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Earlier this year, the town of Newmarket in southern Ontario brought in a bylaw aimed at driving sex workers out of town.
But today in The Conversation Canada, Vincent Wong of the University of Windsor explains how the crackdown has resulted in the disproportionate illegalization, surveillance, harassment, ticketing and displacement of many of Newmarket’s Asian-owned massage businesses and their workers.
He adds that the town’s draconian use of bylaws and licensing to target and displace Asian massage workers risks taking Canada back to a racist past in Canadian history, when Asians were seen as moral threats.
He writes: “We must recall this history so as to not repeat it.”
Also today:
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Asian migrant massage workers and allies rally against Newmarket’s discriminatory licensing crackdown on their workplaces in front of Newmarket Municipal Offices.
(Friends of Chinatown Toronto)
Vincent Wong, University of Windsor
Newmarket’s draconian use of bylaws and licensing to target and displace Asian massage workers risks taking us back to a racist past in Canadian history, where Asians were seen as moral threats.
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A painting of the goddess Kali by Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma. The film Kaali by Leena Manimekalai has drawn controversy for the way it depicts the goddess.
(The Ganesh Shivaswamy Foundation, Bengaluru)
Santasil Mallik, Western University
Leena Manimekalai’s film Kaali has drawn controversy and criticism, but like her other films, it highlights the inequalities and discrimination many continue to face.
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Because of the difficulty in managing their care, patients with COPD have hospitalization rates 63 per cent higher than the general population, as well as 85 per cent more emergency department visits and 48 per cent more ambulatory care visits.
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Andrew Scarffe, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Christopher Licskai, Western University; Doug Coyle, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Kednapa Thavorn, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Kevin Peter Brand, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Innovation in primary care for COPD patients has the potential to alleviate a significant strain on the health system by reducing emergency department visits and hospitalizations.
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Digital money is one of the predominant forms of currency used today.
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Daromir Rudnyckyj, University of Victoria
Not all digital money is cryptocurrency. Digital money can take the form of card or mobile phone payments, central bank digital currencies and virtual currencies such as Zuck Bucks.
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Le O d'écH2osystème est une roue de quatre mètres de diamètre qui s’accroche au moyen d’une grue sur le pont d’un navire, un quai ou sur les berges du Saint-Laurent des petites et grandes municipalités.
(Geneviève Dupéré)
Geneviève Dupéré, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Cet article traverse du fleuve à la scène pour explorer le Saint-Laurent, à la confluence des sciences marines et des eaux douces, de la pêche, de l’industrie maritime et portuaire et des arts du cirque.
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Ukraine Invasion
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Christopher Morris, University of Portsmouth
Russia’s military is plagued by problems all the way to its commander-in-chief Vladimir Putin.
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Arts
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Ben McCann, University of Adelaide
The titan of French film has died, aged 91. His was a career of immense creativity, which redefined the grammar of cinema.
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Business + Economy
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Eoin McLaughlin, University College Cork; Cristián Ducoing, Lund University; Les Oxley, University of Waikato
Degrowthers are using the cost of living crisis to try and further their cause.
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Culture + Society
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Adam Haupt, University of Cape Town
The British empire brought the practice of commons enclosure to Africa to claim land. Its effects continue today at sites like the Liesbeek River in Cape Town.
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