World Refugee Day 2021
2nd Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 152, Issue 51 Thursday, June 17, 2021 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker World Refugee Day Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, this Sunday, we will mark the [...]
The Invisible Visible Minority: From Inadequate Housing to Discrimination
Racial discrimination can manifest as negative attitudes against, and poor treatment of, those who live in a particular area [...]
The Invisible Visible Minority: Race and Employment
In the previous blog of our Systemic Racism series - The Invisible Visible Minority, we discussed the importance of [...]
Powerful Voices: Canada’s Youth of African Descent
Last Friday evening, I had the absolute honour of virtually attending a forum featuring Young leaders of Africa Descent [...]
The Late Honourable David P. Smith, P.C., Q.C.
1st Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 151, Issue 14 Tuesday, March 10, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker The Late Honourable David P. Smith, P.C., Q.C. Tributes Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise today to pay tribute to our dear friend and former colleague the late [...]
International Women’s Day: Between the victorious battles and those yet to be won
Today, on International Women's Day, we all come together and celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women around the world. On this day, we take time to honour women who have made their mark and worked hard to set in stone the progress of women. We are [...]
Black History Month
1st Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 151, Issue 7 Thursday, February 6, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Black History Month Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, as a child of Africa it gives me great pleasure to celebrate Black History Month and recognize how African culture has [...]
Female Genital Mutilation: Words Are Not Enough
“Three women held me down as the midwife performed the surgery. They were all our neighbours. My mother and grandmother stood at the corner of the room. I cried for them to help me and stop those women, but when my cries got louder, my mother joined the other [...]
Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 Tragedy
1st Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 151, Issue 5 Tuesday, February 4, 2020 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 Tragedy Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, it has been almost one month since Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 was accidentally shot down. It has [...]
How to Include Women Peacebuilders at Peace Tables and Share Power With Them
It was a Canadian who first suggested the creation of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the 1950s. Canadian former prime minister Lester Pearson, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and father of modern day concept of Peacekeeping said, “The best defence of peace is not power, but the [...]
A Call for the Collection of Race-Based Data
Back in the summer, I wrote a blog post calling for the federal government to adopt a strictly Race-Based Analysis, which would include but not be limited to the collection of racially disaggregated or race-based data. Many months later, this vision is much closer to coming to fruition. For [...]
Bill C-7, Medical Assistance in Dying – Amendment – Race-based Data
2nd Session, 43rd Parliament Volume 152, Issue 27 Thursday, February 11, 2021 The Honourable Pierrette Ringuette, Speaker pro tempore Criminal Code Bill to Amend—Third Reading—Debate On the Order: Resuming debate on the motion of the Honourable Senator Petitclerc, seconded by the Honourable Senator Gold, P.C., for the third [...]
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