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June 24, 2024 | Ottawa, ON | Health Canada

Sudan’s civil war has forcibly displaced more than 9.2 million people since it began in April 2023. This represents not only the largest internal displacement situation globally, it’s also a growing humanitarian emergency affecting 25 million people.

TVO Today has launched Extradition: The Search for Huseyin Celil, a gripping new podcast investigating the disappearance of a Canadian citizen and Uyghur refugee. Huseyin Celil was arrested under false pretenses while abroad and sent to prison in China. Almost two decades later, his fate remains unknown despite his family’s desperate pleas for answers.

Congratulations to the 2023-2024 Silk Road Institute Creative Arts Grants awardees: Niya Abdullahi and Zeina Sleiman-Long.

June 14th, 2024 NCCM is launching a highly anticipated study on the effects of Bill 21 on Quebec Muslim women’s employment during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Association of Palestinian Arab Canadians (APAC) organized their eighth annual Palestine Day on the Hill on June 13th, 2024 in the Sir John A MacDonald Building in Ottawa, Ontario.

Toronto, Ontario June 20, 2024: Every day, highly skilled and ambitious Canadian Muslim women achieve academic goals in university and scholarly settings, yet Canadian Muslim women post-university struggle to find work. Why is this the case? What are the barriers that funnel women out of the workplace, and what are the supports that help them achieve their goals?

June 20, 2024 The Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP) welcomes the Canadian Senate's adoption of Bill C-70, “An Act Respecting Countering Foreign Interference,” yesterday.

June 18, 2024 Ottawa – Release of 10-Year Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Report & Response

June 18, 2024 The Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP) is in dismay regarding Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Jennifer May’s incorrect statement yesterday while testifying at the Special Committee on Canada-People’s Republic of China Relationship.

Montreal, June 12, 2024 — A new report by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) warns that a Canadian public official tasked with countering racism has demonstrated a harmful and malicious pattern of spreading misinformation against supporters of Palestine, and is calling for her to be replaced.

Montreal, Jun 11, 2024 — The Anti-Racism Program of the CJPME Foundation (ARPCF) strongly condemns the suspected racially-motivated arson on Wateroak Drive in London Ontario, which London Police are investigating as a potential hate crime.

Toronto, ONTARIO, June 10, 2024 The Canadian Council of Muslim Women (CCMW) is hosting a virtual launch of its national, groundbreaking study titled, “Still Overqualified and Underemployed?: Canadian Muslim Women’s Experiences of Employment Barriers and Facilitators.”

[ISNA Canada] sat down with Amira Elghawaby - Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia of Canada to discuss the rise of Islamophobia.

Montreal, June 5, 2024 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is calling on Parliament to investigate Israeli foreign influence in Canada, following the alarming discovery that Israel has been covertly targeting Canadians with racist anti-Muslim messages.