Woman stripped of refugee status after questions raised over identity
Another story of how correct spelling names on documents is not a trivial matter. https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/10/11/wom...
New street signs put Toronto's Indigenous history front and centre
Diversifying the namescape… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/new-street-signs-put-toronto-s-indigenous-history-front-and-centre-1.37...
"They can learn to say my name"
Newcomers to Canada whose names index identities other than ‘‘white’’ and ‘‘English’’ face pressure to alter their names to facilitate...
Baby named Sahaiʔa prompts changes to Vital Statistics Act
Following up on a story from 2015. Slowly things change… http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-aboriginal-font-official-id-1.3630353
Immigrant- Alysha Brilla
She sings about a man who immigrates from Tanzania to Canada... "they say my name's funny...They don't know me by my name, but I guess to...
Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names
On June 2, 2016 was the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Names. Lots of interesting papers, especially one by...
Think it's nerve-wracking accepting your degree at convocation? Try being a presenter
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/think-it-s-nerve-wracking-accepting-your-degree-at-convocation-try-being-a-presenter-1.3607398
Belonging, Identity, Language, Diversity Research Group (BILD)
https://bildlida.wordpress.com/2016/05/08/diversity-and-names-designing-for-belonging-by-karen-penes/
Jobseekers resort to ‘resumé whitening' to get a foot in the door, study shows
Another study showing hiring discrimination based on names. https://www.thestar.com/news/immigration/2016/03/17/jobseekers-resort-to-resu...
The Name Game
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2680840497