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Censuses During this Pandemic and China’s Demographic Crisis

This article discusses numbers for this is what census is all about – numbers. More importantly, it discusses how these numbers affect people’s lives. So, brace yourself for this number-filled article.

It’s census time in Canada. We are reminded of this daily through ads on tv and on social media like Facebook. I filled up mine online and sent it on the same day that I received the questionnaire. Unlike the 2016 census wherein religion was not asked, this year’s questionnaire saw the re-appearance of this issue. (more…)

On May 27, an official apology for the Interment of Italian Canadians during WWII

TORONTO – It was a long, painful and troubled birth. But eventually, after 70 years, the Canadian government will make an official apology for the internment of hundreds of Italian Canadians during World War II. The official date is May 27, 2021: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as promised in 2019, will recite the mea culpa, attempting to heal a wound that has remained open in the community for decades. (more…)

OPSBA calls for key priority for education during Education Week

Toronto, May 3: The Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) is marking Education Week in the province by highlighting the incredible job they have done over the past year, especially with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as calls for a key priority for education. Each year during the first full week in May, the students, teachers and parents celebrate the teaching excellence as well as student achievement in Ontario. (more…)