Watch our 30-sec promotional vides for the upcoming march to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. Thank you to Isaac Oommen and Alejandro Zuluaga for the videos! The march is on Sunday March 20th at 2pm at Waterfront Skytrain Station. Details on the march here.
Video: Self-determination and end all racist wars and occupations!
By Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun, Mar. 3 2011
Across the country, hundreds and possibly thousands, of Canadian-born children are being denied access to the most basic services -a home, food, health care and schooling. They are being denied these necessities because their fathers abused their immigrant mothers, their mothers fled the relationship, and the fathers then reneged on promises to sponsor the women for permanent residency.
JOE FRIESEN, Globe and Mail, Feb. 25 2011
One of the cherished notions of Canadian multiculturalism is that the children of immigrants succeed economically in a way that makes them indistinguishable from other Canadians. But since Canada opened up its immigration policy in the late 1960s, those children are much more likely to belong to a visible minority. Now that the eldest are in their 40s and have established themselves in the work force, it’s evident that Canadian-born visible minorities (and those who came to Canada as young children) earn less than their similarly qualified white counterparts.
By BRIAN LILLEY, Parliamentary Bureau, January 11, 2011
OTTAWA — Do immigrants and refugees really end up on welfare in greater numbers than the general population? A review of data from Statistics Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada shows it depends on the type of immigrant.
Anna Mehler Paperny & Sunny Dhillon, The Globe and Mail, Jan. 7 2011
From the sidewalk, the home of the Kokeihi family looks just like any other in the suburban Burnaby neighbourhood. And inside that brick bungalow, the array of family photos and the flames licking inside the fireplace reinforce the image of a family leading a comfortable life. But it’s a misleading one – the family of Iranian refugees is on income assistance and barely making ends meet. They struggle to find work and cringe upon mention of their monthly bills.
