Diversity is Our Strength is the city of Toronto’s motto, found at the bottom of our coat of arms. Given the importance of continually finding ways to strengthen dialogue, build bridges between communities and reduce discrimination, the Canadian Race Relations...
Cultural competence is becoming essential in the workplace, especially in a city as multicultural as Toronto is. This was driven home to me recently when I accompanied a friend of Ukrainian origin, who has cancer for the second time, to a doctor’s appointment to...
Are how you stand and success related? The influence of posture, gestures and facial expressions is powerful and largely unconscious. This very fundamental form of communication goes back to our beginnings when language was non-existent. The oldest part of our brain...
Some facts about homeless immigrant youth in Canada: Nearly 2 out of 3 have origins in Africa or the Caribbean. Over 1 in 3 identified as LGBTQ. Over 25% identified as being a parent. Over 50% report some level of religious or faith identity. Family conflict was cited...
I Want You. This very simple Tom Wait’s song is interpreted here by Toronto’s own – jazz singer Holly Cole. I love how she interprets her songs. A while back, Holly put out an album of American singer-songwriter Tom Wait’s songs where this one...
So why is there a niqab ban at citizenship ceremonies in Canada? Most of us would have thought that such decisions are debated and standardized. But that is not necessarily the case. Read on to learn how this niqab ban got made. Ex-immigration minister Jason Kenney...