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Conversation: An Open Letter to Party Leaders Regarding Alleged Election Interference Calling for Balance and Sensitivity towards Chinese Canadians & Answer from PM’s Office

An Open Letter to Party Leaders Regarding Alleged Election Interference Calling for Balance and Sensitivity towards Chinese Canadians Dear , We want to bring to your attention our deep concerns about...

Davide Mastracci:20 Years Ago, Canadian Media Lined Up To Call For War In Iraq

Let’s take a look back at the editorial boards and journalists that cheered on the catastrophic Iraq War in March 2003. On March 19, 2003, almost 20 years ago today, the United States launched its war...

Whiteness

Through immigration and interracial marriage, the ethnic composition of Canada has changed considerably. Immigrants from nations where people are homogenous and share the same ethnicity and skin...

SYSTEMIC RACISM: WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN CANADA AND HOW TO FIGHT IT?

At UBC, our commitment to building an open environment and a diverse workforce makes us stronger. It increases the complexity of our knowledge, with which we can transform systems of oppression and...

Yuen Pau Woo: The election-interference discussion can easily slip into racism

Why do some Canadians bristle at the suggestion that recent reporting on foreign interference in our democracy encourages racism? Setting aside partisan point-scoring, let’s assume that the reason is...

An Open Letter to the Honourable Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General

An open letter from  Stop Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Advocacy Group  CANADA to Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth and British Columbia Attorney General Niki Sharma calling for...

An Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur, Government of Canada

Canada-China Focus has released an Open Letter to the Right Honorable David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, Government of Canada. The letter is now accessible for...

The 100th anniversary of the Chinese Exclusion Act

Early settlers According to James Morton, author of In the Sea of Sterile Mountains, the first Chinese person arrived onboard a British explorer’s ship on Vancouver Island’s West coast in...

Xenophobia, “Xi”nophobia and Sinophobia

Considering the current close contact between the Chinese community and their country of origin, as well as the complex intra-community connection, basically it is only a matter of time before the...