walk into the light-drenched main room at Calgary’s The Alex Community Food Centre is the promise written in loopy script…
By: Sam Minassie in Toronto
"The World in Ten Blocks" is a two part documentary that offers viewers an in-depth look at one of the most diverse neighbourhoods in Toronto. Bloorcourt…
by Tanya Mok (@loqtm) in Toronto, Ontario
The Canadian immigrant experience is often dependent upon a number of different factors. Although our country extends a welcoming hand to a multitude of international…
by Tazeen Inam in Brampton
Canadian woman authors believe that our society tends to equate femininity with a sense of flawlessness. Women have to be impossibly perfect in so many different…
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact youth are making throughout their…
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact youth are making throughout their…
In partnership with Apathy is Boring, New Canadian Media will be posting first-person accounts from the 150 Years Young Project, a campaign that highlights the positive impact youth are making throughout their…
Commentary by Laska Paré in Toronto
“If you were born in Canada, you won!” was the catchphrase that came to mind during my flight's turbulent descent into Toronto airport. The next…
by Tanya Mok
Autumn is arguably the most beautiful season in Toronto, but even clear skies and above-average temperatures weren’t enough to keep Samantha Beniprashad-Maharaj and her husband Ryan Maharaj from…
by Tazeen Inam
For 21-year-old Mahnoor Baig, who grew up in Mississauga, the guest list for her wedding came as a shock. It included many people she had never met before…
by Lucy Slavianska
Victoria Bechkalo, a social worker from Ukraine, and Aleksandr Aksenov, a bank analyst from Russia, had only five guests at their Toronto wedding — the groom’s brother, his…
by Renée Sylvestre-Williams
When Toronto-based lawyer Anjli Patel and her husband, Parambir Keila, were planning their Sikh wedding ceremony, they wanted to keep it simple and have it downtown. But they…
By R. Paul Dhillon in Surrey
Last week turned out to be an unplanned Asian cinema watching binge, watching four Asian films – three Chinese and one Korean.
I love Asian films as…
by Tanya Mok in Toronto
OVER 300 movie-goers attended the recent world premiere of ‘My First 150 Days in Canada’, a documentary that strikes to the core of the Canadian immigrant…
Commentary by George Abraham in Ottawa
IN the summer of 2015, a roomful of Ottawa folks got together at the National Arts Centre, eager to gain insights into the question, “What Stories…
by Our National Correspondent in Ottawa
Lucile Davier, currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa, has spent many years looking at journalism that relies on translating from a foreign…
by Dr. Gina Valle in Toronto
Children of immigrants learn to live in two worlds. As a first-generation Canadian, I learned to maintain and modify my Italian culture in order to…
by Amanda Ghazale Aziz in Toronto
When Carleton University asked reporter Judy Trinh to give a talk on diversity in the journalism industry to students in the journalism and communications program, she…
Growing up in Canada, Harman Kaur experienced first-hand the hidden angst that torments many young women in transplanted South Asian families.
“I've tried my best to keep my culture alive but…
Oct 5, 2016 (Toronto, Canada) Have you ever dreamt of speed dating with Estonians? Now’s your chance. Well, sort of. Toronto’s annual Estonian Documentary Film Festival (EstDocs) kicks off with…
by Andrew Lam in San Francisco
People take pride in the food they eat, and ethnic communities especially form and retain their identities around their traditional cuisines. What’s Italian without pasta?…
By Atamjit Singh
It was a memorable visit to Winnipeg last month. I was amazed to see the magnificent building and the information provided inside the Canadian Human Rights Museum that…
SURREY – British Columbians are invited to nominate places of historic significance to South Asian Canadians for recognition.
Minister of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Amrik Virk made the announcement Friday…
by Chelby Daigle
On September 12th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the Ottawa Muslim Association (OMA) for Eid al Adha prayers. This isn't the first time Ottawa's main mosque has hosted a…
Most language learners today are no strangers to phrasebooks, immersion programs, or Rosetta Stone, but how about using First Nations language learning apps, or watching ultrasound imagery to speak Cantonese…
by Christopher Cheung in Vancouver
Queenie Lai’s parents often call her a “white girl,” because she likes eating western food.
But in fact, though born in Canada, 23-year-old Lai is more in tune with…
A UK-based Sikh organization is coming to Canada to hold a free media workshop in Mississauga on August 17 at Dixie Gurdwara.
