Life in Jane and Finch: A Product of Apartheid, but also of Resistance

In the late hours of Monday, 11 February, the tragic news of a young child killed by gunshot hit the news with “Jane and Finch” becoming front and centre in headline after headline. As a community mourns, dozens of ‘internet warriors’ have also gathered, but instead of commemorating the life Continue Reading

Not Welcome: A Critical Analysis of Ableism in Canadian Immigration Policy from 1869 to 2011

Wong, E. H. S. (2012). Not Welcome A Critical Analysis of Ableism in Canadian Immigration Policy from 1869 to 2011. Critical Disability Discourses/Discours critiques dans le champ du handicap, 4.https://cdd.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cdd/article/view/34877 A Foucauldian discourse analysis of Canadian immigration policies and state practices reveals the ableist foundations of the Canadian nation-state. Throughout much of Continue Reading