A spanish poem written by a latin american immigrant

We make today an exception and publish the poem you will read below in Spanish, as it was originally written in Spanish by bolivian writer Camila Uriona –who lives in Mississauga

An open space for a cross-cultural dialogue

Several years ago, I was reluctant to the idea of having a publication aimed towards the Hispanic-Canadian community with content written in Spanish and English. I thought that we, the Hispanic community media, should be the first in defending and promoting our cultural values, language being one of the most important.

The invisible Latino

Gil PendeR Look at your surrounding media again. Review your copy of The Toronto Star or The Globe and Mail one more time, or watch the mainstream TV channels. One thing you’ll notice is the glaring...

Fashion production is modern slavery

Anika Kozlowski, Ryerson University Fashion shouldn’t cost lives and it shouldn’t cost us our planet. Yet this is what is happening today. Globalization, fast fashion, economies of scale, social...

Ontario’s child-care cuts will hurt low-income parents working or studying full time

Linda A. White, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Dhuey, University of Toronto; Michal Perlman, University of Toronto, and Petr Varmuza, University of Toronto Ontario’s recent provincial budget claimed to help...

High school dropouts cost countries a staggering amount of money

Louis Volante, Brock University; John Jerrim, UCL, and Jo Ritzen, Maastricht University Recently, the Ontario government proposed educational reforms that collectively amount to savings of almost $1 billion, according...

Newsrooms not keeping up with changing demographics, study suggests

Asmaa Malik, Ryerson University and Sonya Fatah, Ryerson University Over the past two decades, as Canada’s demographics have shifted, news organizations have failed to reflect the country’s increasing diversity...

Las relaciones de pareja tras el confinamiento por la COVID-19

María Pilar Berzosa Grande, UNIR - Universidad Internacional de La Rioja La vida familiar ha experimentado grandes cambios en el siglo XXI. Cambios que van desde lo social a...

Love is good for us, so why do lawmakers try to break...

John D. Cameron, Dalhousie University Research in medicine, psychology and neuroscience demonstrates the powerful effects of love on our physical and mental health. Feeling loved and...

If in doubt, let them out. Children have the right to play

Mark S. Tremblay, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Mariana Brussoni, University of British Columbia New research from Statistics Canada’s Canadian Health Measures Survey reaffirmed the dramatic decline in Canadian...