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Beaches-East York MPP Rima Berns-McGown presented a private member's bill, Bill 83, for first reading on March 19th.

As Muslims in Canada watch coverage of the people of New Zealand showing support and solidarity with local Muslim communities after the terrorist attacks against two mosques in New Zealand, they have also been learning more about the Indigenous peoples of New Zealand, the Maori.

On Sunday, March 17th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the South Nepean Muslim Community (SNMC) mosque in Ottawa, Ontario to express his condolences to the Muslim community in the wake of the terrorist attack against Muslims during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Devastatingly, the violence that we experienced in Quebec City has now spread to Christchurch, New Zealand.

Mosques across British Columbia welcomed the public to visit them and learn about Islam on February 16, 2019.

Amina Ibrahim Odowa, 33, and her daughter, Sofia Abdulkadir, 5, were passengers on the Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday, March 10, 2019.

The Muslim Youth Fellowship is a non-partisan program which provides politically motivated students the opportunity to complement their academic studies with hands-on experience working with an elected government representative. 

Tuesday in Love, a halal certified water permeable nail polish and halal cosmetics brand, was showcased on CBC's Dragons' Den's Valentine's Day edition in February.

Romana Mirza is researching Modest Fashion at Ryerson University.

Women's organizations provide essential services to our communities, supporting women and girls to be financially secure, free from violence, and able to fully participate in all aspects of our economy and society. Yet for far too long they have been chronically underfunded, underestimated and undermined.

Yazidi Canadian Nafiya Naso has initiated a Parliamentary Petition to the House of Commons requesting that "the Government of Canada to expand the definition of family to include extended family members for Yazidi refugees given that they are genocide survivors and given that many of their immediate family members are deceased or missing in action and to immediately clear the backlog in the existing sponsorship cases under the One Year Window provision for children."

Pakistani Canadian Meena Waseem, a student at Cameron Heights Collegiate in Kitchener, Ontario, is one of 35 Canadian students who won the prestigious Loran scholarship.

Empowerem, an organization aimed at building and empower Women of Colour in Ottawa to progress personally and professionally through safer spaces, skill-building, and networking.

Carleton University is happy to announce its second Somali Studies in Canada Colloquium, taking place on October 18 and 19, 2019.

When legendary Canadian marathon runner, Martin Parnell, had a life threatening blood clot he was inspired to recover and run again when he read about the first courageous Afghan woman to participate in a marathon in her own country, Zainab. He invited young filmmaker and Ryerson University graduate, Kate McKenzie, to join him in documenting the journey and trained her to run her first marathon. The result of this journey is the documentary "The Secret Marathon" which will be released this year.

The Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies has been established at Simon Fraser University to encourage the academic discussion and public understanding of the cultures and societies of Muslim peoples in the past and present. The Centre works through a variety of programs to broaden the discussion of this important subject and to introduce more complexity and comparison in the analysis.

The Hoyo Working Group, also known as the Hoyo Collective, is an Edmonton based Somali mothers group who came together with the intention to create a collective support group for mothers with common barriers and diverse talents to address their barriers through education, innovation, and capacity building.

"Fatal Silence" is a documentary by Alan Powell that reflects on the 2012 murder of Lebanese Canadian Sonia El Birani by her husband Chawki El Birani in London, Ontario.

Join the Muslim Youth Fellowship on Thursday, February 28 at Toronto City Hall as they introduce their 2019 Fellows and explore the theme of women's leadership in political spaces with political strategist Ruby Latif, and past TDSB trustee Ausma Malik. Mayor John Tory will also be a special guest.

Alberta’s first council dedicated to combating racism will bring expertise and experience to assist in government’s commitment to end racism.