Heart to Heart: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges MY Voice March 21, 2019 News & Social Issues Heart to Heart is a leadership program for Palestinian and Israeli youth aged 14-15, who annually visit Ontario for a three-and-a-half-week camp-based program. For the past two years, MY Voice has hosted a coll... Read More...
White Supremacy in Canada Sama Nemat Allah July 9, 2018 News & Social Issues If we close our eyes and block out all the noise, are all the terrible things around us still happening? If we choose to be selective, to see only the good and ignore the bad, are we being optimistic or just na... Read More...
Abubakar Khan: Starting Khanversations Aisha Hyder January 15, 2018 Inspiring Individuals Attending twelve to thirteen different schools, it was early on that Abubakar Khan learned the art of making friends. He tells me he has always been a big people person: “I went to so many different schools... Read More...
Voices of Muslim Women: My Experience at The Ringleaders Panel Saneeya Muneeb December 28, 2017 Food for Thought, News & Social Issues Voices of Muslim Women is a non-profit organization with the goal of enabling Muslim women of all different backgrounds and ethnicities to speak out about their lives, aspirations, and experiences. The organiza... Read More...
Khalid Latif: The Youngest Chaplain of America’s Largest Police Department Saad Mateen October 27, 2017 Lifestyle & Entertainment In these times where hatred and bigotry is on the rise, more than ever before, there is a need for people to spread the message of hope.. We need people who can speak up against injustice in our society and bec... Read More...
Are We More Than Another Melting Pot? Aisha Hyder September 8, 2017 Food for Thought “I am proud to be Canadian.” I am sure that you have heard this statement multiple times, particularly since Trump’s inauguration, as we Canadians sighed with relief at being on this side of the border.... Read More...
A Sudden Shift In Perspective Mariam Zubair August 31, 2017 Food for Thought My entire body ached from the fifteen hours long continuous flight, from Mississauga to Karachi. As I waited in the last, yet longest line of the day, my brain was boiling from inside. I could not take it anymo... Read More...
Make us as Waves of the Sea: Reflecting on the Faith in Canada 150 Millennial Summit Aisha Hyder July 16, 2017 News & Social Issues “The very best of yourselves includes your faith." On the eve of Canada’s 150th birthday since Confederation, I was in conversation with 74 leaders of different faiths at the Faith in Canada ... Read More...
Dear Canada: An Open Letter MY Voice July 1, 2017 Lifestyle & Entertainment Dear Canada, Congrats on making it 150 years past Confederation — you don’t look a day over 125! I must admit that even after spending 77.79% of my life with you, Canada, the beauty of crystallized water (mo... Read More...
A Wake-Up Call: The Consequences of Silence Imtisaal Mian June 27, 2017 Food for Thought Out of all the commotion that has been taking place around the world after the US presidential election, from protests to boycotts, one particular thought has been on my mind— the striking parallelism between t... Read More...
