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A disproportionate death burden among immigrants

Labour and health advocates are worried governments are ignoring the evidence linking immigration and labour policies together

Asia's coronavirus surge prompts shutdowns, alarm

All across Asia, countries are bracing for a devastating second COVID-19 wave like the one killing thousands a day across India

Canadian restaurateurs give India a breather

Ten restaurant owners of Indian background recently caused a stir in Canada with a unique fundraising effort for the COVID-afflicted

Virus surge in Southeast Asia impacts manufacturing sector

Across south-east Asia, countries that managed to avoid the worst of the pandemic last year are facing new waves of Covid-19

Poll shows young hardest hit by racism

Generational change is needed to combat the ugly by-product of COVID-19 according to a recent study

Housing crisis worsened by COVID-19 in Canada

Affordable housing has become scarcer throughout the country during the COVID-19 pandemic

Diaspora communities reel from COVID cruelty

New Canadian Media reporter Daniela Cohen looks into how Canadian diaspora communities struggle as their loved ones overseas face COVID-19 with less than adequate resources

Debunking COVID-19 myths

As the weather warms, a University of BC vaccine expert separates fact from fiction in recent report

Covid vaccines run dry in Asia

As COVID surges in Asia to new record death levels a majority of countries in Asia are struggling with vaccine shortage

Immigrant doctors struggle to find work despite COVID

Physicians trained abroad want to help with the fight against COVID-19. Why won’t Canada let them? Jagdeesh Mann investigates in this long-form essay written in collaboration with The Walrus