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Trudeau government reaches agreement with Ontario to build French-language university scrapped by Ford
Monday, September 9th, 2019
… last week, Mr. Ford’s Progressive Conservative government announced it had secured half of the funding for the estimated $126-million project, and it invited Ottawa to kick in the other half. The school is expected to be located in Southwestern Ontario, and the province has said it will take eight years to be completed.
Tags: budget, multiculturalism, rights, youth
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Lots at stake for working families in this election
Monday, September 2nd, 2019
Can Canadians afford a government that cares more about private corporations and tax cuts for the super-rich than it does about everyday working people? Can we risk electing a government that refuses to address the climate catastrophe? Can we accept a government that is prepared to exploit people’s fear and insecurity to fuel racism and intolerance?
Tags: economy, ideology, multiculturalism, privatization, standard of living, tax
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Trudeau government outlines five-year, $148-million plan to attract more foreign students to Canadian universities
Tuesday, August 27th, 2019
The government is targeting countries with a large and growing middle class that may not yet have the higher-education capacity to educate all their students, or where the prospect of a Canadian education in English or French holds appeal… The strategy also allocates $95-million to encourage Canadian students to study and build ties abroad, particularly in Asia and Latin America, rather than the common destinations of the U.S., Britain and Australia.
Tags: budget, globalization, immigration, multiculturalism, youth
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The road to real reconciliation will be paved by Canada’s youth
Monday, August 5th, 2019
While Canadian society has advanced on a range of issues – retiring a racist immigration policy in the 1960s, making substantial strides toward gender equality, embracing gay rights – the treatment of Indigenous peoples has been an area of conspicuous inaction. As with other significant movements of the past half-century, young people may now be preparing to show the way forward.
Tags: ideology, immigration, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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In a push for diversity, medical schools overhaul how they select Canada’s future doctors
Tuesday, July 30th, 2019
Ninety-two per cent of NOSM students have grown up in Northern Ontario, and the other 8 per cent are from rural and remote parts of the rest of Canada. About 2 per cent of applicants are Indigenous, but in the past few years the selection system has been tweaked to increase the number of successful Indigenous applicants, including giving them training to succeed in the interview process.
Tags: Health, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation
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Why you shouldn’t expect to see populism take root in Canada
Friday, July 26th, 2019
Middle class incomes aren’t stagnating in Canada: they’re up a third after inflation from where they were 20 years ago. The share of income going to the “top 1 per cent” is falling, not rising, here, and has been for more than a decade; at 7.3 per cent, after-tax, it is at its lowest level since 1996. Poverty levels are the lowest on record.
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, standard of living, tax
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Much is at stake in the contest between pluralism and populism
Sunday, July 21st, 2019
Our history records some serious failures. They serve as tough reminders that our pluralism is far from perfect. It cannot be taken for granted. Indeed, it is fragile and demands our constant vigilance and hard work… We must practice the art of inclusion and accommodation — to make room for one another. To reach out. To listen to each other. To bridge differences. To try very hard to understand one another… Canada is now and ever will be a precious work-in-progress.
Tags: globalization, ideology, multiculturalism, participation
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Ontario eliminates Indigenous Culture Fund as government cuts millions of dollars in arts funding
Monday, May 27th, 2019
Arts sector support is cut from 18.5 million dollars to 6.5 million, and the Ontario Arts Council, which awards grants, is receiving 10 million dollars less from the government this year. Five million dollars of that comes from axing an Indigenous Culture Fund… Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler says the arts, including music and storytelling, are a very important part of Indigenous culture, and cutting this fund sends a terrible message.
Tags: budget, economy, ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism
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First Things First: What non-Indigenous Canadians need to know
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
In the first episode of this four-part TVO video series, Anishinaabe educator and public speaker Eddy Robinson talks about the importance of taking time to listen to Indigenous stories. He recounts leaving home as a teenager, getting in trouble with the law, being disappointed with his parents, and how he ultimately came to an understanding of their traumatic past in residential schools.
Tags: ideology, Indigenous, multiculturalism, participation
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To humanize Muslims, let’s start in the classroom
Tuesday, March 26th, 2019
Most Canadian students seemingly go through the education system without ever hearing about the plurality of the world’s histories, cultures, faiths and traditions, including Islam and Muslims… With such omissions, are school curriculums not unwittingly contributing to the dehumanization of Muslims and negating Islam’s place in world history?
Tags: globalization, ideology, immigration, multiculturalism, participation, youth
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