The Daily Ubuntu33 articles · page 1 of 3
Forty thousand promises kept, and a few still waiting
After the fall of Kabul in 2021, Canada promised to welcome 40,000 Afghans. The promise was kept, thanks to hundreds of communities, but worry for those left behind does not stop at the border.
ReadFrom Haiti to Montreal: exile that takes root
Since the 1960s, thousands of Haitians have fled dictatorship for Montreal, where, through mutual aid, they built a community essential to Quebec.
ReadGuardian angels: those who watched over us
In 2020, asylum seekers who cared for our elders in the middle of the pandemic were given a pathway to permanent residence.
ReadRoxham Road: a border at human scale
From 2017 to 2023, tens of thousands of asylum seekers entered Quebec by a small country road, until it was closed.
ReadSaint-Jérôme, first stop after fifteen years in a camp
In December 2008, the first Bhutanese refugees welcomed by Canada arrived in Saint-Jérôme. Their story raises a question: how do we make people want to stay?
ReadSyrian refugees: a winter of welcome
In the winter of 2015-2016, Canada welcomed more than 25,000 Syrian refugees, several thousand of them in Quebec, with the help of thousands of sponsors.
ReadThe "boat people" and a medal for a whole people
In 1979-1980, thousands of Canadians sponsored refugees from Southeast Asia. In 1986, the UN honoured the entire Canadian people.
ReadThe right to talk to a human
In Quebec, Law 25 requires businesses to say when a machine alone has made a decision, and to let the person explain themselves to someone.
ReadThree billion faces without permission
A company copied billions of faces online to sell them to police; four Canadian commissioners said no together.
ReadBeing looked at differently at school
In 2011, Quebec's human rights commission documented the racial profiling experienced by young people, even in schools. Much remains to be done.
ReadJoyce Echaquan, and what her name asks of us
From Joyce Echaquan to myths about pain: understanding why being believed is already a health issue.
ReadMay my curiosity be a form of care: SLĀV and cultural appropriation
In 2018, the show SLĀV divided Montreal. An opportunity to ask how to borrow from a culture without erasing its history.
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