By Becky Robertson, blogTO, January 6, 2021 – Shortly before armed Donald Trump supporters erupted into violent riots on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, supporters of the U.S. President living north of the border took to the streets of Toronto in the form of a convoy that made its way through the city honking and waving “Trump…
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By Claire Wang, NBC News, January 15, 2021 – Ensigns bearing Confederate and neo-Nazi imagery defined the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. But for Vietnamese Americans, it’s the sight of a defunct flag — representing a country that ceased to exist nearly a half-century ago — that brought up painful questions about identity,…
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CBC News Investigates, October 11, 2019 – A CBC News investigation has found a special program designed to save lives and resettle Vietnamese refugees after the war may have let in people who didn’t meet the criteria. Photo: from CBC News The National video
“A Case Study of the Vietnamese in Toronto: Contesting Representations of the Vietnamese in Canadian Social Work Literature” by Anh Ngo (2016), York University, provides a small but troubling snapshot of the range of experiences Vietnamese Canadians have had within their community. Those who struggle within this racialized migrant community, vulnerable to systemic barriers, might…
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By Alice Busamende, iPolitics, April 3, 2015 – Some observers say the bill is a textbook case of targeted political pandering for ethnic votes ahead of what is shaping up to be a close-fought federal election. Alberta-based political strategist Stephen Carter says, “This is being done in essence to gather support from those people in the first…
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