Iranian-Canadian received prestigious award
Sheridan College professor Farzad Rayegani was recently designated as an Engineers Canada Fellow by Engineers Canada. The award is given in recognition…
Canada
John Baird: Our dispute is with the Iranian regime and not with the people in Iran
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, John Baird, was in town for a noon speech to the Canadian Club of Toronto last Wednesday, January 18th,…
Newly-wed Nazanin Afshin-Jam: Fighting injustice is what I was born to do!
Just days before her wedding to Canadian Defence Minister Peter MacKay, Nazanin Afshin-Jam gives exclusive interview to Salam Toronto Nazanin Afshin-Jam wears many hats….
Supreme Court to hear the Rasouli case
The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal made by two Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre doctors to take an Iranian-Canadian patient off of…
Iran denied Vancouver Consulate
Iran’s request to open a consulate in Vancouver was denied last week. The proposed consulate was to serve the regions 120,000 Iranian-Canadian population. According…
Child Pornography: Report or Get Fined
Last Thursday, December 8th, 2011, Rob Nicholson, Canada’s Minister of Justice and Attorney General announced that Bill C-22, An Act respecting the mandatory…
Iranian-Canadian youth organization looking for help
The Iranian-Canadian Youth Support Group (ICYSG) is in need of its own support in order to expand its services, says founder and chair Shahram…
Will Iran get its wish and have more consulates in Canada?
Iran wants Canada to let it open more consulates across the country, but the current Canadian policy of ‘Controlled Engagement’ with Iran is blocking…
Canada bans burqa
Effective immediately, Canadians will have to remove face veils like the Islamic niqab or burqa while taking the oath of citizenship, Immigration Minister Jason…
Federal Conservatives update on super-visa and democratic reform
During this past Saturday’s media roundtable featuring Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney, along with Minister of State for Democratic Reform…