The Sikh Press Association – a facilitator between the…
PV Staff. Today, Saturday, July 30, 2016, marks the 11th anniversary of this newspaper, the Patriotic Vanguard. Founded eleven years ago in Vancouver, Canada, by Gibril Gbanabome Koroma, a Sierra…
OVER 100,000 festivalgoers joined in BC’s largest multicultural celebration, Surrey Fusion Festival, this past weekend. The event featured live entertainment on five stages, 40 cultural pavilions, an indigenous village and a…
TORONTO: Asian Television Network International Limited (ATN), Canada’s largest South Asian broadcaster, announced on Monday that it has acquired exclusive cricket rights for Cricket Australia, England Cricket Board, Cricket Ireland…
A new documentary with a spotlight on the booming Indian wedding business will air July 23 on CBC. “Little India Big Business” takes a critical look at the Metro Vancouver…
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Muslim Link interviewed Rayanne Bendaoud about how her encounter with a Syrian refugee in Ottawa inspired her to organize the United for Syria Soccer Tournament…
THIS summer, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and YYoga are launching a pilot program to test a yoga space for travellers. The program, YYoga@YVR, will offer departing passengers a designated…
OTTAWA—The federal Liberal government has enlisted the independent Public Policy Forum to assess the state of Canada’s struggling news industry as it looks into potential policy options.
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In a society that values extroverts and ambitious go-getters, it is difficult for more reserved immigrants to succeed. In addition to being an immigrant, also being marginalized by being disabled…
TORONTO: DiversityFest 2016 enthralled the Greater Toronto Area with an array of outstanding multicultural performances on June 5 at Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto. This free public event featured the finest multicultural performing…
BRAMPTON: With the growing popularity of kabaddi throughout India, it is now being played in Brampton’s schools and enjoyed by students. Peel District School Board Trustee Harkirat Singh and Brampton City Councillor…
What does it mean to be Canadian – well Canadian Club invited a select group of Canadians that included LINK editor R. Paul Dhillon, Paediatrician Dr. Pargat Singh Bhurji, businessman…
by Krystle Alarcon in Montreal
Joseph Dadua couldn’t muster up the courage to try on a bikini at a women’s lingerie store in Montreal.
It took two of his fellow gay friends…
With immigration continuing to drive Canada’s population growth and alter its ethnic makeup, a new study says these factors are being reflected in how Canadians eat.
The Mintel study, Ethnic Foods and…
Whether it is through producing, improv, television or film, Rick Tae and Veena Sood have found a means of expressing themselves through the arts. For Tae, acting has been a…
SURREY – Young Indo-Canadian wrestler Jason Bains from Queen Elizabeth Secondary school is having the Grad year of his life after he won a Gold at a recent tournament in…
by Danica Samuel in Toronto
“Just because you’ve fallen off ship doesn’t mean you’re drowning.”
In the film My Internship in Canada, the person struggling to stay afloat is the politician who…
The Halton Multicultural Council (HMC) held its 6th Annual Awards Gala Night & Fundraising at the Oakville Conference and Banquet Centre in Oakville, Ont., on April 22.
The event, titled Mapping…
MISSISSAUGA, Canada—Artist Suzi Dwor has spent her career doing what she loves—creating art and developing emerging artists.
But she found an unexpected source of inspiration during Shen Yun Performing Arts’ performance…
“What was once a dream has become reality for my children” – Councillor Gurpreet Dhillon
HE City of Brampton hosted its second annual Sikh Heritage Month reception on Tuesday. This…
Edmonton has been celebrating verse every day this week, as this Canadian city (capital of the province of Alberta) showcases its literary spirit for yet another year. The annual Edmonton…
Commentary by Israr A. Kasana in Calgary
I was confident I was not being naïve or a ninnyhammer when I decided to relocate as a family to North America yet again…
A large contingent of locals from Surrey jointed Liberal MPs Randeep Sarai and Sukh Dhaliwal in Ottawa during special Vaisakhi celebrations featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They included Gurminder S…
TORONTO (March 31, 2016)–
Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and the undersigned organizations have issued a joint letter to Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale expressing alarm over the Ontario Superior…
Bit biased, obvs, but we think that British music is the best in the world. End of. The Toronto Summer Music Festival seems to think along those lines too as…
New Delhi (IANS): A consortium that unsuccessfully bid for an Indian Premier League franchise — which included actors Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Karisma Kapoor, industrialist Venugupal Dhoot’s firms and…
by Elvira Truglia in Montreal
On one of the final stops during its two-year, cross-country “Our Canada” workshop series, the Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) held an open conversation about faith…
NEW YORK – An Indo-American Harvard University graduate has come up with a new series of seven dolls that represent common girls with ethnic diversity and celebrate them for their…
By R. Paul Dhillon
VANCOUVER – Vancouver will be dazzled with a spectacular eruption of South Asian and Bollywood fashion at the Bridal Fashion Week taking place from April 8th-10th. The three-day…
by Daniel Leon Rodriguez in Calgary
Many immigrant men feel isolated, fearful and lost upon arrival in Canada, according to multiple researchers and social agencies in the country.
Vic Lantion, a program…
SURREY’S annual Vaisakhi Parade, taking place on Saturday, April 23, will once again host a lively and celebratory event to mark the birth of the Sikh faith and is expected…
by Tazeen Inam in Mississauga
Pakistani women enjoy more autonomy in the home and greater overall life satisfaction in Canada compared to what they experienced back home, a new study suggests.
