Ending The Silence: Reimagining Cross-sectoral Responsive Support for Gender-Based Violence Survivors
The third and final event in the Ending the Silence webinar series, held on March 4, 2021, was jointly hosted by NSA and OCASI, and it focused on reimagining cross-sectoral responsive support for gender-based violence (GBV) survivors. People don’t trust the system as it systematically fails them The discussion primarily centred around reflections on existing…
Ending the Silence: Responsive Community Support and Resources for Gender Based Violence
On Friday, February 5, 2021 the Newcomer Student Association (NSA) in collaboration with the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) under the 2020-2021 Immigrant and Refugee Communities Neighbours, Friends and Families (IRCNFF) Campaign hosted the second session of its 3-part webinar series, Ending the Silence. The focus of this session was on Responsive Community…
Ending the Silence – A Double Pandemic: COVID-19 and Gender-Based Violence
About The Event The panel discussion, Ending the Silence – A Double Pandemic: COVID-19 and Gender Based Violence (GBV) was a webinar jointly hosted by the Newcomer Students’ Association (NSA) and the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI), on December 10, 2020. It was part of the annual international campaign on 16 Days of…
At Canada’s universities, institutional racism more than a case of a few bad apples
Without comprehensive race-based data, equity policies within Canadian universities have limited impact in adequately addressing discrimination and racism. As Canadian universities do not collect race-based data, 63 out of the 76 universities across the country are unable to provide a breakdown of their student populations due to absence of data collection,’ despite having diversity offices.…
Reflections on “Living in Colour”: Have We Done Enough to Help Refugees Settle in Canada?
I think we have done a lot of great things to be proud of as Canadians. Take a look for example at the Private Sponsorship of Refugees Program — a one-of-a-kind refugee program that other countries should look at. But there are always ways to improve. Our response to the refugee crisis is a work…
Reflections on “Living in Colour: My Immigration Journey and the Helping Hands
I reflect daily on my immigration experience, but to prepare for the Living in Color interview I had to dig deeper. I needed to compare my story to others’. Since I founded the Newcomer Students’ Association of Ryerson four years ago, and through my capacity working in the settlement sector here in Toronto, I heard…
Reflections on “Living in Colour”: Embracing and Amplifying My Unique Voice
I was invited to speak at Living in Colour show at Global TV with Farah Nasser. Farah and the producer of this show, Alley Wilson, are both women of colour. I am always thrilled to meet trailblazers women like Farah and Alley who utilize the media to tell the otherwise untold stories of everyday, lived…
The Ford Government Continues to Fail Families
Recently, the Ontario government announced its plan to reopen child care centres across the province. Unfortunately, this plan is not without flaws. The proposed strategy, which was given to child care centres only three days in advance of reopening, features 20 pages of new protocols and safety procedures, such as fewer children, no visitors and heightened cleaning…
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