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International Nurses Day 2020

Today is International Nurses Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”, in honour of the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale. This year, in particular, gives [...]

International Role

1st Session, 42nd Parliament, Volume 150, Issue 130 Thursday, June 8, 2017 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Foreign Affairs [...]

Where is the Freedom? A Look at Free Speech in Vietnam

On Monday April 7th 2014, the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights held a hearing to discuss the freedom of expression in Vietnam.  The Vietnamese human rights advocates visited Ottawa after attending Vietnam’s United Periodic Review (UPR) before the United Nations Human Rights Council during its session in Geneva from [...]

Remembering Zeenab Kassam

Zeenab Kassam (Photo courtesy: Kassam family) On March 20, 2014, Zeenab Kassam and Roshan Thomas, both Canadians volunteering in Afghanistan, were brutally gunned down by several Taliban. I will speak of Roshan Thomas at another time. That same day, Zeenab’s family in Calgary was informed about her murder. [...]

The Importance of Minority Women Role-Models for Young Women and Girls

When we look at young visible minorities in the criminal justice system, it is easy for the conversation to focus primarily on young males. This is not without reason: According to the Statistics Canada: “In 2008/2009, as in previous years, less than one quarter of completed court cases involved a [...]

Are Visible Minority Youth Getting Adequate Access to Legal Aid?

One of the basic tenants of the Canadian justice system is the right to be represented by a lawyer. If an individual cannot afford a lawyer it falls upon the government to provide that service for its citizens. When an at risk visible minority youth comes into contact with the [...]

Ramadan

1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 217 Thursday, June 7, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Ramadan Hon. Mobina S.B. Jaffer: Honourable senators, I rise today to speak to the holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, and it begins on the [...]

Minority Language Services

1st Session, 42nd Parliament Volume 150, Issue 215 Tuesday, June 5, 2018 The Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker Ministry of Canadian Heritage Minority Language Services Hon. Mobina S. B. Jaffer: Welcome to the Senate, minister. Thank you for your work to promote national bilingualism, for adopting the Action Plan for [...]

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