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As a Muslim and a teacher, I hope to be part of the change needed to overcome racism and hatred
This First Person piece is by Aysha Yaqoob, a first-generation immigrant and a teacher in Regina. For more information about CBC’s First Person...
Canadian Coast Guard moving toward gender-neutral uniforms
Each year, the Canadian Coast Guard College welcomes dozens of new recruits to its waterfront campus in Westmount, N.S. One of the first assignments of...
Muslim teachers in Quebec disappointed as landmark religious symbols ruling faces appeal
Amar Al-Shakfa dropped off her CV at a Montreal school on Wednesday, a day after learning English school boards would be exempt from...
Quebec Superior Court upholds most of religious symbols ban, but English-language schools exempt
Quebec’s secularism law violates the basic rights of religious minorities in the province, but those violations are permissible because of the Constitution’s notwithstanding...
Muslim woman targeted in racist attack says call to Edmonton police left her doubly traumatized
A Black Muslim woman who was threatened and subjected to racial slurs at a south Edmonton LRT station says she has been doubly...
Highly anticipated challenge to Quebec’s secularism law begins in court today
A legal challenge against Quebec’s secularism law will be heard in court Monday morning more than a year after the law came into...
Historic case in the making as Quebec’s religious symbols ban heads to court
Around 9:30 on Monday morning, on the 17th floor of a drab, black and grey building in Montreal, some of the most basic...
Hijab: Muslim parents petition DSS, NHRC over alleged intimidation, harassment of students in UI school
The crisis rocking the International School Ibadan (ISI), took another dimension on Thursday when parents of Muslim students in the school petitioned the...
Hijab: 9-year-old pupil drags Ogun government to court, demands N1m
A nine-year old pupil, Aisha AbdulAleem has dragged the Ogun State government and the Principal of her school, Gateway Junior Secondary School, Mrs....
