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Police MisconductReuel S. Amdur
October 31, 2019
As the Roman poet Juvenal put it, Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will watch the watchers themselves? We have the police to protect us, but we sometimes need protection from them as well. There have been a number of incidents in which people have been the victims. The most glaring and public of these get attention and sometimes appropriate action is taken. One thinks of the Toronto case of Sammy Yatim, shot by officer James Forcillo. Yatin was behaving in a bizarre fashion but was no immediate danger to anyone at the time. Forcillo was convicted.
GriefReuel S. Amdur
October 26, 2019
Grief is not just about death. It is a natural response to any loss. That is what Caitlin Sigg told an audience at the Royal Ottawa Hospital on September 24. She is a PhD candidate and part-time professor at St. Paul University. She noted that grief is a subject people are uncomfortable talking about. Yet, we all experience it, not just as an event but as a process.
With Blood on his hands Modi is the Antithesis of Gandhi Javed Akbar
October 11, 2019
What an irony.
Poor Food, Violence, and Inadequate Medical CareReuel S. Amdur
October 11, 2019
I am a social worker and I work with a lawyer who represents people seeking Criminal Injuries Compensation. Some of these people are themselves in jail. On July 19, 2018, I was in the waiting area of the Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre (IOCDC) to meet Claude, my client. A lawyer who was there to see another inmate and I struck up a conversation.
Getting votes is ahead of the Canadian Charter of Rights and FreedomsThe Canadian Charger
October 5, 2019
In 2017, the Liberal government in Québec passed Bill 62, banning the wearing of face coverings for anyone providing or receiving government services.
Language invites us to think, communicate . . . and understandProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 5, 2019
While touring Sinai last year, my Arabic-speaking guide pointed to a beautiful native tree and asked, "Doctor, do you know what this is?"
Consciousness and its derivatives including superconsciousness deserve new explorationProf. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 5, 2019
What makes us different from one another are genes, upbringing, and life experience. And the relative impact of each factor also varies from one person to the next.
Substance abuse and mental illnessReuel S. Amdur
October 5, 2019
Mental Illness and substance abuse: which comes first? This was the question posed at an address at a Royal Ottawa Hospital presentation on September 19. The presenters were two Royal Ottawa psychologists, Drs. Isabelle Ares and Suzanne Bell.
Rediscovering the teachings of Sufism for the 21st Century Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 5, 2019
Sufism, the ancient expression of Islamic spirituality and aesthetics, has sadly taken a back seat in the popular imagination since the rise of Islamic fundamentalism and its deadly partner, Islamist extremism.
Reflections on faith: Answering my dear friend, the philosophy professor Prof. Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
October 5, 2019
Today, dear readers, I am not asking you to believe what I believe, but instead will try to communicate the faith that works for me, and why.

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In the second instalment of Women of the Resistance, Dimitri Lascaris speaks with Palestinian-Canadian artist, Rehab Nazzal.