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...
From across the globe to El Paso, changes in the language of the far-right...
Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts Lowell
The recent shooting attack in which a young white man is accused of killing 22 people in a Walmart in El Paso fits...
La COVID-19 confirma lo que todos sabíamos: que el mundo escapa a nuestro control
Carlos Alberto Blanco Pérez, Universidad Pontificia Comillas
La pandemia de la COVID-19 representa una dura e inesperada cura de humildad para nuestras tentativas de adelantarnos a una realidad...
Will Canada finally get pharmacare?
Catherine Carstairs, University of Guelph
When I had lymphoma 12 years ago, I needed to take the drug pegfilgrastim (Neulasta) to get my white blood cell count high enough...
George Floyd: why the sight of these brave, exhausted protesters gives me hope
Akwugo Emejulu, University of Warwick
In a way, you could say we’ve been holding our breath this whole time, until now.
What you’re witnessing is Black...
