5 things we can (maybe) agree on when it comes to the Middle East
When it comes to this tumultuous region it seems everybody has a different opinion. Let's look at some basics.
Cuba’s paradox and passages
An island enigma, Cuba bewilders and beguiles. And somehow, it perseveres. — May 2000
What the beating of Abdirahman Abdi says about racism in Canada
Canadians are deceiving themselves if they think anti-Black prejudice is only an American affliction. A recent deadly police beating casts our own
Once abandoned, this cemetery became a marker for Indigenous reconciliation
As many as 40 children died at the Regina Indian Industrial School
His ancestors never came back from residential school, so he went to visit them
Anthony Dreaver Johnston drove four hours to honour family members he had never met
Unity Mosque provides a space for observant Muslims who openly live in LGBTQ relationships
More than half of Canadian Muslims believe it’s impossible to be an observant Muslim while living openly in an LGBTQ relationship. El-Farouk
The link between diabetes among Indigenous peoples and colonialism
Rising rates of the disease among First Nations communities in Canada is leading some to re-examine the country's history of cultural assimilation
The hidden epidemic of loneliness in Canada
An estimated six million Canadians live in isolation. Social researchers are now calling it a hidden epidemic.
ObserverDocs: Out of Syria
For nearly half a century, the Elnabrees family has fled one war after another: Palestine, Kuwait, Iraq and, more recently, Syria. This
Climate change is changing our ecosystems, this region is on the front lines
The writer visits the shifting shorelines of Bangladesh and discovers tens of millions of people on the brink of disaster
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