According…
THE World Sikh Organization of Canada has worked with NHL hockey arenas across Canada to implement kirpan accommodation procedures for Sikh guests. Beginning in the 2015-16 NHL season, arenas were…
by Elvira Truglia in Montreal
The death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, shot at the hands of police in Montreal North, inspired Fredy, a documentary play by Annabel Soutar about the 2008…
by Soofia Mahmood in Toronto
Women empowerment is often defined as the ability to participate in economic life across all sectors. But when South Asian female immigrants in Canada are asked…
by Daniel Leon Rodriguez in Calgary
Calgary is celebrating the best of its immigrant communities at the 20th annual Immigrants of Distinction Awards this month.
Immigrant Services Calgary (ISC) will host the…
by Florence Hwang in Regina, Saskatchewan
As International Women’s Day is being celebrated, and there have been many advances made for women’s rights in the past decade, there is still a…
VANCOUVER – The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) presents the prodigious sitarist, known for embodying the spirit of innovation and [...]
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A study of Canada’s newspapers began with bleak testimony in Ottawa on Tuesday, Feb. 23, as MPs heard that 22 daily newspapers have closed over...
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by Sukaina Jaffer in Brampton, Ontario
Despite an increase in outreach efforts, some members of Brampton’s ethnic media still feel disconnected from the City.
“There is a broken link between the City…
THE Black Tie Affair, a gala fundraiser organized by PICS in support of PICS Diversity Village on Saturday with Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan as the keynote speaker, raised about…
by Danica Samuel in Toronto
News outlets that report on Canada’s ethnic communities and other niche media sources are standing out more than ever, while mainstream media companies are taking a…
Pushing outside the usual boundaries to find true creativity inspires Kim Sato and the street dance collective, Project Soul, as they showcase excerpts from Into the Tao at the 16th…
by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver
When a last minute e-mail alerted me to a change in curtain time for the opening night of Robert Lepage’s 887, I grabbed my iPhone and…
by Matt D’Amours in Montreal
It can be difficult for reporters to get information or comment from an organization for their reporting in general, but for immigrant journalists, language barriers…
by Priya Ramanujam in Toronto
Ethnic media may have lessons to offer on connecting to audiences and providing diverse services as traditional news organizations seek new business models in order to…
Seafood City Supermarket, a California-based grocer that caters to Filipinos and Asians, is setting up shop in the Toronto area.
The company’s first store will be at the Heartland Town Centre…
For some, strong family ties help navigate multi-ethnic cultural identities through thick and thin. As David Ng of Love Intersections, a multicultural film project that talks about language, love and…
by John Delva in Montreal
Blacks make up Montreal’s largest visible minority. According to the 2011 census, 147,100 live in the city. Why, then, are there so few in our media?
As far…
It’s Saturday afternoon, and the Australians are everywhere. There’s one crouched behind me, nine spread across the field, and one straight ahead, whipping a ball at my face.
I swing at…
by Daniel Leon Rodriguez in Calgary
Jose Duque, an immigrant from Venezuela, is using music to keep children in band practice and out of trouble on the streets.
In his native country…
February is Black History Month, and six black choreographers from across the country, most of whom are also immigrants, are taking to the stage to express their culture and history…
by Rosanna Haroutounian in Quebec City
A group of citizens is accusing Videotron, one of Quebec’s largest telecommunication companies, of failing to provide mandatory community television service in the province.
“Videotron is…
by Melissa Shaw in Richmond, British Columbia
Richmond community members came together last week to discuss breaking down the barriers of racism as part of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s (CRRF)…
by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia
So then … the Oscars are guilty of being a tad too monochromatic and a chorus of notables from Spike Lee to Michael Moore are threatening…
by Daniel Leon Rodriguez in Calgary
For some, Alberta’s history is just about cowboys, oil, and Conservatives, but a new television series is shedding light on the many contributions that minority…
by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia
As the Palm Springs International Film Festival wraps up and Thursday’s Oscar nominations loom, I remember the words of my old friend Paolo Consigilio.
The expert Italian…
by Jagdeesh Mann in Vancouver
Depending on whom you ask, the actions of Louis Riel, and Dr. Norman Bethune, along with others who lived through difficult times, can be seen as verging…
by Shan Qiao in Toronto
Just weeks before its 40th anniversary one of the three major Chinese daily newspapers in North America has ceased printing in Canada.
The World Journal issued its…
TORONTO—Miss World Canada, Anastasia Lin, won’t be in China to compete in the Miss World finals in Sanya City this Friday, but that didn’t stop...
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by Hadani Ditmars in Vancouver, British Columbia
As a Vancouverite, I have always been particularly obsessed with winter solstice. I blame this on Seasonal Affective Disorder and the fact that, in addition to our incredibly…
The honest truth is there is still reluctance around immigration policy... When we want to talk about immigration and we say we want to bring more immigrants in because it's good for the economy, we still get pushback.