On August 30, 2008, a public radio forum sponsored by The Afro News and La Palabre Radio Program aired live on the topic of “Settlement Issues of African Immigrants & Refugees. The panel discussion and call in segment explored the theme of “How can we make Vancouver a better place to live?” The show was
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Angle-Mort*: The Place of French In Canada “Post-Trudeau” (Opinion)
on August 11th, 2009
Has the problem not been solved yet? And most importantly, why should I care? In a provocative western Canada history essay first published in 2005, acclaimed Prairies writer Sharon Butala asked “What makes a Westerner?” and courageously put forward “Our stubborn refusal to recognize the French fact.” Ironically, the book was pretty much ignored in
Teaching and Promoting Language in Canada
By: Senator Mobina S.B. Jaffer, Q.C. The Afro News In Canada today, there are over 200 languages spoken. From the speakers of Punjabi in Vancouver, to Russian in the Prairies, and Gaelic in Cape Breton, Canada is home to a diverse number of languages. In the same way that our Official Languages – French and