U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron just reignited the debate on “multiculturalism,” joining ranks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Sarkozy by declaring their multicultural policies a “failure.” As a U.S. passport carrying, multilingual, daughter of immigrants, and as a mother of aspiring global citizens, such a defeat felt like a kick in the gut. …
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"Reflections on the events in Ottawa and ice hockey"
November 13The shooting death of an unarmed soldier challenged Canada’s attitudes about multiculturalism and pa …
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Read moreState police in Australia were last week given powers to remove the veil from Muslim female crime suspects. Amanda McClintock, an 18-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, examines the roots of intolerance in the Pacific country. I walked into the lunchroom at work not too long ago to hear a few of my colleagues discussing a …
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State police in Australia were last week given powers to remove the veil from Muslim female crime suspects. Amanda McClintock, an 18-year-old Commonwealth Correspondent from Queensland, examines the roots of intolerance in the Pacific country. I walked into the lunchroom at work not too long ago to hear a few of my colleagues discussing a …
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Asif Reza Akash recently wrote about FIFA World Cup fandom in Bangladesh. Here, Alvin Ma, 22, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, offers a complement to those experiences with a perspective from halfway around the world in Toronto, Canada. Whereas Bangladeshi people are watching FIFA World Cup matches at 10 pm, 1 am, and 4 am; Toronto …
The shooting death of an unarmed soldier challenged Canada’s attitudes about multiculturalism and patriotism, writes Alvin Ma, 23, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Canada, who argues that sport can help heal community during divisive times. I’m glad to see that my professor and former Commonwealth Advisory Body on Sport chair Bruce Kidd is cited in Malcolm …
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Australia celebrates multiculturalism, but as Hsin-Yi Lo, a Correspondent from Melbourne, Australia writes, the embrace of diversity is not yet reflected in workplace leadership. When you ask Australians, most will say they love multiculturalism. But the country is still far from fully embracing diversity, as unconscious bias is holding back Asian-Australians’ talents and potential for professional …
Being an immigrant means making a sometimes difficult transition, but Harnoor Gill, 17, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Georgetown in Canada, writes that giving back to the community helped to establish a sense of belonging. My journey begins when I was born in Kowloon, Hong Kong. As a young boy, I would constantly become sick due …
African children who grow up in other countries and cultures can face a dilemma writes Metolo Foyet, 21, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Cameroon now living in Niger, who argues that some of these children may be losing their attachment to home, and falling in love with partners from other nations – much to the distress …